DES MOINES, IA – On March 9, 2020, United States District
Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose sentenced Paul Morales Castillo, age 25, of West
Des Moines, to 216 months in prison for Transportation of Child Pornography,
announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Morales Castillo was ordered
to serve five years of supervised release to follow his prison term, pay $3,000
in restitution, and comply with sex offender registry requirements upon
release.
The investigation began in August 2018 when West Des Moines
Police received an investigative lead from the National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children that a video of child pornography had been uploaded on
Morales Castillo’s Facebook account. Following further investigation, West Des
Moines Police executed a search warrant at Morales Castillo’s apartment in
August 2018. Police seized Morales Castillo’s iPhone which contained hundreds
of videos and images of child pornography. The investigation showed that
Morales Castillo sent and received videos of child pornography to other persons
via the WhatsApp messaging platform during July and August 2018.
This case was investigated by the West Des Moines Police
Department, Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation’s Internet Crimes Against
Children Task Force, and the FBI Child Exploitation Task Force. This case was
prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of
Iowa.
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