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The following
program
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documents real law enforcement
investigations
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of child sexual predators.
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This deeply disturbing content
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may be triggering for some
viewers.
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Please watch with care.
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Next, the team hunts
a predator in Houston.
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The twist is, he's one
of their own.
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He's a pervert with a badge.
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Concern would be
an understatement.
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Then Detective
Tony Godwin
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races to stop a predator
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who secretly records
his victims.
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I'm like, "This guy is sick."
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Never in a million years did
I imagine this would happen.
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And, later, Tony
joins forces to stop a predator
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who just can't keep it
in his pants.
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There he is,
in all his glory,
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pants and underwear down around
his ankle.
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It's a very,
very memorable arrest.
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Get on the ground!
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A team
of police professionals
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in North Dallas has one goal.
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Get out the car!
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Take down
online predators
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before they harm a real child.
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Child predators are everywhere.
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Online predators
pose the biggest danger
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to America's children today.
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Kids are being targeted
at an alarming rate.
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This team
is opening its case files
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for the first time to show you
how it tracks them down.
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All right,
he's coming this way.
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And brings them to
justice by any means necessary.
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Put your hands on the car.
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This is Detective
Tony Godwin and his team is
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the Predator Hunters.
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It's 2017.
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Detectives Tony Godwin
and Brandon Poor are facing
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their toughest takedown yet.
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Both terrifying and shocking.
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But what I find out next
is just mind blowing.
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This guy is a cop.
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You know,
these cases come along
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that you're never going
to forget.
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This guy here, Donald Dehnert,
this is one of them.
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This one hits so close to home
because this guy was a cop.
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At the end of the day,
we were able to take
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his knowledge of
law enforcement and tactics
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and use it against him
to get him into custody
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without him
even knowing about it.
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- Hey.
- Hey.
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This case
revolves around
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my friend and colleague,
Brandon Poor.
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He's a detective
on the ICAC Task Force.
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I have known Brandon
for a very long time,
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over 10 years.
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We collaborate
on cases quite a bit.
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A lot of times I'm assisting him
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on his search warrants
and his cases,
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and he's doing the same
for mine.
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Brandon is online
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doing an undercover
proactive investigation
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into the Internet relay chat,
what we call IRC.
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IRC is one of the oldest
chat platforms that exists.
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Looks very old school.
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It consists of a bunch
of different channels
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and forums that's unmonitored.
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The culture of IRC is horrific.
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It's not for the faint of heart,
I promise you.
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There are channels
like dad and daughter sex,
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baby and toddler love,
and things that are horrible.
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You will find predators
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who are sharing back and forth
material and communications
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and talking about things
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that would literally make
your stomach turn.
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So, in this case,
I created an undercover profile
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of a 31-year-old mom
named Laura.
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I portray myself as a mom
of two daughters, ages 5 and 11.
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The idea is that
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Brandon's going
to use this profile,
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who's got two daughters
available,
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and offer them up for sex.
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The sad reality is it's based
on real things
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that we know have happened.
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Real adults who have
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had their own children
or access to children,
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offered them up
for sexual purposes.
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I'm hit with dozens
of messages right away.
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But one user sticks out
from the others
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because its title, LovesYng,
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gives me some sort of indication
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as to what this user
might be looking for.
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He's asking me
how many daughters I have.
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And he says, "I bet they're
both so cute and sexy.
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I love mothers
and their young daughters."
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So out of the realm
of anything a normal person
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would even think about.
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Feels a little more
creepy to me.
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I have kids and it hits
a little closer to home.
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So I'm playing naive.
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I'm basically telling him
I haven't really talked
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about anything like this.
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And he's saying
it would be something
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he would want to actually do.
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Over the next few weeks,
the messages start becoming
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more graphic and more explicit.
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Both terrifying and shocking.
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Concern would be
an understatement.
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My biggest fear that he's going
to go meet a real kid
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or, in this case, the parent
that has access to kids.
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Brandon shows me
some of the communications
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between he and this user,
LovesYng.
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I'm telling you,
it's so disgusting.
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The deviant, horrible things
he wants to do to a child.
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This guy is a problem, so we've
got to do everything we can
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to figure out who he is,
find him,
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and put his ass in jail.
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Tony subpoenas
the Internet provider
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for information
about LovesYng's identity.
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I eventually get
the information back
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and they give me an address
in the Houston area.
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And it comes back to a guy
named Donald Dehnert.
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I do a little bit of digging
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and I find a Facebook profile
for this guy.
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And on the surface,
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he just looks like some normal
married guy, family dude.
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He's got a pet.
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But what I find out next
is just mind-blowing.
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This guy is a cop.
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He has lived a life of sworn
to protect the community,
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yet he leads this double life
where he's soliciting someone
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to have sex with children.
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It really makes me sick to
my stomach to say these things.
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At the end of the day,
he's a pervert with a badge.
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The next thing that Brandon
needs to do is really establish,
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is this guy, Dehnert, going
to follow through
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in what he's been saying online
and actually show up to engage
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in a sex act with a child?
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We're talking over
the holiday period.
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He says he wishes
he could have my girls
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under the Christmas tree
and unwrap them slowly.
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I mean,
what do you say to that?
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He's most certainly having
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some sort of Christmas
with his family,
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but he's stepping away
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to go to the computer
and tell me these things.
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Jekyll and Hyde.
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That's what it is.
It's Jekyll and Hyde.
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After several months
of Brandon
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working this
undercover Laura profile
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and offering up
these two girls,
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Dehnert finally makes
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a suggestion for a meet
in real life,
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and he's going to engage
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in a sexual encounter
with two kids.
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He's making it very clear
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he wants an entire weekend
with these kids.
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Sexually abusing these children.
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Now that he's given me
a concrete day,
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I think it's time to make
an op plan.
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I'm going to go meet with Tony
to do that now.
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You know, this is
an absolute worst case scenario
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for us.
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There's so many things
that could go wrong.
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One, this guy knows every tactic
used by law enforcement.
