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Next, Detective Tony Godwin
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tracks down one of the most
dangerous predators
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he's ever encountered.
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If that doesn't scream
kidnapping, predator,
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I don't know what
it does scream.
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Then, Tony teams up
with the FBI to go on a manhunt
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for a predator who wants to
have sex with a ten-year-old.
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And later,
a cunning predator
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uses role play
to hide his desire
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to meet up with a
14-year-old girl.
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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 of 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.
- Online predators
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pose the biggest danger
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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Get in the car.
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This is
Detective Tony Godwin,
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and his team is
the Predator Hunters .
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It's May 2022,
and Tony is on the hunt
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for one of the
most depraved predators
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he's ever come across.
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Thank God
it's me he sent it to
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and not a real 13-year-old kid.
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It's disturbing
on every level imaginable.
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But when he
attempts to arrest him,
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the predator
throws Tony a curveball.
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The fact that we have to
move from plan A to plan B,
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it elevates the risk level.
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And when it's
time to face justice,
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he lays out his crimes in a
letter to the victim's family.
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It's rare that I
pull this card and play it.
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This is nothing but an
evidence slam dunk for the case.
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Juan Menchu.
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This guy looks like
a normal guy in his 30s,
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but evil hides
in plain sight sometimes.
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This dude sent a video
of himself masturbating
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to what he thought was
a 13-year-old girl
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while she was in school.
Unbelievable.
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My two colleagues, Tavie Guthrie
and Norma Gonzalez,
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they helped
me take this guy down.
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On May 17th of 2022,
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I began an online undercover
proactive investigation
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on an application
called MocoSpace.
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MocoSpace is a social media platform.
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It allows users to
share messages privately
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or in a group.
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So I started off
by making a MocoSpace profile.
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I set up the girl named Katie.
She's 13 years old.
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I use a profile picture
of one of my colleagues
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who's given me
consent and permission
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to use pictures
from when she was that age.
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I can't show that photo
because it's part
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of other ongoing investigations
right now,
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which could be compromised
if I released it.
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13 is a specific age
that I picked because in Texas,
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if you commit a crime online
against a child that's under 14,
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it's an enhancement.
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It moves it from a third degree
to a second degree felony,
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which just gives somebody more
time in prison if convicted.
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Once I have the profile
established, I get tons,
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I mean, probably close
to 100 friend requests.
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I get instant messages
coming to me.
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One of them kind of stood out.
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His name was Diablito,
Little Devil,
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and that really
caught my attention.
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"You're so beautiful."
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It's a huge flag for me.
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I go to Diablito's profile
to document that for evidence.
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It says he's a 31-year-old male
from Austin, Texas.
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On initial thought,
I'm thinking,
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hey, he looks like
a normal dude.
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I wanted to ensure
that he remembered I am a kid.
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I send him a message,
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"Hey, I'm almost 14.
Is that okay?"
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And he replies back,
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"It's okay with you,
it's okay with me.
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We don't do anything bad.
We just talk."
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The behavior itself is
super shady.
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This guy clearly knows he's
talking to a 13-year-old.
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He's clearly living up to
his name, The Little Devil.
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He then says,
"How about you text me?"
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And he gives me a phone number.
Like, boom, just like that.
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This is really
predatory behavior.
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Diablito sends me a message.
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"Good morning. It's me,
Vin, or Diablito from Moco."
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I've got a phone number.
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I've got a potential first name
or a portion of a first name.
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Things are rolling really
quickly, and I like it.
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I have my analyst,
Tavie Guthrie,
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to help me dig in
and figure out who this guy is.
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It's amazing that Tony's been
able to get me this phone number
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as fast as he has.
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So now I've plugged this number
into some of our databases,
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and it's given me a lot
of information back.
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Tavie's research
reveals Diablito's real name,
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Juan Vicente Menchu Ajpacaja.
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So now we know Vin's full name
and date of birth, 9/20 of '90.
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And we also found out
that he lives about 180 miles
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outside of Dallas
in Austin, Texas.
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He also does not have a vehicle
registered to his name.
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I'm going to need
to let Tony know about that.
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So over the next
couple of weeks,
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Vin and I, we are texting it
back and forth a whole bunch,
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and his texts are getting
more and more sexualized.
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He sends me this message.
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"You just make me
feel so horny right now."
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Huh? What?
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He said, "I just imagine
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how I'm going to kiss your
body and do it so slowly."
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What a romantic, huh?
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He asked me,
"Where are you at right now?"
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And I tell him, "I'm in class."
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Within seconds of telling
him I'm in class,
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he sends me a video
of himself masturbating.
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Thank God it's me he sent it to
and not a real 13-year-old kid.
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I mean, it's disturbing
on every level imaginable.
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I could pursue with
an arrest warrant,
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but in order to get him across
the line with a higher charge,
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I need him to
arrange a meeting in person
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for a sexual relationship.
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And when that happens,
I need to have a ton
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of my people behind me to get
him in custody and arrest him.
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I mean, a little less than
three weeks later,
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I get a message back
from Menchu.
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And what happens next
is he says, "How about Monday?"
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As soon as he gets here,
I'm going to lock his butt up.
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Tony brings in
Detective Norma Gonzalez
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for the takedown operation.
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It's always been
a passion of mine
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since I was, like,
five years old,
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wanting to be
in law enforcement.
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I feel the satisfaction
of working those kind of cases
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is just the victims.
They don't have a voice.
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They're the most defenseless
victims that are out there.
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I'm usually part
of Tony's takedown team.
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And he posts us
in different streets
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around the apartment complex.
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Once the vehicle come in
the apartment complex,
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we come in behind them.
