Texas couple charged with selling teen for sex

Monica Hernandez | WFAA-TV, Dallas-Fort Worth

Show Caption Hide Caption Husband, wife charged with selling teen for sex Authorities say a couple in Texas have been charged for selling a teenage girl for sex.

ROCKWALL, Texas — A Texas man and his wife have been accused of selling a teenage girl, authorities say.

Steve Marks, 31, of Rockwall was arrested Jan. 24 and charged with purchasing or selling a child for sex. His wife, Lila Miller, 31, was arrested the next day and faces the same charges.

Police affidavits allege Marks knowingly sold the child for sex to a family in Elgin, Ill. The affidavits say Marks and Miller attempted to resell the girl to a different family in Florida after the Illinois family only paid half of the agreed amount.

Authorities aren't releasing much information about the case becauseit is under investigation and involves a minor.

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Marks spoke with WFAA from jail and said he would never sell a child for sex.

"A person that really does that needs to be put away for the rest of their life if they do that to their child," Marks said.

The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services reported the teen missing in September.

Marks is being held in the Rockwall County Jail on a $1 million bond.

Contributing: The Associated Press