A family doctor was arrested after trying to convince a mom to let him groom and have a sexual relationship with her 5-year-old daughter, police say.
MONROE COUNTY, Michigan — A Michigan family doctor was arrested after soliciting a mom to have a sexual relationship with her 5-year-old daughter, Florida police say.
An investigation began into William Murdoch in June 2025 when he began chatting with a "mom" online, who was actually an undercover detective from Florida.
Police say Murdoch was pursuing a platonic relationship with the woman to see if she would allow her daughter, 5, to be courted by and have a sexual relationship with him.
Murdoch sent "stomach-churning" messages about his plans to groom the child and turn the situation sexual, investigators say. They say Murdoch went into detail about his "demented behavior" that they say is "too explicit to share in its entirety."
Detectives say a digital forensic exam into Murdoch's iCloud account showed additional "alarming" interactions. Murdoch was apparently using his training as a medical professional to assist in conversations about "conception, full-term abortions, and intentional drug and alcohol use to cause birth defects," officials say.
Murdoch was arrested by U.S. Marshals on charges of soliciting a parent to consent to the participation in sexual conduct involving a child. He will be extradited to Florida.
Murdoch worked as a family physician at ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital in Monroe County, Michigan, but was put on suspension immediately after the charges were announced.
A military judge sentenced Pvt. Deron Gordon to over six years in prison for sexually assaulting a college student.
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — A Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier who sexually assaulted a college student in the barracks in 2024 was sentenced to more than six years in prison Friday.
A military judge sentenced Pvt. Deron Gordon, 20, to six years and three months in prison after he pleaded guilty to one specification each of sexual assault, abusive sexual contact and as a principal to indecent recording.
Gordon was previously charged with additional crimes, but those were dismissed as part of the plea agreement.
Gordon is one of four soldiers who were charged in in connection to the sexual assault of a college student, who is now a commissioned Army officer, in October 2024.
When Gordon pleaded guilty, he said that he and another soldier followed the college student into a bedroom after she had been drinking with them. He said she was unstable walking into the room and when they went inside she was on the bed and not responsive.
Gordon said he and the other soldier each proceeded to have sex with her and they filmed each other sexually assaulting her on Snapchat.
As part of his sentencing, Gordon will be reduced in rank to E-1 and dishonorably discharged from the Army.
Gordon will serve the remainder of his sentencing at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Once he is released, Gordon must register as a sex offender.
The three other soldiers who were charged in the incident are at different points in the legal process, and their cases are being treated separately.
If you or someone you know has been a victim of sexual assault, you can call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673. Additional resources are available on the Washington State Department of Health's website.
KING 5’s Conner Board contributed to this report.