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We don't know what he's driving,
but we know what he looks like.
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So that's kind of
what we're looking for.
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The person driving the vehicle,
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is this our offender coming
into the apartment complex?
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7:58 a.m.
This is a investigation
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of online solicitation
of a minor.
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A scheduled meet has been set by
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the subject of this
investigation,
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Juan Vicente Menchu.
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Biggest hurdle we have
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is Menchu does not
have a vehicle registered
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in his name that we have found.
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And that presents
really big issues for us.
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We are really, like,
on a wing and a prayer.
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Everybody's looking.
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Everybody's calling out
different vehicles.
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It's so chaotic.
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There's far more radio traffic.
It's a lot to process.
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We're at a little bit
of a disadvantage,
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but we have
covert units all over.
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Close by are
more than a dozen
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uniformed and plainclothes
officers.
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But when he's minutes away,
he shifts the goalpost.
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He just texted,
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indicating he was
11 minutes away
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and for who he believes
to be a 13-year-old female
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to meet him at the gas station
next door to the apartments.
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It's a
nightmare scenario.
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The fact that we have to move
from plan A to plan B,
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it elevates the risk level.
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This predator
is one slippery customer.
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He could go there,
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he could see someone,
a child, that looks like Katie,
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which really presents
a very huge problem.
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He could see the cops coming in
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to get set up for
the potential meet with him.
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There's so many variables
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I have to think about
and consider.
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Tony and his
takedown team redeploy
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to a gas station to intercept
child predator Juan Menchu.
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One problem, he won't tell
them what car he's driving.
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How do we know where
to put people?
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How do we know who
to go approach?
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How do we know when to move in
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if we don't know what
we're looking for?
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Menchu sends me this message.
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I ask him, yet again,
"What color car?"
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I'm flipping out at this point.
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I'm wondering, is this guy
ever going to tell me
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what the hell
kind of car he's in?
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Finally, he comes back and
tells me he's in a white car.
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Why does that have to be
so difficult?
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Now, knowing what
the vehicle looks like
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gives us more an advantage.
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We sit in our vehicle,
try not to be seen,
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and we just wait for them
to give us the okay of,
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you know, hey, we have eyes
on them, everybody move in.
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So right before me, as
Katie, is about to walk across
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from the complex
to this gas station,
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Menchu sends the creepiest
message ever and says,
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"I'll be at the gas pump.
The door's unlocked.
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"I need you to get in
the back seat and cover up
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with a jacket or blanket
that's in the back."
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If that doesn't scream
kidnapping, predator,
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I don't know what
it does scream.
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The weirdest, bizarre request
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I've ever gotten
from a predator, ever.
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I give the order
to take him down.
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My boss hands
me Menchu's cell phone.
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That phone is really
important in this case,
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because that's going to hold all
the chats between he and Katie.
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When a motel key is
found by the arresting officer,
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you could pretty much glean
from that that his intentions
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the whole time was
to take Katie back to a hotel
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to perform whatever sex acts
he had envisioned.
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All right. We met out
there at the scene for a moment.
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My name's Tony.
I'll give you my card.
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Why do you think
you're sitting here today?
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What's her name?
What's the girl's name?
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But you don't remember her name?
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Do you know how old she was?
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You sure?
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What if I told you she's 13?
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She's 13.
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Do you remember that?
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I probably know more about this
than you think I do,
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because the way
it was reported to us,
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like, I've seen a lot of
the conversations that you had.
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Did you send
her any nude pictures?
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Did you ever send her
a picture of your privates?
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You sure?
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Okay. So, some of
the communications that I saw,
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you talked about, obviously,
having sex with her.
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You told her you didn't want to?
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Oh, you want to,
but you don't want to.
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He acknowledges that,
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yes, he talked
to this child about having sex.
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I did, of course, I wanted to do
it, but I'm nervous, I'm scared.
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Yeah, you're scared.
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If we hadn't showed up
and that girl would have
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got in the car, you would
have taken her to the hotel?
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Well, be honest now.
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I have a hard time
believing that,
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but you're telling me
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that wasn't going
to happen today?
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If the police hadn't
come in and she showed up?
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I don't know, man. I have
a hard time believing that.
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At the end of the day,
I think he would have
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happily followed through
with his promises
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had the cops not scooped him up.
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Now, I do something
kind of unusual.
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If you could say something
or write a letter to her parents
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to say anything, is that
something you'd like to do?
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You wouldn't do it?
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I mean, I can
give you a paper and a pen
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and you can write something out
if you want.
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It's rare that I pull
this card and play it,
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but I do because of the way
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the interview was going
and his back and forth,
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you know, BS excuses for things.
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I am surprised
that he agrees to do it.
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This is nothing but
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an evidence-based
slam dunk for the case.
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In summary,
this is what it says.
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"Hello, my name is Juan.
The reason for this letter
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"is to apologize for
inappropriate thoughts
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"I have with children.
I'm very happy
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"that you guys are there
to care for your daughter.
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I ask for your forgiveness
to be here in this situation."
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After a forensic review
of his device,
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we found no CSAM,
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and no other communications
with other children.
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I was really
not pleased with the sentence.
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I felt like he
deserved far more time.
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I have to sort of let it go
and release it,
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because I'm looking for the
next guy to put in prison.
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January 2023,
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a predator tells an
undercover FBI agent
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that he wants to have sex
with the agent's daughter.
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The fact that he's
interested in sex
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with a ten-year-old child
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catapults this guy to one of
the highest risks possible.
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When Tony
catches up with him...
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...he pushes
to get to the truth.
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Justin Peters, this case,
this one really stuck with me.
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This guy said he regrets
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kind of going into these
online forums, yet he was there
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to engage in a sex act
with a ten-year-old.