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We have to confront him
at his house.
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We've gotta come up with a plan
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that's not gonna alert him
that he's being arrested.
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He's got guns,
or at least, a gun.
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He could barricade.
We could get into a shootout.
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There's so many variables,
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and this is so touchy.
It's like a powder keg
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about to explode.
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Okay, I got a plan.
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We use what he knows
about what we do
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to help us
and benefit us, right?
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So his house is here.
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He's got a street here.
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And he's got a neighbor
right across the street there.
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What if we park
the SWAT van right here?
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Put an ambulance here
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and make it look like we're at
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some police operation
across the street.
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And then before he has a time
to think about it,
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they surround him.
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We have him put his hands
on his head and disarm him.
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So putting the SWAT truck
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and an ambulance directly
in front of his house.
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- It's crazy.
- It's genius, though.
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We need this guy to be
so dismissive.
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Like, "Who knew I was across
the street from a crime
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or a criminal?"
when, in fact, it's for him.
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We're set up right
in front of Dehnert's address,
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waiting for him to come out.
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It's like 6 o'clock
in the morning.
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They know full well this is
the normal time
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that Dehnert leaves
to go to work.
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The whole anticipation
is unlike anything else
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because everybody's anxious,
everybody's amped up.
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It's really nerve-wracking.
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And then he comes
out of his house,
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cup of coffee in hand,
oblivious to what's going on.
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His focus is on the SWAT guys,
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and he doesn't really
have a moment
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to think about
what might be happening.
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They all turn.
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They focus
all their weapons on him.
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And they get him into custody.
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All I had at this
point was a search warrant.
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That's part of the reason
why we don't handcuff him,
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so that we can build a rapport
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to hopefully get him
to agree to an interview.
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I'm a little curious
as to whether
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he's gonna talk to us.
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I mean, he knows
what an interview is like
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for a police officer
and investigator in this case.
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Before Brandon
conducts his interview,
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the team searches
Dehnert's home.
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What they're
looking for, obviously,
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is anything capable
of connecting to the Internet.
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They seize 40 electronic devices
in total.
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SD cards, memory sticks,
cameras, laptops,
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everything you can imagine,
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all of which has to be submitted
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and examined forensically.
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The fact that
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he's doing this interview
in the car,
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this is a really common tactic
that we use.
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Get them while
they're really thinking,
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"What is going on?"
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And see if we can capitalize
on it.
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I'm baffled.
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The fact that this guy
who's been in law enforcement
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talking to a detective
about this type of crime
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and doesn't ask for a lawyer,
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blows my mind.
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Detective Brandon
Poor confronts one of his own,
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Deputy Sheriff Donald Dehnert.
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My belief is Dehnert knows
why we're there,
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but he doesn't know how much
we know.
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Dehnert opens up
to us quite a bit.
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He was a lot more forthright
than I expected him to be.
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He's saying
right there,
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he thinks it was one of us
or maybe even me.
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And I'm not going
to let him know it was.
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I think
that he's thinking,
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if this weren't a real person
with real kids,
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then it's not even that big
of a deal.
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You know, some of
the horrible things
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that he said
and that he planned to do.
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If you read through
the communications,
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there's no indication
that this was anything other
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than something he wanted
to act out.
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If there was
any doubt
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about how real this is
in his life,
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he's now admitted to viewing
child sex abuse material
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on his laptop
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and moving it to a thumb drive.
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The fact that we're now
going to find CSAM
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in the home
on more than one device
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means that it's
additional charges
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and additional crimes that we
have to investigate as well.
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I don't view Dehnert
any differently
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than any of
my other child predators.
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The fact that Dehnert was
a police officer just meant
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that he was a predator
that flew under the radar
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until we could catch him.
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Brandon did a great job.
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And he's able to get information
from Dehnert
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that he had a USB device
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that had child sex abuse
material on it.
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A recovery of that device
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and a further examination
of that device
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revealed a thousand-plus images
of child sex abuse material.
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What we know
about people who prey on kids
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is they're the teachers
and the pastors and the doctors
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and the farmers and the plumbers
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and everyone else around you
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that looks just like anyone else
to you.
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It's 2009.
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Detectives join forces to stop
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a predator who's exposing
himself to a child.
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He's transmitting webcam.
He's panning up.
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Shows his face.
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You can't make this stuff up, right?
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These guys are so pathetic.
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Every once in a while,
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we find an offender
that's so twisted,
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it shocks even
a seasoned veteran like me.
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This guy, Michael Vanmeter,
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sent a boatload
of child sex abuse material
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to what he thought
was a 13-year-old girl.
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We had to coordinate
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to get this guy caught with
his pants down, literally.
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I got a phone call
from Lieutenant Gary Marquis.
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He was a friend and colleague
on the ICAC task force
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in a different county
in North Texas.
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He was kind of in a bit
of a panic because he's like,
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"Hey, man, I'm online in
an undercover capacity
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"talking to this suspect that
lives in your city,
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and I need you to check it out."
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In 2009, Yahoo was
the big kid on the block.
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They had numerous chatrooms.
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There could be tens of thousands
of people in these chat rooms.
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I was actually going
into these chat rooms,
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looking for individuals
that search
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for underage children
to have sex with.
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Gary tells me he created
this profile, Texasgrl13.
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He was a 13-year-old female.
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And he tells me
that he got contacted right away
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by a user named MV-57.
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MV-57 wanted to know my age,
sex, and location.
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And I told him I was 13,
female, and I lived in Texas.
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He didn't even blink at the age
of 13.
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My undercover name is
Alexis.
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Nice to meet you, Mike.
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The next communication is,
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"You ever been
with an older man?"
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I replied,
"I'm still a virgin."
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His end goal is for Alexis
to start trusting him.
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Like really creepy predator
behavior, right?
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But it gets worse.
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Within minutes, this same user,
MV-57,
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began to send me images
of child sexual abuse material,
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or CSAM as we refer to it.
