Sexually Violent Predator committed after twenty-year history of sex abuse

In a press release from Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley, he announced that John R. Davidson, 46, formerly of Kansas City, has been committed as a sexually violent predator.

The release says Davidson has a twenty-year history of sexually abusing young children and continues in more detail about the incidents:

“In 1998, Davidson was arrested for committing a lewd act at a public pool while watching young girls swim. He later confessed to searching through dumpsters for soiled child diapers into which to commit a lewd act. Davidson also admitted molesting a 5-year old boy as a juvenile. In 2001, he was caught repeatedly looking into windows of people’s homes and committing a lewd act. Davidson repeatedly molested and sodomized a 4-year old boy and received a 15-year sentence, in 2002. Despite treatment efforts, Davidson continued to assert the 4-year old victim initiated the sexual contact and wanted the victimization after he made the child watch pornography.”

Davidson was terminated from sex offender treatment in 2013 for lack of progress, according to the release.

Davidson will stay at the Department of Mental Health facility for treatment until he is considered safe.

“Those who continue to prey on Missouri’s most vulnerable will be removed from our communities,” Hawley said. “I am grateful to those who fight each day to keep our communities safe.”

Davidson is the fifth person committed under the SVP Act this year.