Police: Indy Mother Tried to Sell Access to Infant Daughter for $400

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis mother is charged with felony sex trafficking after police say she tried to sell off her infant daughter to a man for sex in exchange for $400.

Morgan D. Stapp, 32, was arrested this week at a home in the 2400 block of Union Street on the near south side of the city. Stapp was officially charged last week in Marion County court with attempted child sexual trafficking – a level 2 felony.

The FBI began investigating Stapp last November after receiving reports of attempted sex trafficking on Snapchat. The app said that the user “morgan-stapp,” reportedly included three photos of Stapp’s 7-month-old daughter with one message reading, “U can f**k her for 400$.”

Another message said “Half now rest after. I’ll send my address. I do live alone, and her dad is not in the picture.”

Stapp, who’s a mother of seven children, initially claimed her account was hacked and she no longer had access to it, but she later admitted to lying to FBI agents.

“I wanted the FBI to leave,” she told DCS in an interview later that month.

IMPD officers were called by the FBI to assist in the investigation in December. An IMPD detective was then granted a search warrant of Stapp’s Snapchat account and found selfies saved in the app with thousands of messages also sent in the days after her interview with the FBI. Investigators said the activity on Snapchat was happening in an area near Stapp’s home address.

A warrant was issued for Stapp’s arrest after she was officially charged on July 1 in Marion Superior Court 27.

Stapp’s bond has been set at $200,000. Her initial hearing is set for Friday at 9 a.m.