A sick Michigan doctor was arrested in a sting operation after he was allegedly caught pursuing a friendship with a mother online to ask if he could have a sexual relationship with her 5-year-old daughter, according to authorities.

Dr. William Murdoch was arrested by US Marshals following an undercover sting operation, in which an officer posed as a mom who befriended Murdoch in a “platonic relationship,” the Port St Lucie Police Department said in a statement Wednesday .

Murdoch’s alleged goal in building the relationship was to see if the fictitious mother would allow her 5-year-old to be “courted by and have a sexual relationship with him,” police said. 3

During the investigation, “stomach churning messages” were exchanged detailing the doctor’s plans to groom the child and “t

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