A southeast Missouri man, accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl which he recorded, and recording other nude children in his home, has picked up an additional 50-year prison sentence for statutory rape and invasion of privacy according to Dunklin County Prosecutor Nicholas Jain. Forty-three-year-old Matthew Prewett of Kennett was sentenced Wednesday after he pled guilty to one count of statutory rape in the first degree and eight counts of invasion of privacy. He was facing a total of 27 state charges with the other 18 charges dropped.Prewett was sentenced to 20 years in prison in February after he pled guilty to a federal charge of sexual exploitation of a minor.According to court records and the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Missouri, Prewett, who was living in Kennett at the time of the crimes, engaged in sexual contact with a 13-year-old girl beginning in April of 2022 and recorded the crimes on video.
During the course of the investigation into Prewett, it was learned Prewett had hidden cameras in his residence in Kennett. Cameras were located in the main bathroom and living room, and two more in another area of the house.
Investigators found video from the camera located in the bathroom of a 14-year-old nude juvenile drying off after a shower. A search warrant was then granted to seize the hidden cameras from Prewett’s residence.
Between the timeframe of November 2021 until May 2022, the bathroom camera captured video of at least eight juveniles. Allegedly, some of the videos were saved to Prewett’s cell phone.
Another victim disclosed in an interview they had sexual intercourse with Prewett twice as well as other inappropriate sexual conduct as many as eight times. It is alleged the victim and Prewett also shared pornographic images via text message. The victim stated Prewett sent her a text saying if they were ever caught, the two would obtain fake IDs and travel to Mexico.
The parent of another victim came forward during the investigation and said they filed a report in 2018 after having found her child asleep in bed with Prewett nude next to her.
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