3 Bibb County men allegedly raped, sexually trafficked children in underground bunker for more than a year
Three Alabama men face horrific accusations of raping, sodomizing and trafficking six young children, including one as young as 3, in an underground Bibb County bunker for more than a year, according to court records.
William Chase McElroy, 21, Dalton Terrell, 21, and Andres Velazquez-Trejo, 29, were indicted last week by a Bibb County grand jury.
Efforts to reach attorneys appointed to represent each of the men were not immediately successful.
The alleged incidents happened for more than a year, beginning sometime around New Year’s Day 2024 and continued through April 29, 2025, records state.
Bibb County Sheriff Jody Wade said in a press release issued Saturday night that the investigation began Feb. 4 of this year “following concerns regarding the sexual abuse of children in an underground bunker located in Brent.”
The sheriff nor court records provide any additional information into where the bunker was located.
“Such abhorrent behavior will not be tolerated in Bibb County and .. offenders will face prosecution to the fullest extent of the law,” Wade said in the press release.
Charging documents show the victims were between the ages of 3 and 10. One of the victims was a 6-year-old boy and another was a 3-year-old girl.
The accusations alleged the children endured vaginal intercourse, anal intercourse, and oral sex. Records state one of the suspects “sold” children “to various clientele for sexual pleasure.”
The grand jury on July 11 indicted McElroy on four counts of first-degree rape, six counts of first-degree human trafficking, six counts of first-degree sodomy and four counts of first-degree kidnapping.
He was initially arrested Feb. 11 on multiple counts of child sex abuse.
Charging documents from his initial arrest state he admitted to fondling the male victim and raping at least one of the young girls.
On April 25, Wade said, investigators identified Terrell as another suspect and he, too, admitted to sexual intercourse with a minor, according to court records.
The grand jury indicted Terrell with six counts of first-degree rape, 12 counts of first-degree sodomy and five counts of human trafficking.
Terrell, records state, paid at least two adults to use the children – who are now ages 8,6, 10 and 3 – for sexual purposes, including rape and sodomy.
After more investigation, Velazquez-Trejo was arrested on April 29. He is charged with six counts of human trafficking.
The criminal complaint states he sold nude images of the victims to multiple people and sold the children themselves.
The suspects, all from Brent, will be arraigned on the indictments in August.
Court records do not state how the three men may know each other but indicate they all lived in mobile homes approximately a mile from each other at the time of their arrests.
Multiple agencies worked with his office on the investigation including Homeland Security Investigations, the Alabama Fusion Center, the Bibb County Department of Human Resources, the Child Advocacy Center Forensic Interview in Centreville and the Fourth Judicial District Attorney’s Office.
The investigation is ongoing.
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