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A ten-year-old.
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Thanks to the work of
a special agent
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in Philadelphia
who made a referral,
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Jen and I were able
to track this guy down
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and stop him before
he acted with a real kid.
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It's January, 2023.
This case begins
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when FBI Special Agent
Jennifer Mullican reaches out.
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- Hi Tony.
- Hey superstar, how are you?
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I'm good.
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So this is a lead
that was sent to me
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from an agent in Philadelphia.
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He was an
undercover persona on Kik.
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Kik is a social media
platform for mobile phones only
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and it is littered
with predatory types.
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Not just in a chatting realm,
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but in a
child sex abuse material
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being openly shared and traded.
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So our undercover
agent was a dad offering up
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- his ten-year-old daughter.
- Oh, dirty dad.
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Offering up a child we know
sounds shocking and sickening,
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00:17:23,509 --> 00:17:25,011
but it does happen.
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That's a ploy
we use and when it works,
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it pays off with dividends.
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Tony and Jen
analyze the Kik conversation
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between an undercover FBI agent
and a suspected child predator.
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00:17:42,361 --> 00:17:44,630
This user is xpunk-trashx.
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Pretty sick one.
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Our undercover
agent was a dad offering up
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his daughter
and xpunk-trashx jumped on it.
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In a room or a group
or something?
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- It was a group chat.
- Oh, okay.
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Then they transitioned
to one-to-one chat.
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00:17:57,476 --> 00:17:58,743
Oh, so that means
it's going to be
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00:17:58,744 --> 00:18:01,746
really, really horrible stuff.
Files, I guess, were exchanged?
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Files were exchanged.
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The first group that they were
in was Lolita Caesars,
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and then they transitioned.
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00:18:07,386 --> 00:18:10,221
Oh, look at that hashtag.
"MapCPKids."
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Man, I know where this is going.
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00:18:12,425 --> 00:18:15,528
In the child exploitation world,
MAP stands for...
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minor attracted person.
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00:18:17,029 --> 00:18:21,033
And Lolita is representative
of a little sexualized girl.
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They create these terms
to avoid detection
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from not only the platform,
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00:18:27,273 --> 00:18:29,709
to also avoiding detection
by law enforcement.
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00:18:30,509 --> 00:18:33,012
So our undercover posts
in the group chat,
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00:18:33,112 --> 00:18:35,881
and then he's immediately
contacted by xpunk-trashx.
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00:18:35,982 --> 00:18:37,182
And they transition
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00:18:37,183 --> 00:18:39,085
to one-to-one chat messaging
with each other.
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00:18:39,185 --> 00:18:40,753
"So you have stuff
with your daughter?
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00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:43,022
That's pretty hot,
not going to lie."
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00:18:43,189 --> 00:18:46,224
Our undercover says,
"To clarify, I don't keep it.
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00:18:46,225 --> 00:18:47,994
I let others bang
while I film."
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00:18:48,628 --> 00:18:51,030
Offering up a child we know
sounds shocking and sickening,
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00:18:51,230 --> 00:18:52,665
but it does happen.
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00:18:52,999 --> 00:18:54,666
Remember,
this undercover officer
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00:18:54,667 --> 00:18:56,202
is playing a role.
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00:18:56,469 --> 00:18:58,871
It's a tactic that works
to find predators.
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trash-punk says "I'd
love to see you or be involved.
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00:19:02,241 --> 00:19:04,076
How young is she?"
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00:19:05,878 --> 00:19:07,480
And our undercover says 10.
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00:19:07,847 --> 00:19:09,547
How young is your daughter?
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I guess that's
a pretty telling thing
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00:19:11,384 --> 00:19:13,786
on what he's looking for
or wanting to do.
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00:19:13,986 --> 00:19:15,354
So what comes next is,
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00:19:16,389 --> 00:19:18,591
"If you're legit and
near Philly, it's all good."
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00:19:20,026 --> 00:19:23,195
And then that's when xpunk lets
him know that he's in Texas.
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00:19:23,429 --> 00:19:25,431
I've got to get
this guy identified.
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00:19:27,199 --> 00:19:29,468
Tony scours the
chat transcripts for clues
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00:19:29,635 --> 00:19:32,471
that can reveal the identity
of xpunk-trashx.
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00:19:33,305 --> 00:19:36,242
The FBI agent,
he asked punk-trash to verify.
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00:19:39,245 --> 00:19:43,749
Verification when you're in
a group means you have to
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00:19:43,949 --> 00:19:46,385
upload some sort of contraband
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00:19:46,585 --> 00:19:49,421
to be validated as legit
and not law enforcement
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00:19:49,422 --> 00:19:52,625
before you're able
to see and download
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00:19:52,825 --> 00:19:55,227
additional content
offered by other members.
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00:19:55,761 --> 00:19:59,065
So the agent is expecting CSAM,
but that's not what he gets.
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He sends a photo of himself
thinking that'll verify.
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00:20:03,302 --> 00:20:06,238
It kind of tells me this
is probably our real guy.
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00:20:06,806 --> 00:20:08,374
As things stand right now,
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00:20:08,474 --> 00:20:11,477
this guy really hasn't
committed an offense yet.
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00:20:11,944 --> 00:20:13,545
And so the agent
needs to make sure
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00:20:13,546 --> 00:20:17,116
that this guy is the predator
that he thinks he probably is.
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00:20:18,317 --> 00:20:21,153
And so he's like, "I don't want
to see a picture of your face."
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00:20:21,587 --> 00:20:24,222
"I want you to
verify the usual way."
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00:20:24,223 --> 00:20:25,825
"Think of the group
that you're in."