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00:18:55,301 --> 00:18:56,669
You know, typically
in these investigations,
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I get a picture of their junk
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that they want to show off
to a young girl.
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But this is like taking a 2x4
to the head.
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This is
some hardcore child pornography.
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That's a felony to share or send
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child sexual abuse material
to another person.
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00:19:11,717 --> 00:19:14,954
It pisses me off, the fact
that this guy is willing to go
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and share horrible material
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with what he thinks
is a real kid.
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The rapid nature in which this
happened is really concerning,
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00:19:22,795 --> 00:19:25,164
was really concerning for Gary.
We don't know who he is.
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00:19:25,264 --> 00:19:26,365
And at the end of the day,
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he could be doing something
to a real kid.
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I need to identify him quickly.
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00:19:37,543 --> 00:19:39,712
Lieutenant Marquis
is communicating with
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00:19:39,845 --> 00:19:43,883
a determined online predator
called MV-57.
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00:19:44,016 --> 00:19:48,087
A few weeks into the chat,
he receives a friend request.
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00:19:48,454 --> 00:19:50,923
Oh, wow.
That took his display name off
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00:19:51,057 --> 00:19:53,726
and his first and last name
is visible.
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00:19:54,026 --> 00:19:57,229
That's his freaking name,
Michael Vanmeter.
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00:19:59,498 --> 00:20:01,400
It's a surreal moment
because you're thinking,
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00:20:01,534 --> 00:20:03,002
"How dumb can you be?"
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00:20:03,169 --> 00:20:04,837
Like, you are out here doing
this crime.
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00:20:05,004 --> 00:20:05,838
You're doing things
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00:20:06,005 --> 00:20:08,607
and soliciting a child
for sexual purposes,
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00:20:08,741 --> 00:20:09,975
yet you're dumb enough to put
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00:20:10,076 --> 00:20:12,678
your real name on
your profile information?
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00:20:15,581 --> 00:20:17,049
And then
Michael Vanmeter
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00:20:17,183 --> 00:20:20,686
began transmitting
live webcam feed.
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00:20:21,987 --> 00:20:26,125
This feed began at his genitals
and then moved up to his face.
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00:20:28,394 --> 00:20:31,163
Then I took a screenshot
of his face.
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00:20:33,899 --> 00:20:35,267
Just goes to show you these guys
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00:20:35,401 --> 00:20:37,470
are not the brightest bulbs
in the box.
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00:20:39,138 --> 00:20:40,372
We have a picture of him.
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00:20:40,473 --> 00:20:41,674
We have his name.
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00:20:41,807 --> 00:20:44,210
Now we can determine who he is
and where he's at.
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00:20:45,144 --> 00:20:47,513
A search
on the police database reveals
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00:20:47,646 --> 00:20:51,283
that Vanmeter lives within
Tony's jurisdiction.
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00:20:53,219 --> 00:20:54,887
When Lieutenant Marquis
calls me
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to tell me about this predator,
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00:20:56,522 --> 00:20:58,924
Michael Vanmeter, who lives
in my city,
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00:20:59,058 --> 00:21:01,660
that's a real concern for me.
Because this guy's talking about
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00:21:01,794 --> 00:21:04,163
the things he's talking about
and sharing that material,
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00:21:04,263 --> 00:21:06,766
I move right away
to start working on that.
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00:21:10,503 --> 00:21:13,005
As Gary and I discuss a way
to get Vanmeter out
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00:21:13,139 --> 00:21:14,874
into the open
to get him arrested,
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00:21:15,007 --> 00:21:17,343
he throws a curveball
that really floors us,
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00:21:17,476 --> 00:21:18,511
and it kind of changes
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00:21:18,644 --> 00:21:20,513
the course of everything
that we do.
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00:21:22,348 --> 00:21:24,083
I get a message,
and the message says,
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00:21:24,216 --> 00:21:25,885
"It's my birthday on Monday.
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00:21:26,418 --> 00:21:28,888
I hope to obtain a great
birthday present."
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00:21:29,722 --> 00:21:31,924
And I respond,
"What would it be?"
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00:21:33,225 --> 00:21:34,727
Vanmeter replies,
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00:21:34,860 --> 00:21:39,798
"Seeing my 12 and 14-year-old
neighbor kids naked."
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00:21:42,168 --> 00:21:44,570
When he says, hey, it's
my birthday weekend
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and I might have access
or availability to a real kid
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and see some kids naked
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as like a birthday present
kind of a thing.
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00:21:51,944 --> 00:21:54,079
I'm like, "I'm going to put eyes
on this guy.
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00:21:54,246 --> 00:21:55,614
"I'm going to put eyes
on his house
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00:21:55,748 --> 00:21:57,650
"and I'm going to get
a team of people together
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00:21:57,750 --> 00:21:59,518
to make sure
that doesn't happen."
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00:22:00,152 --> 00:22:01,687
Tony
and Lieutenant Marquis
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00:22:01,787 --> 00:22:04,824
devise a plan
to snare Michael Vanmeter.
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00:22:04,957 --> 00:22:07,626
Gary, if he's
on the computer with Vanmeter
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00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:09,461
while we're setting up to do
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00:22:09,595 --> 00:22:11,030
the arrest warrant
and search warrant,
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00:22:11,197 --> 00:22:14,967
the chances of him being able
to access a kid are minimized.
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00:22:15,100 --> 00:22:18,637
So this is kind of a dual plan
that we have in place.
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00:22:18,804 --> 00:22:20,172
It's not going to be simple,
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00:22:20,306 --> 00:22:21,707
but we're going
to make it happen.
400
00:22:26,378 --> 00:22:29,348
August 7th, 2009,
this is Detective Godwin.
401
00:22:29,481 --> 00:22:33,385
It is 5:33, 5:33 pm.
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00:22:33,519 --> 00:22:35,387
I'm sitting outside
the target house
403
00:22:35,521 --> 00:22:38,924
for this gentleman right here,
Michael Vanmeter.
