Lucas Ellis

MILLER COUNTY, Mo. — An Iberia, Mo. man is facing four felony charges after authorities say he had sex with a 13-year-old girl and exchanged nude photos with another.

It started on Snapchat. That’s according to a probable cause document for the charges, which were filed in January and early February. Authorities say during an investigation into a possible statutory rape, a Miller County deputy spoke with a 13-year-old girl who told him she had sex with 22-year-old Lucas Ellis, also known as Luke Rowden. The deputy then ended the interview and scheduled a forensic interview at Kid’s Harbor Child Advocacy Center. There, the girl explained Ellis had initially contacted her on Snapchat. He asked her for nude photos, which she says she sent, and then he sent her nude photos of himself, she told investigators.

She said the first time they hung out in person, Ellis took her to the park in Brumley, where they had sex in the back of his car, according to the document. The girl said she continued to spend time with Ellis, and he “wanted sex every time she saw him,” according to the document, threatening to kill himself or someone else if she ever stopped talking to him.

A search of the girl’s phone revealed sexual videos of the two together, authorities say.

While that investigation was ongoing, authorities made contact with another young teen girl who said she had met Ellis and was “obsessed with” him. She told authorities she and Ellis had exchanged nude photos, and that she knew he had a sexual relationship with another teen girl.

Ellis is facing the following charges:

-1st Degree Statutory Sodomy

-1st Degree Statutory Rape

-Sexual Misconduct Involving a Child Under 15

-Enticing/Attempting To Entice a Child Under 15

He is being held in Miller County Jail on $200,000 bond.

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