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00:20:27,827 --> 00:20:30,396
punk-trash sends four images
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00:20:30,596 --> 00:20:34,299
of very, very graphic
child sex abuse material.
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00:20:34,300 --> 00:20:37,803
I mean, really young stuff,
toddler age. Horrible.
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00:20:38,070 --> 00:20:40,840
Under our penal code in Texas,
that's a felony.
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00:20:43,075 --> 00:20:45,411
What the agent does next
is really smart.
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00:20:46,479 --> 00:20:49,415
He asks punk-trash if he's
ever played in real life,
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00:20:49,515 --> 00:20:52,752
which means, have you done a
sexual offense with a real kid?
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00:20:55,921 --> 00:20:57,723
And punk-trash says he has.
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00:20:57,823 --> 00:21:00,159
He's done something
with a 14-year-old boy.
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00:21:02,762 --> 00:21:07,233
That's the most crushing blow
that could be given to me.
392
00:21:07,867 --> 00:21:10,035
Somebody had an opportunity
to prevent that
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00:21:10,236 --> 00:21:11,470
and failed to do so.
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00:21:11,670 --> 00:21:14,640
And as a result,
a real kid is victimized.
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00:21:17,109 --> 00:21:20,112
The FBI agent,
he sends a subpoena to Kik,
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00:21:20,312 --> 00:21:21,680
to get the
subscriber information
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00:21:21,881 --> 00:21:23,082
on the punk-trash account.
398
00:21:24,083 --> 00:21:26,552
The Kik return comes back
with an email address.
399
00:21:26,719 --> 00:21:29,088
I do an open source search
on the email address
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00:21:29,188 --> 00:21:30,523
from the Kik return,
401
00:21:30,623 --> 00:21:34,827
and I discover a Discord page
and a Spotify account,
402
00:21:35,027 --> 00:21:38,264
and both of those are under
the name Justin Robert Peters.
403
00:21:38,464 --> 00:21:40,633
Now I've got a name
tied to punk-trash.
404
00:21:42,835 --> 00:21:45,638
I run that name
through a police database,
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00:21:45,804 --> 00:21:47,472
I come up with a
physical address
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00:21:47,473 --> 00:21:49,041
and driver's license photo.
407
00:21:49,241 --> 00:21:52,011
And that photo
compared to the uploaded selfie
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00:21:52,111 --> 00:21:55,414
sent to the agent in
Philadelphia are a 100% match.
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00:21:58,417 --> 00:22:01,153
In my mind, this guy is
an immediate danger to children.
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00:22:01,754 --> 00:22:04,590
And now I have an idea of
where he lays his head at night.
411
00:22:10,229 --> 00:22:12,364
5:30 a.m.
Tony and his team
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00:22:12,464 --> 00:22:15,601
prepare to raid the home
of Justin Peters.
413
00:22:22,474 --> 00:22:24,076
They must
be ready to react
414
00:22:24,243 --> 00:22:26,078
if the situation
turns volatile.
415
00:22:38,757 --> 00:22:41,393
We never know what we're
going to encounter
416
00:22:41,594 --> 00:22:43,195
on the opposite side
of the door.
417
00:22:49,635 --> 00:22:51,036
It's definitely
heart-stopping
418
00:22:51,237 --> 00:22:55,040
when you knock on the door
and then you hear dogs barking.
419
00:22:56,075 --> 00:22:59,478
The door is set back
several feet, and what we
420
00:22:59,678 --> 00:23:01,080
call that in law enforcement
is the fatal funnel.
421
00:23:01,247 --> 00:23:03,849
Because if you're going
to get engaged with gunfire,
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00:23:03,949 --> 00:23:05,216
that's where it's
going to happen.
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00:23:05,217 --> 00:23:07,886
And so the object
is to knock and announce
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00:23:07,987 --> 00:23:09,955
and then get out of
that fatal funnel.
425
00:23:17,162 --> 00:23:18,364
Detective
Tony Godwin hunts for
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00:23:18,464 --> 00:23:21,233
predator Justin Peters
at his last known address.
427
00:23:32,845 --> 00:23:35,681
Justin's mom comes to
the door and talks to us.
428
00:23:36,048 --> 00:23:38,817
We're not trying
to give problems to his mom,
429
00:23:38,951 --> 00:23:40,586
because she has
nothing to do with this.
430
00:23:50,429 --> 00:23:51,830
Where's Justin?
431
00:23:51,997 --> 00:23:54,033
I need to know that he's
not going to get tipped off
432
00:23:54,199 --> 00:23:56,802
that the cops
just went through his door.
433
00:23:56,969 --> 00:23:59,305
And so time
is of the essence for me.
434
00:24:27,466 --> 00:24:30,402
Justin's mom doesn't
know her son's whereabouts.
435
00:24:30,602 --> 00:24:33,572
Tony's team shifts gears
to trace him another way.
436
00:24:35,307 --> 00:24:38,510
I get word back that
Justin is in East Dallas.
437
00:24:39,278 --> 00:24:41,814
I put a part of my team
on finding Justin,
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00:24:41,947 --> 00:24:44,883
and they tell me, like,
hey, we found the location.
439
00:24:45,017 --> 00:24:47,119
He's not here,
but he's told his friends
440
00:24:47,252 --> 00:24:49,288
that he walked
to a job interview.
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00:24:49,855 --> 00:24:52,057
He's inside of this
local business
442
00:24:52,191 --> 00:24:54,560
and he's filling out
an application for employment.
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00:24:54,860 --> 00:24:55,761
So I tell him,
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00:24:55,894 --> 00:24:57,663
"Hold the front door,
we're on our way."
