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Michigan Doctor Arrested in Undercover Sting for Soliciting Sex With 5-Year-Old Child

Summary by Crime Online
Detectives running a Florida undercover operation netted a Michigan family practice doctor, charging him with soliciting a sexual relationship with a 5-year-old girl. The Port St. Lucie Police Department said that William Murdoch exchanged “stomach churning messages” with their undercover “mom,” detailing “his plan to groom the child and quickly turn the situation sexual.” The investigation began in June, police said. “Murdoch, was pursuing a pl…
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A family doctor identified as William J. Murdoch was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service after an undercover investigator revealed his intentions to have sex with a five-year-old girl. The arrest followed a social media operation conducted in conjunction with Florida authorities. The investigation began in June 2025, when Murdoch began communicating with a woman on social media, unaware that she was an undercover agent. During the exchange of …

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Crime Online broke the news in on Friday, September 5, 2025.
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