404
00:22:39,425 --> 00:22:41,560
As I'm sitting here,
I'm in contact also
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00:22:41,694 --> 00:22:42,828
with Gary Marquis.
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00:22:42,962 --> 00:22:44,997
The reality is I gotta keep
eyes on this place
407
00:22:45,130 --> 00:22:47,233
while all the other
moving parts are happening.
408
00:22:47,666 --> 00:22:49,168
As soon as that warrant
is signed,
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00:22:49,301 --> 00:22:50,769
we're gonna hit the house.
410
00:22:51,804 --> 00:22:54,306
I get the team to do
a perimeter around the house.
411
00:22:55,140 --> 00:22:57,209
And we have some radio chatter
going back and forth
412
00:22:57,343 --> 00:22:59,245
and I have a teammate
that tells me, "Hey,
413
00:22:59,378 --> 00:23:00,813
"I can see through a window,
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00:23:00,913 --> 00:23:03,749
and I can see Vanmeter sitting
at a computer."
415
00:23:04,717 --> 00:23:07,119
I'm communicating
with Vanmeter
416
00:23:07,253 --> 00:23:08,354
in Chat Messenger.
417
00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:11,657
He actually starts transmitting
video footage.
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00:23:12,892 --> 00:23:15,160
So I call Tony and I tell him
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00:23:15,761 --> 00:23:17,763
he has no idea
that y'all are outside.
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00:23:18,998 --> 00:23:20,666
It's go, go, go.
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00:23:22,968 --> 00:23:24,270
We're at the front
of the residence
422
00:23:24,403 --> 00:23:25,638
and I'm banging on the door.
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00:23:25,804 --> 00:23:27,973
"Police, police, search warrant,
open the door, open the door."
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00:23:28,073 --> 00:23:30,242
The door gets open,
and I'm greeted by
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00:23:30,409 --> 00:23:31,710
what I believe is the roommate.
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00:23:31,844 --> 00:23:33,012
I talked to Tony and say,
427
00:23:33,112 --> 00:23:34,346
"You know, this is
what he's doing.
428
00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:35,881
He's masturbating on webcam."
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00:23:36,048 --> 00:23:38,050
I send two guys
immediately down the hall.
430
00:23:38,217 --> 00:23:40,819
They beeline straight
for Vanmeter's door.
431
00:23:40,953 --> 00:23:42,554
They push right through.
432
00:23:43,422 --> 00:23:44,924
Guess what they see?
433
00:23:45,057 --> 00:23:46,725
There he is in all his glory,
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00:23:46,859 --> 00:23:48,661
pants and underwear
down around his ankle.
435
00:23:48,794 --> 00:23:51,764
He's in full bloom,
just masturbating away.
436
00:23:53,432 --> 00:23:55,134
You can't make this stuff up,
right?
437
00:23:55,234 --> 00:23:57,636
These guys are so pathetic.
438
00:23:57,803 --> 00:23:59,505
They're such deviants.
439
00:24:00,072 --> 00:24:01,040
I'm walking into the room
440
00:24:01,206 --> 00:24:03,075
and I'm on the phone
with Gary Marquis.
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00:24:03,208 --> 00:24:06,011
And so I take my badge off
and I just kind of zoom it up
442
00:24:06,111 --> 00:24:08,681
into the webcam on the computer.
443
00:24:10,950 --> 00:24:14,486
What a nice finish to see this
guy finally into custody,
444
00:24:14,620 --> 00:24:17,022
bagged and tagged.
He's not hurting a real kid.
445
00:24:22,261 --> 00:24:24,029
Detective Godwin's
team searches the home
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00:24:24,229 --> 00:24:26,097
of child predator
Michael Vanmeter,
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00:24:26,098 --> 00:24:27,633
following his arrest.
448
00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:29,834
There's loads
of child sex abuse material
449
00:24:29,835 --> 00:24:32,037
and he's got a map
that's laid out.
450
00:24:32,204 --> 00:24:34,640
And on that map,
he's got an area
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00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:36,475
that's designated right where
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00:24:36,675 --> 00:24:41,145
Gary Marquis's undercover
profile is, Alexis.
453
00:24:41,146 --> 00:24:42,681
And that's really indicative
454
00:24:42,848 --> 00:24:44,850
of what this guy's
real intent was.
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00:24:44,950 --> 00:24:47,385
He's now mapping out a drive
456
00:24:47,386 --> 00:24:50,756
to go to this location,
which is a couple hours away,
457
00:24:50,923 --> 00:24:52,591
to have a sexual encounter
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00:24:52,791 --> 00:24:54,560
with what he believed to be
a child.
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00:24:57,563 --> 00:24:58,697
Vanmeter agrees to have
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00:24:58,831 --> 00:25:00,632
an interview
without a lawyer present.
461
00:25:01,266 --> 00:25:03,067
I love the interview process.
462
00:25:03,068 --> 00:25:04,836
I don't care
that I haven't eaten,
463
00:25:04,837 --> 00:25:07,239
that I haven't slept,
that I've been up for hours.
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00:25:07,406 --> 00:25:09,041
It doesn't make any difference.
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00:25:21,820 --> 00:25:23,621
He's got his head in his hand.
466
00:25:23,622 --> 00:25:26,624
Like, he's so broken,
in my mind,
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00:25:26,625 --> 00:25:28,727
I'm thinking, "This is right
where I want him to be"
468
00:25:28,827 --> 00:25:31,230
because this is
the best case scenario for me
469
00:25:31,430 --> 00:25:33,432
to get this guy
to confess to everything.
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00:26:13,038 --> 00:26:15,240
He says, "No, I was never going
to go meet that child."
471
00:26:15,407 --> 00:26:17,176
Dude, give me a break.
472
00:26:17,276 --> 00:26:20,112
We found a map to her location
at your place.
473
00:27:06,225 --> 00:27:08,393
This guy is so creepy.
474
00:27:08,594 --> 00:27:11,230
The type of material
that he sent and forwarded
475
00:27:11,430 --> 00:27:14,633
to this child is so disturbing,
476
00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:16,235
so unnerving.
