DENTON COUNTY, Texas — An Aubrey, Texas man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for sexually abusing children and possessing child sexual abuse material.
According to prosecutors, 42-year-old William Carl Kennedy, a registered sex offender, pleaded guilty in November 2023 to producing child pornography and penalties related to his status as a sex offender.
On April 25, Kennedy was sentenced to life in federal prison for the sexual exploitation of a child, to be followed by an additional 10 years for penalties for registered sex offenders.
Kennedy’s sentence includes a conviction for aggravated sexual exploitation of a child in Denton, and lewd or indecent acts to a child in Marietta, Oklahoma. Court documents also said Kennedy failed to register as a sex offender in Texas.
In 2023, a child under the age of 12 reported that Kennedy had sexually abused them. Investigators obtained evidence of Kennedy filming himself sexually abusing the child at a residence in Denton County, according to court documents. Authorities also said Kennedy sent at least one recording of the child to another person.
This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations, Denton Police Department, Denton County Sheriff’s Office and Cooke County Sheriff’s Office and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Marisa Miller.
