Kevin Golding Kevin W; on 29 July 2025, after a three-month investigation, detectives served a search warrant at the residence and arrested Golding, then 26.

Kevin W. Golding is a returned Mormon missionary living in Eagle Mountain, Utah.

In April 2025 the Utah County Sheriff’s Special Victims Unit opened an investigation into a CyberTip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children reporting that a person in Eagle Mountain had downloaded child sexual abuse material in 2024.

Detectives identified nine CyberTips tied to the same suspect across January to November 2024. On 29 July 2025, after a three-month investigation, detectives served a search warrant at the residence and arrested Golding, then 26. According to the sheriff’s office, he admitted during an interview to viewing and downloading the material.

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