The man charged in a gruesome case of sex trafficking that took place in Duchesne County will stand trial. 37-year-old Jared Stephen Morgan was arrested in Salt Lake County without incident after 8th District Court Judge Samuel P. Chiara issued a warrant for his arrest on September 22nd. Court records show that Morgan faces charges of Aggravated Human Trafficking, Aggravated Sexual Assault, Rape, Forcible Sodomy, and Aggravated Kidnapping; all 1st Degree Felonies. The Affidavit of Probable Cause shows that the Lieutenant Detective of the Duchesne County Sheriff’s Office began the investigation on September 21st, after the victim came forward stating that “she had been held against her will in a cabin in Duchesne County while she was 18 and 19 years old.” When the girl was 17-years-old, Morgan began to date her mother and their family would visit Morgan’s cabin in Duchesne County. Eventually Morgan took the girl to live with him at the cabin. Court documents say he locked the girl in a shed for days and the only way she was given food was if she would eat rat feces off the floor and drink urine from a cup. She was also forced to perform sexual acts to get food and water. The girl estimated she went into the shed the first part of June 2014 and was not let out until the middle of July. Additional charges were filed against Morgan in December. He will stand trial in 8th District Court on multiple counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse and Kidnapping.
