Rep. Anna Paulina Luna called for the execution of Thomas Markle after federal authorities arrested the Duchess of Sussex’s estranged father in a case involving suspected child sexual abuse material.
The Florida Republican made the demand on social media after investigators reported seizing material from storage units rented by Markle.
“I am calling for Thomas Markle to receive the Death Penalty,” Luna wrote. Her demand came after reports that federal agents had recovered photographs as well as other materials in their search.
Luna, 37, is an ally of President Donald Trump and narrowly won reelection in her Florida district last week. The congresswoman cited allegations about photographs that she said showed Markle with children.
I am calling for Thomas Markle to recieve the Death Penalty.
Agents seized items from his LA storage units including film negatives showing him (ID'd by a longtime witness) with a nude prepubescent girl, one involving apparent genital contact, plus other images of him with… https://t.co/Z4qBBv7PjC
— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) November 10, 2026
In her post, she described the images in more explicit terms than the identification described in the complaint.
She characterized the alleged conduct as evidence of his ability to conceal material and accused him of using travel abroad to exploit children.
The lawmaker called him a “sick human” as she urged authorities to seek his execution.
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Markle was back in federal custody Tuesday, days after agents first arrested him at Maravida Senior Living in Lakeland, Florida. He had been allowed to return to the care home under house arrest with an electronic ankle monitor.
First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said Markle cut off the monitor at a quarter to two in the morning and was arrested shortly afterward. He was awaiting a hearing in federal court in Tampa.
Thomas Markle was found with photos of himself posing with A NAKED UNDERAGE GIRL AND an undressed CHILD. He is a sicko.
The guy was mentally fit enough to keep naked photos of children.
He was mentally fit enough to hide the photos.
He was mentally fit enough to travel… pic.twitter.com/ltECC86WCT
— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) November 10, 2026
Essayli attributed the second arrest to a violation of the terms of Markle’s pretrial release.
At the initial arrest on Friday, agents took him into custody in handcuffs while he was in a wheelchair. He had moved to the United States in May after undergoing surgery to amputate a leg.
The FBI’s search focused on two storage units that investigators say Markle had rented since 2008. Payments continued through October 2026, according to the 14-page complaint obtained by Fox News.
Agents seized about 78 items, among them slides, film negatives and books containing suspected child sexual abuse material. In one of the units, investigators flagged about 18 suspected illegal images among the recovered negatives.
A witness who had known Markle since the 1970s recognized him as the adult in at least two photographs with a child, according to the complaint.
The Sunday Times reported that Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, helped the FBI identify her former husband in two photographs recovered from a Los Angeles storage unit.
Ragland, 70, divorced him in 1987. Court papers also describe additional negatives from the Los Angeles searches that investigators allege show abuse. Further charges are expected in California.
The investigation has extended beyond the United States. Mexican police are investigating, and ITV reported that authorities in the Philippines could file a charge as soon as Monday.
The potential charge concerns possession of exploitative sexual material involving children.
Markle moved from Mexico to the Philippines in January of the previous year. His son, Thomas Markle Jr., contacted the FBI after he allegedly found child sexual abuse material at his father’s home in Cebu.
The son handed four boxes to local police. They contained laptops, phones, hard drives, videotapes and books.
More than 7,000 images of child sexual abuse allegedly belonging to his father were recovered from those materials.
Meghan disclosed that a letter detailing allegations against her father went to the Metropolitan Police team responsible for royal protection in 2018.
“It made troubling and disturbing allegations against my father and I was given assurances that these were being investigated,” the duchess said of the letter.
She has been estranged from her father since marrying Prince Harry in May 2018. She kept her children from having contact with him for their safety, according to her statement, a decision she linked to the concerns raised in the letter.
The duchess addressed what she described as years of distortion in some media coverage of the estrangement.
She hoped the disclosure would help explain why she had put distance between herself and her father and why she had kept him away from her children.
In the same statement, Meghan recalled trusting the authorities to protect other families.
Meghan’s statement described her as “deeply distressed at the news that has come to light in the last 24 hours” and expressed concern for any children who may have been harmed.
She also asked that “justice will be fully served and that the priority remains the safety and protection of innocent children” as the case proceeds. She regarded the scope of the allegations that had emerged as more disturbing than she could have imagined.
The arrest also changed the couple’s plans for an appearance in Brussels. Meghan and Harry attended the opening of the Lost Screen Memorial at the European Parliament, where the duchess had been scheduled to speak alongside Harry.
Harry delivered the speech alone and urged stronger protections for children online. She withdrew from speaking following her father’s arrest.
The Telegraph quoted a source who attributed Meghan’s decision to the emotional strain she was under following the arrest. The source questioned whether the duchess was emotionally able to take on any public speaking at that point.