Overview
- Police were first called after the girl's mother found a video on her 11-year-old daughter's phone that allegedly showed the sexual assault, a discovery reported by multiple outlets.
- Following that discovery, authorities say the next day the girl's father, Malik Chandler, posed as the child on TikTok to lure Diego Montoya Gonzalez back to the Grove City home and then shot him twice.
- Officers found Montoya wounded and he was taken to Grant Medical Center; Chandler surrendered and has been charged with felony assault and is held on a $100,000 bond.
- A Franklin County grand jury has indicted Montoya on multiple counts including rape and pandering sexually oriented material involving a minor, and a judge set combined recognizance and cash bond with strict no-contact and limited internet conditions if he is released.
- The case has placed social media and digital evidence at the center of the investigations and raised questions about vigilante responses, potential legal exposure for the father, and how prosecutors will handle the child-abuse media found on the suspect’s phone.