477
00:27:16,768 --> 00:27:18,837
It would shock the conscience
of the American public
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00:27:19,037 --> 00:27:21,072
if they actually had
to see something like that.
479
00:27:21,073 --> 00:27:24,009
It's the most deplorable,
disgusting stuff on the planet.
480
00:27:29,848 --> 00:27:31,950
The takeaway for me
on this Vanmeter case
481
00:27:32,150 --> 00:27:34,586
is he shared child sex abuse
material,
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00:27:34,786 --> 00:27:37,389
horrific stuff,
in a moment's notice,
483
00:27:37,589 --> 00:27:40,792
like 10 minutes within talking
to this 13-year-old girl.
484
00:27:40,959 --> 00:27:42,928
So as a parent,
be super vigilant.
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00:27:43,028 --> 00:27:45,597
You'd rather know full well
what's going on
486
00:27:45,731 --> 00:27:48,033
and where they're going
than being in the dark
487
00:27:48,233 --> 00:27:50,002
and letting them get exposed
to a predator
488
00:27:50,202 --> 00:27:51,570
like Michael Vanmeter.
489
00:27:52,070 --> 00:27:53,504
It's 2012.
490
00:27:53,505 --> 00:27:54,840
Detective Tony Godwin
491
00:27:55,007 --> 00:27:58,477
is in a race against time
to stop a predatory lawyer.
492
00:28:02,047 --> 00:28:04,082
He is the creepiest
of the creepiest,
493
00:28:04,283 --> 00:28:06,351
the worst of the worst.
494
00:28:07,219 --> 00:28:10,556
Never in a million years did I
imagine this would happen.
495
00:28:11,590 --> 00:28:12,591
You know,
once in a while,
496
00:28:12,791 --> 00:28:14,526
you get a case
that just blows your mind.
497
00:28:14,626 --> 00:28:16,929
That is this case for me,
Christian Gieseke.
498
00:28:17,029 --> 00:28:20,232
This started out as like
an inappropriate conversation
499
00:28:20,399 --> 00:28:21,465
with a young girl
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00:28:21,466 --> 00:28:23,668
who was spending the night
with his stepdaughter,
501
00:28:23,669 --> 00:28:26,471
and it morphed into something
that was unbelievable,
502
00:28:26,672 --> 00:28:29,507
deviant behavior that nobody
was really expecting.
503
00:28:29,508 --> 00:28:31,476
This guy, hidden in plain sight.
504
00:28:31,677 --> 00:28:32,678
I'm proud that we were able
505
00:28:32,844 --> 00:28:35,080
to get this guy off the street
and behind bars.
506
00:28:45,157 --> 00:28:46,825
On July 7th of 2012,
507
00:28:47,025 --> 00:28:48,627
I got a phone call
from a concerned parent.
508
00:28:48,994 --> 00:28:51,230
She told me that her daughter,
a 13-year-old,
509
00:28:51,430 --> 00:28:53,365
was spending the night with
her best friend, Skylar.
510
00:28:53,465 --> 00:28:56,602
And while she was there,
her best friend's stepdad
511
00:28:56,768 --> 00:28:58,136
had made some very inappropriate
512
00:28:58,236 --> 00:29:00,672
conduct and communications
with her.
513
00:29:01,106 --> 00:29:03,175
I tell the mom that she needs
to bring her daughter,
514
00:29:03,275 --> 00:29:04,643
Natasha, into the police station
515
00:29:04,843 --> 00:29:06,278
so I can have a conversation
with her.
516
00:29:07,312 --> 00:29:08,880
Natasha is a fake name
517
00:29:09,047 --> 00:29:11,917
to protect the identity
of the real victim.
518
00:29:12,050 --> 00:29:14,353
Natasha tells me
around 2:00 in the morning,
519
00:29:14,553 --> 00:29:16,355
Skylar's stepfather,
Christian Gieseke,
520
00:29:16,555 --> 00:29:18,924
looked in the room and saw
that she was awake
521
00:29:19,024 --> 00:29:21,593
and invited her
to just watch TV.
522
00:29:21,793 --> 00:29:23,261
And they started watching
Friends.
523
00:29:23,262 --> 00:29:25,897
But then it kind of took
a weird turn.
524
00:29:26,031 --> 00:29:30,202
Christian started to ask her
very inappropriate questions.
525
00:29:30,636 --> 00:29:32,838
She is freaked out, right?
526
00:29:33,038 --> 00:29:34,640
But that doesn't deter him
at all,
527
00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:36,642
because what he does next
is shocking.
528
00:29:36,842 --> 00:29:39,077
He tries
to show her pornography.
529
00:29:40,045 --> 00:29:42,713
She is completely frozen.
530
00:29:42,714 --> 00:29:44,416
She begins to cry.
531
00:29:44,916 --> 00:29:47,184
Christian then suggests, "Hey,
why don't you go take a shower,
532
00:29:47,185 --> 00:29:49,620
calm down.
I'm just trying to help you."
533
00:29:49,621 --> 00:29:50,555
She's like, you know what?
534
00:29:50,756 --> 00:29:53,125
I think I'm just going
to go back in the room.
535
00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:57,396
This is really creepy predator
behavior, right?
536
00:29:57,596 --> 00:30:00,064
Natasha tells me she does not
wake Skylar up.
537
00:30:00,065 --> 00:30:02,534
She just kind of lays there,
paralyzed in fear.
538
00:30:02,634 --> 00:30:04,403
She's able to get
a couple hours of sleep.
539
00:30:04,569 --> 00:30:05,971
This guy is acting out.
540
00:30:06,071 --> 00:30:09,641
He's on a path to escalate
to put his hands on a real kid.
541
00:30:09,841 --> 00:30:11,843
And that is a huge issue for me.
542
00:30:13,345 --> 00:30:14,512
The next step for me
543
00:30:14,513 --> 00:30:16,615
is to make sure that his wife
and stepdaughter,
544
00:30:16,715 --> 00:30:18,750
Skylar, are in a safe place.