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00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:10,642
As we're driving to
the location,
446
00:25:10,809 --> 00:25:13,212
Tony and I are
developing a game plan.
447
00:25:24,189 --> 00:25:25,958
We're trying to get there
as fast as we can,
448
00:25:26,091 --> 00:25:27,960
because we don't want
the offender to look outside
449
00:25:28,093 --> 00:25:30,362
and see that there's a cop
in the parking lot.
450
00:25:37,236 --> 00:25:38,670
Because you're ready
for this to be done.
451
00:25:38,804 --> 00:25:40,472
We're ready to get our hands
on our target.
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00:26:00,626 --> 00:26:01,927
When I tell him
he's under arrest
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00:26:02,060 --> 00:26:03,195
and he asks me what he did,
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00:26:03,395 --> 00:26:06,064
I so badly
want to just tell him,
455
00:26:06,198 --> 00:26:08,834
"You're a pedophile. I got you.
456
00:26:08,967 --> 00:26:11,035
You wanted to go have sex
with a child in Pennsylvania."
457
00:26:11,036 --> 00:26:14,440
But I can't do that.
He's oblivious at this point.
458
00:26:14,606 --> 00:26:15,841
He doesn't have a clue.
459
00:26:19,445 --> 00:26:20,946
Time to play nicey-nice
with this guy, right?
460
00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:22,014
Yeah.
461
00:26:22,114 --> 00:26:23,282
Kind of soft-soap
him a little bit,
462
00:26:23,449 --> 00:26:25,084
see if he's going to
open up and talk.
463
00:26:31,190 --> 00:26:33,826
I need this guy to
tell me exactly what he did
464
00:26:33,959 --> 00:26:35,427
and what he intended to do.
465
00:26:35,794 --> 00:26:37,763
I'm not going to give up
until he does so.
466
00:26:37,896 --> 00:26:41,066
And if I got to get mean
and hard with him, I will.
467
00:27:17,636 --> 00:27:21,840
In one realm,
he's trying to seek out words
468
00:27:22,007 --> 00:27:24,576
that do not make him
sound like a pedophile,
469
00:27:25,043 --> 00:27:28,113
when that's what he is.
And the other side of him is
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00:27:28,247 --> 00:27:31,884
he's so shell-shocked that I
know about this information,
471
00:27:31,984 --> 00:27:34,553
he can't even
formulate a thought.
472
00:28:40,118 --> 00:28:42,287
He's trying to
come up with these excuses.
473
00:28:42,955 --> 00:28:44,690
This guy's an absolute pervert.
474
00:28:44,790 --> 00:28:46,758
He's in a chat room trying
to make arrangements to have sex
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00:28:46,892 --> 00:28:48,226
with a ten-year-old kid.
476
00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:50,227
He's absolutely not
looking for help.
477
00:28:50,228 --> 00:28:52,497
He's looking
for like-minded individuals.
478
00:28:59,605 --> 00:29:01,373
Peter's case is very disturbing.
479
00:29:01,506 --> 00:29:04,309
But one takeaway parents have
is that online predators
480
00:29:04,443 --> 00:29:07,412
have a tendency to use
code words or little emojis
481
00:29:07,512 --> 00:29:08,847
to represent certain things.
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00:29:08,981 --> 00:29:11,315
Something simple
like a slice of pizza
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00:29:11,316 --> 00:29:13,885
is a representation
for child pornography.
484
00:29:14,386 --> 00:29:17,022
The term cheese pizza
is also another code word
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00:29:17,155 --> 00:29:20,859
for child pornography.
Educate yourself and your kids,
486
00:29:20,993 --> 00:29:23,729
because things may not be
as innocent as they appear.
487
00:29:25,197 --> 00:29:26,365
Yeah, 10-4.
488
00:29:26,465 --> 00:29:28,700
He is backing into a spot right
by the mailboxes right now.
489
00:29:28,834 --> 00:29:30,335
Detective Tony Godwin
490
00:29:30,435 --> 00:29:31,403
is hunting a predator
491
00:29:31,603 --> 00:29:34,206
who is advertising online
for a daughter.
492
00:29:37,876 --> 00:29:41,213
He calls it role
play, but it's pure depravity.
493
00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:43,081
And now...
494
00:29:44,116 --> 00:29:45,917
He's about to
face the full force
495
00:29:46,051 --> 00:29:47,786
of Tony's takedown team.
496
00:29:52,591 --> 00:29:54,026
There's a small group
of predators
497
00:29:54,159 --> 00:29:56,528
that are highly
sophisticated and polished,
498
00:29:56,628 --> 00:29:59,031
like this guy,
Christopher Williams.
499
00:29:59,197 --> 00:30:01,166
He presented as a model citizen.
500
00:30:01,266 --> 00:30:04,369
We have to prioritize these
types for investigations,
501
00:30:04,503 --> 00:30:07,472
especially when we find out
they have access to children.
502
00:30:16,882 --> 00:30:19,017
On August 18th of 2011,
503
00:30:19,151 --> 00:30:24,588
I'm online proactively seeking
out the most deviant people
504
00:30:24,589 --> 00:30:26,425
that are out there
looking for children.
505
00:30:29,194 --> 00:30:31,563
I'm on the market site
Craigslist.
506
00:30:31,697 --> 00:30:34,466
I go into the personal section
called "casual encounters."
507
00:30:34,599 --> 00:30:37,835
I know that this is where
predatory types hang out,
508
00:30:37,836 --> 00:30:38,970
looking for kids.
509
00:30:39,204 --> 00:30:41,373
One particular ad
grabs my attention.
510
00:30:41,506 --> 00:30:45,544
This posting makes reference
to role play, daddy/daughter.
