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Murff allegedly told the child that he would slit the throats of her family members in front of her before slitting her throat if she ever told anyone about the abuse.

Murff also is accused of forcing the girl to watch pornography, calling the sex acts she saw "teaching moments." He would later abuse and rape the girl using some of those sex acts, the indictment says.

Officers with the Heber City Police Department arrested Murff Thursday night after being alerted by the Davis County Sheriff's Office that Murff was "actively evading law enforcement and possibly attempting to leave the state."

Utah's definition of a person with a position of trust -- as found in Utah criminal code "76-5-404.1. Sexual abuse of a child -- Aggravated sexual abuse of a child" -- is the following:

1. Adoptive parent
2. Athletic manager who is an adult
3. Aunt
4. Babysitter
5. Coach
6. Cohabitant of a parent if the cohabitant is an adult
7. Counselor
8. Doctor or physician
9. Employer
10. Foster parent
11. Grandparent
12. Legal guardian
13. Natural parent
14. Recreational leader who is an adult
15. Religious leader
16. Sibling or a stepsibling who is an adult
17. Scout leader who is an adult
18. Stepparent
19. Teacher or any other individual employed by or volunteering at a public or private elementary school or secondary school, and who is 18 years of age or older
20. Instructor, professor, or teaching assistant at a public or private institution of higher education
21. Uncle
22. Youth leader who is an adult
23. Individual in a position of authority, other than those individuals listed in Subsections (1)(c)(i) through (xxiii), which enables the individual to exercise undue influence over the child

Murff is facing the following charges:

• Four counts of object rape, all first-degree felonies
• Three counts of rape, all first-degree felonies
• Five counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, all first-degree felonies
• Six counts of forcible sodomy, all first-degree felonies
• Four counts of forcible sexual abuse, all second-degree felonies
• One count of dealing in materials harmful to a minor, a third-degree felony
• Two counts of lewdness involving a child, both class A misdemeanors
• One count of lewdness, a class B misdemeanor

Murff's bail is set at $500,000.
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