Alexander Nathan Barter, a 21-year-old resident of Joaquin, was arrested on Oct. 19 by the FBI on multiple felony counts, including criminal solicitation and conspiracy to commit capital murder.
According to a probable cause affidavit filed in Shelby County and first obtained by Lufkin’s KTRE-TV, the Texas Department of Public Safety launched an investigation into Barter after he posted an advertisement on the dark web seeking someone willing to let him commit necrophilia and cannibalism.
In the post, Barter allegedly provided two encrypted email addresses for responding to his ad. At least one individual answered the ad and offered his young daughter to Barter, authorities said.
“Nice! I’m in East Texas,” Barter replied, according to the affidavit. “How old is your daughter? Can we kill her?”
What Barter didn’t realize, the affidavit says, was that the individual he corresponded with was an undercover law enforcement officer pretending to be a dad in Brevard County, Florida.
The affidavit includes stomach-turning details about conversations in which Barter allegedly described how he planned to kill the child, have sexual intercourse with her body and cannibalize her.