A Pierce County couple is accused of trying to kidnap a child and sell them for sex, and they allegedly had nearly 650 files of child sexual abuse on their digital devices.

According to investigators, William James Moore and Hailey Rose Davidson, both 28, stalked families with young children in hopes of drugging and kidnapping the kids.

Deputy Carly Cappetto with the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office said the planned kidnapping was imminent.

“That couple planned to kidnap a child and do horrific, sexual crimes with this child or exploit them and use them in sex trafficking-type crimes,” Cappetto said.

According to court documents, when detectives served a search warrant, they found several handwritten notes from Davidson to Moore about how they should go about the kidnapping.

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