Father gets 60 years for trying to sell 4-year-old daughter for sex



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A Wisconsin man who tried to sell his 4-year-old daughter for sex was sentenced to 60 years in prison Friday, according to the Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg's Office.

Andrew Turley, 30, was convicted for trafficking of a child and compelling prostitution of someone under the age of 18.

Turley posted an advertisement on Craigslist in 2015 under the heading "Play with Daddie's Little Girl." In emails with undercover Houston Police Department officers, he wrote that he had a girl "younger than 10" to whom he would give "sleep meds" before the encounter, the district attorney's office said.

Turley told the undercover officer he charged $1,000 for two hours with his daughter and wrote that the girl might be "too young for intercourse but everything else was OK," Ogg's office said.

The officer arrived at a time Turley set during visitation with his daughter, who lived in a Houston-area apartment with her mother.

"Upon the undercover officer's arrival, Turley checked the cash, then escorted him to a bedroom where the girl was lying in bed and appeared to be 'under the influence of an unknown substance,'" the statement said.

"This case broke my heart," said Assistant DA Stewanna Miskell, who was one of two prosecutors on the case. "A father is supposed to be a protector not a predator. Jurors saw the need to keep him out of our community."

Turley received a 30-year sentence for each charge to be served consecutively. He will be eligible for parole after 45 years.

Robert Downen covers crime for the Houston Chronicle. Follow him on Twitter or email him at robert.downen@chron.com.