People v. Batchelor

In July 1987, nine-year-old K.B. stayed overnight at the home of her father, the defendant David Batchelor. While K.B. was sleeping, Batchelor took several “instant” snapshots of K.B., nude from the waist down. The photographs were discovered in August, 1987, by Rosemary Luth, Batchelor’s then-fiancee with whom he lived, and Jamie Lyons, K.B.’s mother and Batchelor’s former wife. Luth and Lyons discovered the photographs of K.B. wrapped in cloth inside a small box in a locked closet, located downstairs in Batche-lor’s residence. When questioned about the origin of the photos, Batchelor told…