DAVENPORT, Iowa - A Missouri man was sentenced today to 405 months in federal prison for production of child pornography.

According to public court documents and evidence presented at sentencing, John Daniel Kopp Jr., 65, requested Abigail Margarete Knight produce child pornography with two minor victims and send it to him for a period of several years, between at least July 2020 through May 2023. Knight would produce such images and send them to Kopp via text message. Kopp continued to ask for more images, even paying Knight to produce some of the images.

After completing his term of imprisonment, Kopp will be required to serve five years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system. Kopp was also ordered to pay $6,000 in restitution.

In June 2024, Knight, 36 of Riverside, was sentenced to 600 months in federal prison, following her plea to two counts of production of child pornography.

United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa made the announcement. This case was investigated by the Washington County Sherriff's Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys' Offices and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.