Police: ‘Texas Geologist Ashley Dack Boasts About Sexually Abusing 11-Month-Old’

Ashley Dack and Patrick Schuneman

Ashley Dack Arrest Photo

Houston, Texas

If ever a case of looks and resumes being deceiving, then get ready for this one. It starts with a woman named Ashley Dack, a 2003 graduate of AC Reynolds High School in Asheville, North Carolina. Earlier, she had won the tennis doubles state championship. Then it was on to college at Boise State University, where a degree in geology followed. Once in Houston, she settled into the oil and gas industry and participated in sporting events.

One might ask, “Why moonlight as a babysitter?” Well, with the help of police, that question has an unfortunate answer.

Ashley Dack, 29, and her boyfriend, Patrick Schuneman, 37, have been arrested, after investigators say Dack took pictures of herself sexually assaulting children and sent them to Schuneman.

According to court documents, the couple performed sex acts against children, at least one as young as 11 months old, and later boasted of their activities in graphic text messages to each other.

"The defendants befriend women who have small children to gain access to the children," Tiffany Dupree, the chief prosecutor said.

Authorities were tipped off after Dack allegedly bragged about her exploits to a friend, who saved the messages as evidence to show police.

Officers executed search warrants at Dack's and Schuneman's residences simultaneously. One item seized was an iPhone 4 and disturbingly graphic text messages were found.

In one disturbing conversation between Dack and Schuneman, dated Aug 30, the babysitter allegedly fantasized about kidnapping a young girl and bringing her to Schuneman in a car, where the two would rape her. (Warning - Disturbing)

Dack and Schuneman are both charged with super-aggravated child assault and sexual performance by a child under 14. Dack is currently being held on a $350,000 bond, and the court declined bond for Schuneman.