Editor’s note: This story contains allegations and descriptions of evidence many would find disturbing. Read at your discretion.
A Reliance, Wyoming, man facing a half-millennium in prison on claims he kept and transferred disturbing child-sex pictures and videos pleaded not guilty to 31 of the 54 charges against him Wednesday.
Justin Ernest Golay, 34, pleaded not guilty to the other 23 charges Jan. 9, and is now scheduled for a May 19 trial.
If convicted of the 50 charges of child-pornography possession and four charges of child-porn transfer, he could get 548 years in prison.
Sweetwater County Attorney Danny Erramouspe charged Golay with 23 felony counts in December after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children relayed an X Corp cybertip of online pedophilia activity to the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) in October, says an evidentiary affidavit filed in the case.
DCI Agent Joel Greene was assigned to the case that same month.
He reviewed the flagged uploads, which depicted child-victimizing sex acts, and identified their associated IP addresses, which traced back to Golay’s cellphone number, says the affidavit.
The discovery led to more investigation.
Disturbing Discoveries
DCI executed a search warrant on Golay’s home and devices Dec. 17, according to the affidavit in Golay’s second, 31-count case.
Agents found files in his devices depicting a dead, prepubescent girl lying face-down on a silver-colored metal autopsy table with an adult displaying her genital area, which was injured and torn as if it had suffered “severe trauma,” says the document.
Other files showed more alleged necrophiliac and pedophiliac activity, such as a prepubescent dead girl with blood “near” her head, right arm, face and left hand; her inner thighs scraped; her groin exposed and other signs of sexual attack, Greene wrote in the affidavit.
Rock Springs Police Department Detective Matt Jones extracted data from Golay’s cellphone. He found several chat conversations on various platforms in which Golay talked with “like-minded” people and shared child sex imagery, the document alleges.
Greene wrote that Golay shared with a chat companion a nearly five-minute video showing a (living) prepubescent girl being victimized.
“The child appeared to disassociate herself from the entire incident as she blankly stared off into space,” wrote Greene.
The document says Golay shared another video showing an adult female victimizing a male toddler, and holding his legs down as he tried to kick her away.
The affidavit describes infant and toddler sexual abuse image materials, and a video of a child performing a sex act on a dog.
The Tally
Each of the 50 charges of child-porn possession Golay faces is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and 10 years in fines. The four counts of child-porn transfer he faces each carry a penalty of between five and 12 years in prison, plus $10,000 in fines.
Clair McFarland can be reached at clair@cowboystatedaily.com.
