Daniel Guo Yao

On March 2, 2026, Minnetonka Police officers executed a search warrant at DANIEL GUO YAO’s, DEFENDANT herein, residence located on the 100 block of 8th Avenue North in Hopkins, Hennepin County, Minnesota related to an ongoing criminal sexual conduct investigation as to Victim One (age 14) who Defendant engaged in sexual acts with on numerous occasions. On some of these occasions, Defendant video recorded the abuse. Pursuant to that search warrant, multiple electronic devices were recovered. Pursuant to subsequent search warrants to extract the contents of Defendant’s cell phones, computers, and his SnapChat user activity, investigators learned that Defendant disseminated the videos of the sexual abuse of Victim One, solicited sexual images from multiple children, sent sexual images to multiple children, and engaged in sexual conversations with multiple children as follows (profanity is edited): SNAPCHAT: In the SnapChat return, investigators located a conversation with a user, User One herein, occurring between October 20, 2025, and October 28, 2025. During this conversation, 28 messages were exchanged including 14 pictures and videos sent from Defendant to User One.

These pictures and videos depicted a male masturbating and people engaging in sexual activity. Five of these videos depicted Defendant engaging in the sexual abuse of Victim One. User One also sent videos to Defendant of a female engaged in sexual activity and exposing breasts. The age of User One is unknown at this time. In the SnapChat return, investigators located a conversation with a user, User Two herein, occurring between November 30, 2025, and December 2, 2025. During this conversation, 32 messages were exchanged including 12 pictures and videos depicting a male masturbating or people engaging in sexual activity.

Three of these videos depicted Defendant engaging in the sexual abuse of Victim One. User Two also sent 16 images or videos of a female exposing her genitals and masturbating. In these images, the female’s breasts, genitals, and face are visible. The age of User Two is unknown at this time (approximate age 14-17). In the SnapChat return, investigators located a conversation with a user, Victim [NAME REDACTED], on August 28, 2025. During this conversation, Victim Two told Defendant that she was 14 years old.

Defendant claimed to be a senior; Defendant is 27 years old. During this conversation, Defendant made several sexually explicit comments to include: • "Gotta be a crime or something" followed by a laughing face emoji • "Fine we stay hush we can talk bae" • "Stop I wanna be in u" • "We rly should bang" • "Lemme fill you up" In the SnapChat return, investigators located a conversation with a user, Victim [NAME REDACTED], occurring between November 29, 2025, and December 1, 2025. During this conversation 258 messages were exchanged, including a discussion that Victim Two was 14 years old.