545
00:30:18,950 --> 00:30:20,085
So I have to interview them.
546
00:30:20,385 --> 00:30:22,487
And Skylar reveals
some information to me
547
00:30:22,587 --> 00:30:25,157
that is absolutely
mind-blowing and shocking.
548
00:30:25,324 --> 00:30:27,592
It scares me to
the point where we are going
549
00:30:27,793 --> 00:30:29,361
to move on this guy immediately.
550
00:30:33,398 --> 00:30:34,399
Detective Tony Godwin
551
00:30:34,533 --> 00:30:35,567
interviews the mom
and daughter
552
00:30:35,667 --> 00:30:38,470
who share a home
with suspected child predator
553
00:30:38,603 --> 00:30:39,638
Christian Gieseke.
554
00:30:39,738 --> 00:30:41,640
Thankfully, I'm able
to get Skylar and her mom
555
00:30:41,740 --> 00:30:43,442
to the PD about 1 o'clock,
556
00:30:43,608 --> 00:30:44,843
get them away from this guy
557
00:30:45,010 --> 00:30:48,213
who I now am believing 100%
is a predator.
558
00:30:57,756 --> 00:30:58,890
When Skylar comes in,
559
00:30:59,024 --> 00:31:00,859
she's nervous and she's
a little scared.
560
00:31:01,026 --> 00:31:02,427
And you can just see that
561
00:31:02,561 --> 00:31:04,730
the bottom of their world
has dropped out.
562
00:31:06,298 --> 00:31:08,867
Christian, he was just the dad
at my house.
563
00:31:08,967 --> 00:31:11,803
And he was very trustworthy,
564
00:31:12,170 --> 00:31:13,638
taught us how
to protect ourselves
565
00:31:13,739 --> 00:31:15,707
and taught us how
to look out for ourselves, too.
566
00:31:16,007 --> 00:31:19,211
Never in a million years did I
imagine this would happen.
567
00:31:24,850 --> 00:31:26,418
I have a daughter
the same age.
568
00:31:26,551 --> 00:31:29,020
And so I really connected
with her.
569
00:31:29,154 --> 00:31:32,357
And then she tells me a story
that blows my mind.
570
00:31:53,178 --> 00:31:55,347
A bunch of things
are going through my mind.
571
00:31:56,348 --> 00:31:58,483
I'm thinking back
to what Natasha said,
572
00:31:58,683 --> 00:32:00,318
that how he's like,
"Oh, calm down.
573
00:32:00,452 --> 00:32:02,387
You should go take a shower
and calm down."
574
00:32:02,521 --> 00:32:05,123
Now Skylar's telling me
about this weird black box
575
00:32:05,257 --> 00:32:06,291
that's in the room.
576
00:32:06,391 --> 00:32:08,960
I had a bad feeling that
it might have been a camera.
577
00:32:11,296 --> 00:32:13,498
I'm like, "This guy is sick."
578
00:32:17,903 --> 00:32:20,372
Hidden cameras for
his stepdaughter,
579
00:32:20,505 --> 00:32:22,474
wildly inappropriate request
580
00:32:22,607 --> 00:32:24,976
to a 13-year-old girl
who's spending the night.
581
00:32:25,110 --> 00:32:26,812
He makes me sick to my stomach.
582
00:32:26,945 --> 00:32:28,113
Where is this guy?
583
00:32:28,246 --> 00:32:30,415
Because I need to get him
right now.
584
00:32:31,516 --> 00:32:33,151
I'm going to put
a surveillance team
585
00:32:33,251 --> 00:32:34,686
on his house
to start watching him.
586
00:32:34,820 --> 00:32:37,389
But I can't afford him
to start deleting evidence.
587
00:32:37,522 --> 00:32:39,858
However, I still need
to interview Sarah,
588
00:32:40,025 --> 00:32:43,428
Skylar's mom, and figure out
her side of things as well.
589
00:32:57,242 --> 00:32:58,910
She is really, really upset.
590
00:32:59,044 --> 00:33:01,480
Obviously about what's happened
with Natasha,
591
00:33:01,580 --> 00:33:04,082
now what's going on
with her own daughter.
592
00:33:07,018 --> 00:33:09,087
She lets me know that,
you know, her and Christian
593
00:33:09,187 --> 00:33:10,422
lived together
for several years,
594
00:33:10,555 --> 00:33:12,324
but they've only been married
about a year.
595
00:33:12,457 --> 00:33:15,327
I want to try to find a way
to have a conversation
596
00:33:15,460 --> 00:33:18,230
with his wife and figure out
597
00:33:18,363 --> 00:33:21,766
what it is
that sexually turns him on.
598
00:33:21,900 --> 00:33:23,535
I'm building up this pattern
of behavior
599
00:33:23,635 --> 00:33:25,136
because the best predictor
of future behavior
600
00:33:25,270 --> 00:33:26,671
is past behavior.
601
00:33:52,998 --> 00:33:54,232
Sarah's a trooper in
this.
602
00:33:54,332 --> 00:33:56,534
Like, she gets it
and she understands it,
603
00:33:56,635 --> 00:33:59,804
and so she's very candid
and clear with me.
604
00:34:17,322 --> 00:34:18,890
He has tons of cameras.
605
00:34:19,024 --> 00:34:21,059
Like, he's always recording.
606
00:34:21,192 --> 00:34:22,928
He's got
all this different equipment.
607
00:34:23,028 --> 00:34:25,430
And in my mind, I'm like,
holy smokes.
608
00:34:25,564 --> 00:34:28,266
Like, the lid
has come off this can, right?
609
00:34:30,001 --> 00:34:32,003
I talked to Sarah about
what Skylar said
610
00:34:32,170 --> 00:34:34,472
about this hidden device that
she found in the bathroom.
611
00:34:34,606 --> 00:34:38,109
And Sarah pulls out this small,
square device.
612
00:34:44,316 --> 00:34:47,419
As soon as I saw it,
I knew this is not a camera.
