With a YouTube channel that documented a seemingly happy family life, Amber Sinkler liked to portray herself as the perfect Christian wife and mother.
Yet behind the facade Amber and her ‘cocaine-fueled’ husband Joshua, 36, allegedly worked together to subject their own daughter to a horrific campaign of sexual abuse, police in Missouri claimed in court papers.
According to a probable cause statement seen by the Daily Mail, Amber, 31, was allegedly ‘fully aware’ that her husband was abusing the youngster from when she was a baby – but did nothing to intervene.
Filings laid out the couple’s alleged acts in detail too graphic and disturbing to reproduce.
In the probable cause statement filed in Amber’s case, officials said they uncovered four videos on her mobile phone, as well as several images, of the alleged abuse.
The videos all involved a ‘prepubescent female’ of two-years-old which investigators said was approximated by her ‘diminutive stature and lack of anatomical growth’.
According to the statement, one of the videos showed the toddler clutching a stuffed animal and crying as she was abused by Joshua.
It is claimed by investigators that Amber was typically in the same bed while the abuse was carried out, but never once raised the alarm.
The alleged horror outlined in the court filings could not be in greater contrast to the life Sinkler was happy to portray online.
Amber Sinkler, seen here, is accused of standing by and letting her husband subject their daughter to horrific sexual abuse
Police said an investigation found that Joshua Sinkler, seen here, was abusing his daughter since she was born
Sinkler’s YouTube channel is littered with videos of her family attending church, Bible study and even milestones in her children’s life like their first steps.
If it wasn’t updates on their life, Amber would post videos of them celebrating the 4th of July, Father’s Day and family weddings while speaking in a high-pitched, babyish voice.
One video from 2024 showed her flaunting an engagement ring in the bathroom of their home after Joshua proposed to her.
‘I’m engaged again, I’m still married but I’m engaged again’, she told the camera while adding she had to ‘work on her body’ to fit into a wedding dress.
As she speaks, a man can be heard shouting from beyond the bathroom at a crying child.
In other clips she would post her own video tributes to celebrities who had died, including actor Val Kilmer and One Direction star Liam Payne.
Despite the constant videos, police said in the court papers that her care was all an illusion and that Amber ‘showed no concern’ for her daughter ‘and made no attempt to stop the sexual abuse’.
The probable cause statement continued: ‘Amber stated she didn’t report the abuse to her family or law enforcement out of fear for what may happen to her husband.
‘Amber also implicated her husband may be having sex with a yet to be identified 11-year-old in the neighborhood.
‘Amber also showed poor judgment and a lack of character by stating she “wouldn’t be surprised” if her husband was molesting other children’, the statement said.
The horror outlined in the court filings could not be in greater contrast to the life Sinkler was happy to portray online
The two were arrested earlier this week from their mobile home before being formally charged
They are both being held inside St. Charles County Jail on a $500,000 cash bond each
Officers with the St Charles County Police Department said Amber told them that she was in the same bed as her husband carried out the abuse.
In the probable cause statement, Amber also claimed that her husband would abuse cocaine, which according to her would make him ‘become very sexual with the child’.
Officers described how Amber was aware that her husband was ‘having sexual contact with the 2-year-old for two years’, the statement added.
She was charged with first-degree child endangerment and of possessing child sexual abuse material.
Her husband was charged with incest, child molestation, statutory rape of a person younger than 14, statutory sodomy, sexual exploitation of a minor, possession of child pornography and endangering the welfare of a child.
At a bond hearing on Friday Amber pleaded not guilty and was referred to a public defender – their details were not available. Her husband has not yet entered a plea, attorney information was not yet available for him.
The couple was arrested earlier this week from their trailer park home after an investigation.
Prosecuting Attorney Joe McCulloch described the couple as ‘monsters’ in a statement to the media.
He said: ‘The sickness displayed by these individuals is indescribable. These charges mandate that we protect the victim and the public from these monsters.’
They are both being held inside St. Charles County Jail on a $500,000 cash bond each.