511
00:30:46,845 --> 00:30:49,313
But as you continue through
the ad and he mentions
512
00:30:49,314 --> 00:30:52,117
"Under 20 moves
to the top of the line,"
513
00:30:52,751 --> 00:30:55,954
indicates to me that he really
has a propensity for kids,
514
00:30:56,121 --> 00:30:58,857
but he's not able to
articulate that in his ad,
515
00:30:58,990 --> 00:31:01,860
because that ad would
get flagged and tossed out.
516
00:31:03,428 --> 00:31:05,697
He could be looking to
target someone who's underage.
517
00:31:05,831 --> 00:31:07,966
And he will probably
land on a real kid
518
00:31:08,100 --> 00:31:09,601
if I don't
do something to intervene.
519
00:31:10,836 --> 00:31:13,271
I'm using my 14-year-old
persona, Britany,
520
00:31:13,405 --> 00:31:16,041
who's from the Dallas area.
I have used this profile
521
00:31:16,208 --> 00:31:20,045
and arrested tons and tons
of predatory types.
522
00:31:21,346 --> 00:31:24,449
I respond,
"Hey, I'm 14. Is that cool?"
523
00:31:25,083 --> 00:31:29,121
Only 20 minutes later, I get
a reply from a guy named CW.
524
00:31:29,254 --> 00:31:30,922
"Yeah, your age is cool.
525
00:31:31,056 --> 00:31:32,824
As long as you know how
to be discreet."
526
00:31:33,625 --> 00:31:35,327
The fact that he wants me
to be discreet
527
00:31:35,460 --> 00:31:37,963
right from the jump
tells me that he is
528
00:31:38,096 --> 00:31:41,633
very, very aware of what he's
doing is illegal and wrong.
529
00:31:42,167 --> 00:31:45,036
So it's game on. I'm now in
pursuit of a real predator.
530
00:31:49,207 --> 00:31:51,675
Detective
Tony Godwin is working overtime
531
00:31:51,676 --> 00:31:55,547
to reel in a child predator
with the username CW.
532
00:31:57,382 --> 00:31:59,750
So I start to engage
with CW as Britany,
533
00:31:59,751 --> 00:32:03,722
kind of talking in teen speak.
He replies within minutes.
534
00:32:05,357 --> 00:32:06,390
" That's cool.
535
00:32:06,391 --> 00:32:08,193
"Are you looking to
just chat and talk?
536
00:32:08,627 --> 00:32:11,997
Or are you actually looking to
meet and get some experience?"
537
00:32:12,597 --> 00:32:15,834
He jumps right into how he
has a role play fantasy
538
00:32:15,967 --> 00:32:19,004
and that a young girl would fit
perfectly into that scenario.
539
00:32:19,171 --> 00:32:22,774
His role play suggestion
is simply an excuse.
540
00:32:23,041 --> 00:32:24,176
He's actually looking to
541
00:32:24,276 --> 00:32:26,244
have a sexual relationship
with a child.
542
00:32:27,512 --> 00:32:29,147
I really want to catch this guy.
543
00:32:33,552 --> 00:32:36,021
The next morning, he's
messaging me through the app.
544
00:32:36,154 --> 00:32:38,557
"Hi there. I'm turned on
that you're so young
545
00:32:38,723 --> 00:32:41,159
and wanting to explore. Chris."
546
00:32:43,562 --> 00:32:46,631
So for the first time, he signed
off with a real name, Chris.
547
00:32:46,832 --> 00:32:47,999
Now I'm really excited,
548
00:32:48,133 --> 00:32:50,135
because it's one more piece
of the puzzle that I have
549
00:32:50,235 --> 00:32:52,437
and hopefully we'll be able to
get him identified soon enough.
550
00:32:54,139 --> 00:32:55,673
Over
the next three days,
551
00:32:55,674 --> 00:32:58,376
Chris and Tony
exchange dozens of messages.
552
00:32:58,476 --> 00:33:00,711
We're communicating
back and forth,
553
00:33:00,712 --> 00:33:02,681
like an exhaustive amount.
554
00:33:03,114 --> 00:33:05,350
The reality is
he's telling this to
555
00:33:05,550 --> 00:33:07,018
what he believes to be a child.
556
00:33:11,823 --> 00:33:13,525
He knows this is a crime.
557
00:33:13,892 --> 00:33:16,227
I have absolutely
no doubt in my mind
558
00:33:16,228 --> 00:33:18,630
that Chris is
an absolute child predator.
559
00:33:18,830 --> 00:33:22,100
I'm locked in at this point.
I want to take this guy down.
560
00:33:24,369 --> 00:33:26,605
Now he wants
to know what I look like.
561
00:33:28,006 --> 00:33:29,808
That's really a door
that opens up for me
562
00:33:29,941 --> 00:33:31,676
an opportunity to gather
additional evidence,
563
00:33:31,877 --> 00:33:34,446
because I'm going
to ask him to reciprocate
564
00:33:34,579 --> 00:33:36,615
and also send me
photos of himself.
565
00:33:37,082 --> 00:33:38,083
Next thing you know,
566
00:33:38,250 --> 00:33:40,719
he sends me four
different images of himself.
567
00:33:40,852 --> 00:33:44,588
And what I have is a
bald, middle-aged white male
568
00:33:44,589 --> 00:33:46,791
with a
pretty significant goatee.
569
00:33:48,994 --> 00:33:51,830
I know your name,
I know what you look like.
570
00:33:52,030 --> 00:33:53,398
Now I'm coming after you.
571
00:33:54,266 --> 00:33:57,369
I send two photos of what
is being purported as Britany.