613
00:34:47,552 --> 00:34:48,787
This is a decoy.
614
00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:51,022
And so that tells me,
"Oh, my gosh, like,
615
00:34:51,156 --> 00:34:54,526
"this guy is so paranoid
that he switched out
616
00:34:54,659 --> 00:34:57,996
the camera
for this fake DVD drive."
617
00:34:58,596 --> 00:35:01,433
Time is really of the essence
because where's the camera?
618
00:35:11,309 --> 00:35:13,345
If what was in that
bathroom
619
00:35:13,478 --> 00:35:15,347
that Skylar described is
a camera,
620
00:35:15,513 --> 00:35:18,416
I know that it has to probably
be viewed on a laptop,
621
00:35:18,516 --> 00:35:20,218
which means,
if he's moving evidence
622
00:35:20,385 --> 00:35:22,587
or transferring evidence
or disposing of evidence,
623
00:35:22,721 --> 00:35:24,322
that could be my case.
624
00:35:24,456 --> 00:35:26,157
I'm going to try to get
him arrested immediately.
625
00:35:27,626 --> 00:35:30,028
Once I finished the interview
with Sarah, like, I'm moving
626
00:35:30,161 --> 00:35:32,030
to secure an arrest warrant
for Christian.
627
00:35:32,163 --> 00:35:34,165
While I'm waiting to get
the warrant signed by the judge,
628
00:35:34,299 --> 00:35:35,967
I check in
with my surveillance team
629
00:35:36,101 --> 00:35:37,469
who've been sitting
on his house.
630
00:35:37,602 --> 00:35:39,371
And then at 3:53 pm,
631
00:35:39,504 --> 00:35:41,106
they tell me they spotted him.
632
00:35:46,044 --> 00:35:47,712
He's carrying a bag,
which tells me
633
00:35:47,846 --> 00:35:50,015
he's maybe trying to get rid
of more evidence.
634
00:35:50,148 --> 00:35:51,850
I just don't have
the warrant signed yet,
635
00:35:51,983 --> 00:35:53,151
so they can't do anything
636
00:35:53,284 --> 00:35:56,354
except watch him
and follow him if he leaves.
637
00:36:06,097 --> 00:36:08,166
If they see him do
a traffic violation,
638
00:36:08,299 --> 00:36:10,568
what that allows them to do
is get him stopped,
639
00:36:10,702 --> 00:36:12,837
get him identified,
and hold him.
640
00:36:12,971 --> 00:36:14,639
That way he's not getting rid
of anything.
641
00:36:21,479 --> 00:36:22,847
He's driving like a weirdo,
642
00:36:22,981 --> 00:36:25,417
like he's doing what we call
a heat run.
643
00:36:25,784 --> 00:36:28,820
A heat run is what it is,
when someone is suspicious,
644
00:36:28,987 --> 00:36:30,155
the police
might be watching him.
645
00:36:30,321 --> 00:36:32,690
This guy's paranoia is through
the roof,
646
00:36:32,924 --> 00:36:34,793
but he's following
all the traffic laws.
647
00:36:42,967 --> 00:36:46,137
It looks like he's having
this meltdown with himself.
648
00:36:46,237 --> 00:36:47,405
This guy, he is unhinged.
649
00:36:51,609 --> 00:36:52,811
Tony's team
is tailing the vehicle
650
00:36:52,944 --> 00:36:55,480
of child predator
Christian Gieseke.
651
00:36:58,716 --> 00:37:00,318
And I tell them over the radio,
652
00:37:00,485 --> 00:37:01,786
"It's a go. I've got it."
653
00:37:10,562 --> 00:37:13,331
Two of the four covert guys
jump out.
654
00:37:17,602 --> 00:37:19,137
Well, they jump and
grab ahold of him.
655
00:37:19,237 --> 00:37:20,939
They're getting him cuffed up.
656
00:37:26,010 --> 00:37:27,579
Uniform squad's able
to get there,
657
00:37:27,712 --> 00:37:30,014
take him and put him in the car,
get him into custody
658
00:37:30,148 --> 00:37:32,984
before he's able to do anything
with that bag that he had.
659
00:37:40,458 --> 00:37:41,960
He's like, "Well, what's
the warrant for?"
660
00:37:42,093 --> 00:37:42,994
Come on, dude.
661
00:37:43,161 --> 00:37:44,329
Like, you know what
the warrant's for.
662
00:37:44,462 --> 00:37:46,764
You've been driving around doing
crazy, manic,
663
00:37:46,898 --> 00:37:48,833
stupid things
for the last half an hour.
664
00:37:48,967 --> 00:37:50,201
You know you're caught.
665
00:37:51,770 --> 00:37:53,471
Once they let me know
that he's in custody
666
00:37:53,605 --> 00:37:54,839
and he's on his way
to the jail,
667
00:37:54,939 --> 00:37:57,108
they tell me that they found
a black briefcase.
668
00:37:57,242 --> 00:37:59,444
Inside that black briefcase
were two laptops,
669
00:37:59,611 --> 00:38:01,212
and so that stuff was seized
as evidence
670
00:38:01,346 --> 00:38:02,747
and brought back to the station.
671
00:38:07,085 --> 00:38:10,522
Gieseke refuses to
speak to Tony without a lawyer.
672
00:38:10,655 --> 00:38:13,792
I'm sick because this is where
I wanted this guy,
673
00:38:13,925 --> 00:38:16,327
in the room,
to get him to open up,
674
00:38:16,461 --> 00:38:17,796
and now I can't.
675
00:38:18,763 --> 00:38:20,231
I'm able to get
the search warrant
676
00:38:20,365 --> 00:38:21,699
for Gieseke's residence.
677
00:38:22,033 --> 00:38:24,569
I cannot even begin
to tell you the staggering
678
00:38:24,702 --> 00:38:26,337
amount of stuff that we found.
679
00:38:26,971 --> 00:38:29,107
Hard drives, computers,
laptops,
680
00:38:29,240 --> 00:38:31,109
tablets, tons and tons
of stuff.
