1 00:00:10,377 --> 00:00:11,912 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:12,112 --> 00:00:13,546 [Narrator] Next, 3 00:00:13,547 --> 00:00:17,984 Detective Tony Godwin faces an all or nothing choice 4 00:00:17,985 --> 00:00:21,188 as he races to take down a child predator. 5 00:00:21,822 --> 00:00:25,592 [Tony] We have yet to get 100% visual on his face. 6 00:00:26,059 --> 00:00:28,795 I have a decision to make. Do we stay or do we go? 7 00:00:31,064 --> 00:00:32,699 [Narrator] After Tony's team arrests him, 8 00:00:32,866 --> 00:00:35,302 he reveals his devious intentions. 9 00:00:40,340 --> 00:00:42,876 [Agent] FBI, open the door! 10 00:00:43,076 --> 00:00:46,146 [Narrator] Then someone at this house downloaded 11 00:00:46,313 --> 00:00:47,948 child sexual abuse material. 12 00:00:48,181 --> 00:00:50,584 - [Narrator] Was it the father? - Yes, ma'am. 13 00:00:50,784 --> 00:00:51,552 [Narrator] Or the son? 14 00:00:55,689 --> 00:00:57,224 [Narrator] The truth is more disturbing 15 00:00:57,424 --> 00:00:59,192 than Tony could ever imagine. 16 00:00:59,393 --> 00:01:00,627 [dramatic music continues] 17 00:01:00,827 --> 00:01:02,829 And the team scrambles to identify the owner 18 00:01:03,030 --> 00:01:06,633 of child sexual abuse material dumped outside a church. 19 00:01:06,833 --> 00:01:09,436 Very disturbing images of very young girls... 20 00:01:09,703 --> 00:01:11,071 The guy's a monster. 21 00:01:11,271 --> 00:01:12,506 [Narrator] When Tony finally catches up with him, 22 00:01:12,673 --> 00:01:14,875 he presents an unusual defense. 23 00:01:17,878 --> 00:01:19,279 Unbelievable! 24 00:01:19,713 --> 00:01:22,782 This guy has got a serious problem. 25 00:01:22,783 --> 00:01:24,784 - [Officer] Get on the ground! - [dramatic music continues] 26 00:01:24,785 --> 00:01:26,153 [Narrator] A team of police professionals 27 00:01:26,353 --> 00:01:28,021 in North Dallas has one goal. 28 00:01:28,221 --> 00:01:29,590 [Officer 29 00:01:29,790 --> 00:01:32,993 [Narrator] Take down online predators before they harm 30 00:01:33,093 --> 00:01:34,094 a real child. 31 00:01:35,062 --> 00:01:36,797 Child predators are everywhere. 32 00:01:37,431 --> 00:01:39,833 [Narrator] Online predators pose the biggest danger 33 00:01:39,933 --> 00:01:41,635 to America's children today. 34 00:01:42,302 --> 00:01:44,438 Kids are being targeted at an alarming rate. 35 00:01:44,638 --> 00:01:45,872 [dramatic music continues] 36 00:01:46,073 --> 00:01:47,507 [Narrator] This team is opening its case files 37 00:01:47,708 --> 00:01:51,143 for the first time to show you how it tracks them down. 38 00:01:51,144 --> 00:01:52,946 [dramatic music continues] 39 00:01:53,113 --> 00:01:54,581 [Tony] All right. He's coming this way 40 00:01:54,748 --> 00:01:58,417 [Narrator] And brings them to justice by any means necessary. 41 00:01:58,418 --> 00:02:00,120 - [dramatic music continues] - Get your hands on the car. 42 00:02:01,622 --> 00:02:04,791 [Narrator] This is Detective Tony Godwin, and his team is... 43 00:02:06,026 --> 00:02:07,427 the Predator Hunters. 44 00:02:07,527 --> 00:02:08,829 [suspenseful music] 45 00:02:08,929 --> 00:02:11,464 December 13, 2012: 46 00:02:11,465 --> 00:02:15,301 Tony's team pursues a suspect along a highway in North Dallas. 47 00:02:15,302 --> 00:02:16,837 [siren blares] 48 00:02:17,037 --> 00:02:20,874 Tony believes the driver of this pickup is a determined predator 49 00:02:20,974 --> 00:02:23,677 that he first encountered just hours earlier. 50 00:02:23,777 --> 00:02:27,280 [suspenseful music continues] 51 00:02:27,514 --> 00:02:29,983 But he's been unable to make a positive I.D. 52 00:02:30,984 --> 00:02:32,386 Is this Tony's suspect, 53 00:02:32,586 --> 00:02:35,255 or is the real predator still on the loose? 