Seattle Cop Sentenced to 23 Years to Life for Multiple Child Rapes

A Seattle police sergeant who resigned in 2016 after his arrest for child rape has been sentenced to more than 23 years in prison.

Daniel Amador, 46, was sentenced Friday for repeated sexual abuse of two children.
Amador was convicted in June of first-degree child molestation, second-degree child rape, third-degree child rape and first-degree incest in Seattle’s King County Superior Court. He separately pleaded no contest to fourth-degree assault with sexual motivation.

Amador routinely raped his older daughter, A.B., about five times a week and also molested his younger daughter, C.A. The rapes began when she was about 9 years old and continued until she was in college.

Prosecutors say the victims who are now adults went to Seattle police in 2016 and reported being sexually abused by Amador for years.

Lake Forest Park police arrested Amador after an investigation that police say included a recorded phone call between Amador and one of the women in which he apologized to her for the abuse. (Q13 Fox News, August 13, 2018)

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The conviction occurred in June 2018, with the sentencing happened this month.

The long-term nature of this violent crime calls into question other actions of Sgt. Amador while he was employed as a Seattle Police Officer. Any case in which the actions or testimony of Sgt. Amador played a part in the conviction of someone for a crime should be immediately reviewed.

The integrity and honesty of a repeated child rapist cannot be relied upon to convict others of a crime.