681
00:38:31,242 --> 00:38:34,245
But the most telling thing
that I found was a box.
682
00:38:34,512 --> 00:38:36,714
And that box was for
a hidden camera
683
00:38:36,848 --> 00:38:39,450
that looked very much like
what Skylar described
684
00:38:39,551 --> 00:38:40,585
was in the bathroom.
685
00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:44,289
Tony reviews
the video files
686
00:38:44,389 --> 00:38:47,492
recovered from Gieseke's
electronic devices.
687
00:38:53,565 --> 00:38:57,936
This is a clip of
Christian Gieseke's bedroom.
688
00:38:58,036 --> 00:38:59,470
And then,
all of a sudden, you see
689
00:38:59,604 --> 00:39:01,973
Christian Gieseke
with no clothes on,
690
00:39:02,073 --> 00:39:05,109
lean over and look directly
at the camera.
691
00:39:06,010 --> 00:39:07,212
Just to check the angle,
692
00:39:07,345 --> 00:39:09,314
the view, what can
the camera see?
693
00:39:09,447 --> 00:39:11,683
What can he see
as the camera goes?
694
00:39:14,285 --> 00:39:16,287
We found hidden videos taken
695
00:39:16,387 --> 00:39:18,990
of various women
who appear to be adults
696
00:39:19,123 --> 00:39:21,392
who, unbeknownst to them,
they were being recorded.
697
00:39:21,693 --> 00:39:23,328
But the biggest,
most damaging thing
698
00:39:23,461 --> 00:39:26,064
that I found were
the hidden videos of Skylar.
699
00:39:27,632 --> 00:39:32,370
This is an image inside
Skylar's private bathroom.
700
00:39:32,503 --> 00:39:33,471
This is a test run.
701
00:39:33,605 --> 00:39:35,273
This is Christian Gieseke
walking in.
702
00:39:35,406 --> 00:39:37,008
It's motion activated.
He wants to know,
703
00:39:37,141 --> 00:39:39,010
is it going to come on
like it's supposed to?
704
00:39:39,143 --> 00:39:42,213
He flushes the toilet,
validates that it's dawn,
705
00:39:42,347 --> 00:39:44,215
and he turns right out
and walks out.
706
00:39:45,650 --> 00:39:49,153
This is the absolute slam dunk
that we needed.
707
00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:51,322
This is so depraved
and so disgusting.
708
00:39:51,456 --> 00:39:53,091
The fact that he's been
in this kid's life
709
00:39:53,191 --> 00:39:55,994
for eight years
and he's reached this level,
710
00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:57,662
that is disgusting.
711
00:39:58,162 --> 00:39:59,397
I'm shocked. I'm appalled.
712
00:39:59,564 --> 00:40:01,833
Why did I not have a reason
to trust my stepdad?
713
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:04,736
You know, especially
as a fatherly figure,
714
00:40:04,869 --> 00:40:06,938
that should be
the number-one person
715
00:40:07,071 --> 00:40:08,573
that is supposed to protect you.
716
00:40:10,475 --> 00:40:11,576
The forensic specialists
717
00:40:11,709 --> 00:40:13,011
that I turned
everything over to
718
00:40:13,144 --> 00:40:14,479
to examine have come back to me
719
00:40:14,612 --> 00:40:17,348
and told me they found
over 4,000 images
720
00:40:17,482 --> 00:40:19,584
of suspected child
sex abuse material.
721
00:40:19,717 --> 00:40:24,622
In addition, over 160 suspected
child pornography videos
722
00:40:24,756 --> 00:40:26,324
or child sex abuse material
videos.
723
00:40:26,457 --> 00:40:30,028
They got a divorce shortly
after, which was relieving,
724
00:40:30,361 --> 00:40:31,329
especially for my mom.
725
00:40:31,429 --> 00:40:34,332
I mean, you want to do that
as soon as possible.
726
00:40:34,732 --> 00:40:36,367
Every flag goes off
with this guy.
727
00:40:36,501 --> 00:40:38,803
Like, he is the creepiest
of the creepiest,
728
00:40:38,970 --> 00:40:40,071
the worst of the worst.
729
00:40:40,204 --> 00:40:42,974
This guy I despise
on so many levels.
730
00:40:43,274 --> 00:40:47,111
Everything that he represents
is exactly why I do this job.
731
00:40:53,384 --> 00:40:55,286
There was definitely
a sense of relief
732
00:40:55,553 --> 00:40:57,121
when he was sentenced
to 20 years.
733
00:40:57,922 --> 00:41:01,192
Natasha and I
are still best friends.
734
00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:03,728
I think it was satisfying
for all of us
735
00:41:03,828 --> 00:41:06,164
to kind of just take
a deep breath
736
00:41:06,564 --> 00:41:08,966
and just move on, too, from it.
737
00:41:09,067 --> 00:41:11,936
Kind of get the closure
that we all needed.
738
00:41:14,305 --> 00:41:16,574
that over 90% of children
739
00:41:16,708 --> 00:41:19,377
who are abused,
sexually or emotionally,
740
00:41:19,510 --> 00:41:22,013
are done so by someone
they know and they trust.
741
00:41:22,146 --> 00:41:24,415
This is the case
with Christian Gieseke.
742
00:41:24,515 --> 00:41:26,684
Child predators are everywhere.
743
00:41:26,818 --> 00:41:29,087
They come from all walks
of life.
744
00:41:29,187 --> 00:41:31,956
There are professionals
in this arena like me
745
00:41:32,123 --> 00:41:34,759
and teams of us
all over the country.
746
00:41:34,892 --> 00:41:38,062
This is what we do.
This is our playground.
747
00:41:38,196 --> 00:41:40,398
If you're a predator,
if you're out there
748
00:41:40,565 --> 00:41:43,134
and you're preying on children,
guess what?
749
00:41:43,234 --> 00:41:45,536
We're looking for you
and we're going to find you.
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