54 00:02:37,491 --> 00:02:40,427 [suspenseful music continues] 55 00:02:40,627 --> 00:02:41,461 [Tony] Rodney Thompson. 56 00:02:41,662 --> 00:02:42,829 [suspenseful music continues] 57 00:02:43,030 --> 00:02:45,599 This is the fastest takedown I've ever conducted. 58 00:02:46,466 --> 00:02:50,237 From first contact to his arrest was under four hours. 59 00:02:50,871 --> 00:02:52,439 We didn't know we had the right guy till we 60 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:53,706 actually arrested him. 61 00:02:53,707 --> 00:02:54,541 [suspenseful music continues] 62 00:02:54,708 --> 00:02:56,109 We had to act rapidly 63 00:02:56,309 --> 00:02:58,678 and really think creatively to catch this predator. 64 00:02:58,879 --> 00:03:03,383 [suspenseful music continues] 65 00:03:04,651 --> 00:03:09,622 - [gentle music] - [keyboard tapping] 66 00:03:09,623 --> 00:03:11,558 [Tony] It's Christmas time of 2012, 67 00:03:11,825 --> 00:03:14,027 and I'm on the internet trolling around, looking for somebody 68 00:03:14,227 --> 00:03:15,228 to hit on me. 69 00:03:15,862 --> 00:03:18,432 In 2012, all the kids were in these Yahoo chat rooms just 70 00:03:18,632 --> 00:03:21,802 to talk to people and do so with a bit of anonymity. 71 00:03:22,335 --> 00:03:26,073 Problem was, these rooms were littered with predatory types. 72 00:03:27,107 --> 00:03:29,141 I set up a profile under the name Britany, 73 00:03:29,142 --> 00:03:31,078 a 14-year-old girl from Texas. 74 00:03:31,511 --> 00:03:34,714 I use images of a colleague of mine who has provided me consent 75 00:03:34,815 --> 00:03:37,350 to use her photographs in these undercover cases. 76 00:03:37,784 --> 00:03:38,785 [suspenseful music continues] 77 00:03:38,985 --> 00:03:40,353 Once I get the profile established, 78 00:03:40,454 --> 00:03:43,590 I go into a room called Texas Two, and I just sit and wait. 79 00:03:43,890 --> 00:03:47,461 [suspenseful music continues] 80 00:03:47,661 --> 00:03:49,862 Within a couple of minutes, I get a direct message. 81 00:03:49,863 --> 00:03:51,664 - [suspenseful music continues] - [computer beeps] 82 00:03:51,665 --> 00:03:56,036 The user's name is Ryche0426. 83 00:03:56,236 --> 00:03:58,305 Imagine my surprise. What does he wanna know from me? 84 00:03:58,839 --> 00:04:00,040 How old I am. 85 00:04:00,140 --> 00:04:02,509 - [suspenseful music continues] - [computer beeps] 86 00:04:02,709 --> 00:04:05,911 I let him know right away I'm 14, but I'll be 15 soon. 87 00:04:05,912 --> 00:04:08,115 - [suspenseful music continues] - [computer beeps] 88 00:04:08,315 --> 00:04:10,183 This is where he should say, "Hey, I'm really sorry. 89 00:04:10,383 --> 00:04:12,418 "You're too young. Thanks for your time. 90 00:04:12,419 --> 00:04:13,954 Be careful. There's a lotta weirdos here." 91 00:04:14,488 --> 00:04:17,824 But that's not what happens. He replies back that he's 38. 92 00:04:18,024 --> 00:04:19,793 [suspenseful music continues] 93 00:04:19,893 --> 00:04:21,461 He doesn't seem to have a care in the world 94 00:04:21,661 --> 00:04:22,829 that he's talking to a child. 95 00:04:23,029 --> 00:04:27,667 - [suspenseful music continues] - [computer beeps] 96 00:04:27,868 --> 00:04:29,236 I don't think his name is Mike. 97 00:04:29,336 --> 00:04:30,837 It's a big difference from the username, 98 00:04:30,937 --> 00:04:33,206 so I'm guessin' that's probably not true. 99 00:04:33,707 --> 00:04:36,276 He sends a request for me to accept his webcam. 