572
00:33:57,502 --> 00:33:59,437
I do have the availability
to do that
573
00:33:59,638 --> 00:34:00,839
through one of my coworkers.
574
00:34:01,006 --> 00:34:02,807
So she's provided me
with plenty of photographs
575
00:34:02,941 --> 00:34:04,976
to use from when she was 14.
576
00:34:05,310 --> 00:34:09,147
And he replies, "Oh, wow,
Britany, you're super cute.
577
00:34:09,281 --> 00:34:12,450
You look a little older,
almost 15."
578
00:34:13,151 --> 00:34:17,355
What? Thank you, sir.
He knows I'm underage.
579
00:34:17,556 --> 00:34:18,957
Thank you
for that admission, Chris.
580
00:34:19,157 --> 00:34:21,326
I appreciate you
admitting to a crime,
581
00:34:21,426 --> 00:34:23,061
online solicitation of a minor.
582
00:34:23,795 --> 00:34:25,029
But then Chris
tells me something
583
00:34:25,030 --> 00:34:26,698
that really alarms me.
584
00:34:27,065 --> 00:34:29,568
He has a daughter,
and she's nine years old.
585
00:34:30,802 --> 00:34:33,371
Immediately, I know
I need to escalate things
586
00:34:33,471 --> 00:34:35,307
because he has access
to a child.
587
00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:37,042
And I really need to
figure out who he is
588
00:34:37,208 --> 00:34:38,476
and get him in custody.
589
00:34:41,479 --> 00:34:44,249
So I decide I'm going to push
the envelope just a little bit.
590
00:34:45,917 --> 00:34:47,552
And I ask him if he
wants to text me.
591
00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:50,355
If I have his phone number,
I can exploit that
592
00:34:50,522 --> 00:34:52,991
and get all the intelligence
I need about who he is.
593
00:34:54,693 --> 00:34:57,362
He's nice enough to say,
"Yeah, absolutely."
594
00:34:57,963 --> 00:34:59,863
Now I have a cell phone number,
595
00:34:59,864 --> 00:35:01,600
perfect information
that I can use.
596
00:35:01,733 --> 00:35:03,935
I'm going to pass this over
to Detective Casteel,
597
00:35:04,035 --> 00:35:06,237
let him dig in
and figure out who the guy is.
598
00:35:08,740 --> 00:35:10,508
Tony brings
me a cell phone number,
599
00:35:10,642 --> 00:35:12,676
and he asked me to run
it through the police database.
600
00:35:12,677 --> 00:35:15,480
Getting a cell phone number
is a good piece of the puzzle.
601
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:16,614
We can generally develop
602
00:35:16,715 --> 00:35:18,483
a suspect on
a cell phone number.
603
00:35:19,351 --> 00:35:23,088
I get a hit on Christopher
Lance Williams of Dallas, Texas.
604
00:35:23,588 --> 00:35:25,924
I find out that he works
in dental technology.
605
00:35:27,025 --> 00:35:29,761
I locate the driver's license
of Christopher Lance Williams,
606
00:35:29,894 --> 00:35:31,529
and I pull up the photograph.
607
00:35:31,630 --> 00:35:33,999
And that photograph
matches the pictures
608
00:35:34,132 --> 00:35:35,400
that had been sent to Tony.
609
00:35:36,568 --> 00:35:39,604
I'm feeling great. This is
a positive identification.
610
00:35:42,073 --> 00:35:44,042
So the next day,
Christopher Williams
611
00:35:44,209 --> 00:35:47,278
asks if Britany's available
to meet in person,
612
00:35:48,079 --> 00:35:51,082
and then suggests,
"Hey, we can watch porn.
613
00:35:51,516 --> 00:35:53,084
You can practice on me."
614
00:35:53,752 --> 00:35:56,021
He's now indicated
we're going to meet in person,
615
00:35:56,154 --> 00:35:57,689
we're going to perform
these sex acts.
616
00:35:57,789 --> 00:35:59,891
He's just committed
this crime for me.
617
00:35:59,991 --> 00:36:02,360
I can issue a warrant for
his arrest and pick him up.
618
00:36:05,830 --> 00:36:07,832
Whenever Tony calls me,
we get excited.
619
00:36:07,999 --> 00:36:09,067
We like taking these guys down.
620
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:10,602
We like taking
them off the street.
621
00:36:11,002 --> 00:36:13,905
I set up surveillances
on his home address.
622
00:36:16,408 --> 00:36:19,044
And I set up surveillances
on his work address.
623
00:36:20,912 --> 00:36:22,013
It's a big step in our case.
624
00:36:22,113 --> 00:36:24,082
We'll actually even
watch them at their house
625
00:36:24,249 --> 00:36:27,552
and actually follow them
into the takedown location.
626
00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:30,989
So we're on for
a takedown tomorrow.
627
00:36:37,162 --> 00:36:38,963
Detective
Mark Casteel waits for
628
00:36:39,097 --> 00:36:42,300
child predator Christopher
Williams to show up.
629
00:36:42,801 --> 00:36:44,135
Detective Godwin has been
630
00:36:44,235 --> 00:36:47,605
in contact with this subject,
we believe, here.
631
00:36:47,806 --> 00:36:49,574
Christopher Williams.
632
00:36:50,842 --> 00:36:54,679
Williams has made arrangements
to come meet Detective Godwin,
633
00:36:54,846 --> 00:36:57,015
who he believes is a minor,
634
00:36:57,582 --> 00:36:59,150
to come here
to have sex with her.
635
00:36:59,284 --> 00:37:01,619
We do not know
his vehicle for sure,
636
00:37:01,753 --> 00:37:05,290
he has said it was a
red Ford pickup, I believe.
