Former nurse practitioner Carl Markley sentenced to life for sex trafficking 14 victims over nearly a decade.

A federal judge sentenced Carl Markley, a 45-year-old former nurse practitioner from Ames, Iowa, to life in prison for sex trafficking. Markley pleaded guilty to 15 counts of sex trafficking by fraud and coercion, admitting to manipulating at least 14 victims into commercial sex acts over nearly a decade. The investigation began in 2022 after a complaint about unauthorized physical exams on minors.