637
00:37:05,390 --> 00:37:09,194
And hopefully, he'll be
showing up here very shortly.
638
00:37:09,594 --> 00:37:11,796
I generally instruct the
surveillance units
639
00:37:11,963 --> 00:37:13,164
on what's going on.
640
00:37:13,298 --> 00:37:15,767
And Tony will generally
give the takedown signal.
641
00:37:16,968 --> 00:37:19,137
So I position myself
at the complex where
642
00:37:19,270 --> 00:37:23,007
I have a good visual of where
Williams is going to park.
643
00:37:23,808 --> 00:37:25,310
I get a message from Williams
644
00:37:25,443 --> 00:37:27,812
who tells
me he's just leaving work.
645
00:37:31,282 --> 00:37:33,150
My surveillance team tells
me they watched him
646
00:37:33,151 --> 00:37:36,287
leave the house in a red
Ford pickup. He's on his way.
647
00:37:39,657 --> 00:37:41,559
Now is the nerve-wracking part.
648
00:37:42,060 --> 00:37:44,129
Let's see if he follows
through with his promise.
649
00:37:49,434 --> 00:37:52,036
Okay, we should be
seeing a red Ford pickup.
650
00:37:53,605 --> 00:37:55,106
Sorry, yeah, there it is.
651
00:38:03,715 --> 00:38:05,683
Yeah, 10-4,
he is backing into a spot
652
00:38:05,817 --> 00:38:07,318
right by the mailboxes
right now.
653
00:38:09,654 --> 00:38:12,090
He also leaves the engine
running, and that's concerning,
654
00:38:12,190 --> 00:38:15,260
because he might try to pull out
fast and cause a pursuit.
655
00:38:16,761 --> 00:38:18,796
I have to
really bide my time,
656
00:38:19,164 --> 00:38:22,233
and wait until the
absolute critical moment
657
00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:23,535
to give the takedown order.
658
00:39:11,649 --> 00:39:13,051
Williams just gives up.
659
00:39:13,151 --> 00:39:14,551
He throws his hands
up in the air.
660
00:39:14,552 --> 00:39:17,889
He knows immediately he is
caught and bought and paid for.
661
00:39:18,656 --> 00:39:20,158
He doesn't give any resistance.
662
00:39:20,325 --> 00:39:22,327
Pull him out,
they handcuff him.
663
00:39:23,394 --> 00:39:25,330
Okay,
subject's in custody.
664
00:39:27,932 --> 00:39:29,767
And we'll be signing
over and off for now.
665
00:39:33,238 --> 00:39:36,174
Three minutes ago,
this dude thought that he had
666
00:39:36,274 --> 00:39:39,844
as much game as he could to have
sex with a 14-year-old girl.
667
00:39:40,044 --> 00:39:42,413
Now he's in custody.
He's in the back of a squad car.
668
00:39:42,513 --> 00:39:45,483
He's about to be going to jail.
Awesome.
669
00:39:50,021 --> 00:39:53,291
Williams is arrested
and transported to the jail.
670
00:39:54,993 --> 00:39:56,761
Williams tells me
that he does have
671
00:39:56,894 --> 00:40:00,732
child sex abuse material on
both a cell phone and a laptop.
672
00:40:03,167 --> 00:40:06,337
In that conversation,
he admits that he did initiate
673
00:40:06,437 --> 00:40:08,172
the communications
with Britany,
674
00:40:08,273 --> 00:40:12,510
and he also indicated that
had no police been involved,
675
00:40:12,644 --> 00:40:14,245
he probably would
have followed through
676
00:40:14,412 --> 00:40:17,015
with his intentions
of having a sex act with her.
677
00:40:18,449 --> 00:40:22,620
Absolute proof that Christopher
Williams is a child predator.
678
00:40:24,622 --> 00:40:26,990
After forensics were done
on his devices,
679
00:40:26,991 --> 00:40:30,862
it was learned that Williams
had engaged in communications
680
00:40:30,995 --> 00:40:34,065
and sent nude images
with a real 14-year-old girl.
681
00:40:36,768 --> 00:40:39,337
I was able to track down
this 14-year-old victim.
682
00:40:39,437 --> 00:40:42,173
I did interview her, and she
did confirm that Williams
683
00:40:42,273 --> 00:40:45,410
asked her to produce
nude child sex abuse material
684
00:40:45,543 --> 00:40:48,046
of herself
and provide it to him.
685
00:40:49,847 --> 00:40:52,417
As I suspected,
Williams was operating
686
00:40:52,583 --> 00:40:55,186
in the real world
with real minors,
687
00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:57,221
which really highlights
the importance
688
00:40:57,355 --> 00:41:00,325
of taking a guy like this
off the street.
689
00:41:07,198 --> 00:41:10,335
Christopher Lance Williams was
a wolf in sheep's clothing.
690
00:41:10,435 --> 00:41:12,637
He looked normal,
he acted normal.
691
00:41:12,904 --> 00:41:14,672
Works in the dental industry.
692
00:41:16,441 --> 00:41:20,044
He's using his status to earn
the trust of a vulnerable kid.
693
00:41:21,379 --> 00:41:24,048
I tell parents to let their kids
know that it doesn't matter
694
00:41:24,182 --> 00:41:26,918
how much someone earns,
what sort of job they have.
695
00:41:27,085 --> 00:41:29,220
They can still be
a sexual predator.
696
00:41:29,454 --> 00:41:32,523
And educate the child to tell
a parent or trusted adult
697
00:41:32,657 --> 00:41:35,259
that the behavior of someone
they've encountered online
698
00:41:35,393 --> 00:41:37,161
doesn't feel right.
58503
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