100 00:04:37,110 --> 00:04:39,880 I accept; I might get a good visual of what he looks like. 101 00:04:39,980 --> 00:04:43,517 - [suspenseful music continues] - [computer beeps] 102 00:04:43,617 --> 00:04:47,387 He's a white male, late 30s, early 40s, kinda goin' bald. 103 00:04:47,587 --> 00:04:49,022 He's got wire-rimmed glasses on. 104 00:04:49,222 --> 00:04:50,190 But the weird thing is, 105 00:04:50,490 --> 00:04:53,059 this guy has no shirt on right off the bat. 106 00:04:53,226 --> 00:04:54,227 [suspenseful music continues] 107 00:04:54,327 --> 00:04:56,095 I'm not gonna turn my webcam on, 108 00:04:56,096 --> 00:04:57,497 but I said I would give him a photo. 109 00:04:57,664 --> 00:05:00,233 So I send pictures of Britany as I promised. 110 00:05:00,433 --> 00:05:04,237 - [suspenseful music continues] - [computer beeps] 111 00:05:04,437 --> 00:05:07,473 He then escalates, saying, "Send me a sexy picture." 112 00:05:07,474 --> 00:05:09,075 [suspenseful music continues] 113 00:05:09,176 --> 00:05:12,745 I'm not doin' that. Nice try. 114 00:05:12,746 --> 00:05:14,381 [suspenseful music continues] 115 00:05:14,548 --> 00:05:18,118 I need him to be very clear what his true intentions really are. 116 00:05:18,652 --> 00:05:21,588 So I send him a message and he replies right back. 117 00:05:21,822 --> 00:05:24,223 - [suspenseful music continues] - [computer beeps] 118 00:05:24,224 --> 00:05:25,859 Typically, an investigation like this can go 119 00:05:26,026 --> 00:05:27,194 on for several weeks, 120 00:05:27,861 --> 00:05:30,230 but we're 40 minutes into this conversation. 121 00:05:30,463 --> 00:05:33,233 This guy's askin' if we can meet up and go shopping together. 122 00:05:33,333 --> 00:05:35,635 [suspenseful music continues] 123 00:05:35,836 --> 00:05:37,003 This guy's on fire. 124 00:05:37,537 --> 00:05:39,072 I've never had one move this fast. 125 00:05:39,272 --> 00:05:41,941 [tense music] 126 00:05:41,942 --> 00:05:44,343 Over the next hour, things escalate pretty quickly. 127 00:05:44,344 --> 00:05:45,744 - [tense music continues] - [computer beeps] 128 00:05:45,745 --> 00:05:48,181 He asks if I have any interest in penises. 129 00:05:48,348 --> 00:05:52,384 - [tense music continues] - [computer beeps] 130 00:05:52,385 --> 00:05:55,789 I'm a grown man, a big dude, married with kids. 131 00:05:56,022 --> 00:05:57,557 No, I don't wanna see your penis, 132 00:05:57,824 --> 00:05:59,459 but I'm gonna go ahead and play along with you, sir. 133 00:05:59,626 --> 00:06:04,864 - [tense music continues] - [computer beeps] 134 00:06:05,065 --> 00:06:07,634 Thank you very much, sir. You've just committed a crime: 135 00:06:07,901 --> 00:06:09,636 transfer obscene material to a minor. 136 00:06:09,836 --> 00:06:11,905 I feel almost obligated to reply back. 137 00:06:12,072 --> 00:06:14,741 And so I make some sort of compliment about the size. 138 00:06:14,908 --> 00:06:17,943 - [tense music continues] - [computer beeps] 139 00:06:17,944 --> 00:06:19,946 The next thing I know, he starts masturbating. 140 00:06:20,180 --> 00:06:21,948 All unbelievable evidence 141 00:06:22,148 --> 00:06:24,551 because I'm screen recording everything that he's doing. 142 00:06:25,018 --> 00:06:30,156 [tense music continues] 143 00:06:30,824 --> 00:06:33,826 Then he tells me somethin' that really changes everything. 144 00:06:33,827 --> 00:06:36,095 - [suspenseful music] - [computer beeps] 145 00:06:36,096 --> 00:06:37,631 He's got access to kids? 146 00:06:38,231 --> 00:06:41,234 The urgency of this thing just went up big time. 147 00:06:42,068 --> 00:06:44,437 I wanna know more. So I asked him about his family. 148 00:06:44,704 --> 00:06:46,640 - [suspenseful music continues] - [computer beeps] 149 00:06:46,740 --> 00:06:49,542 He has a son and a daughter. His daughter is 14. 150 00:06:49,709 --> 00:06:50,744 [suspenseful music continues] 151 00:06:50,910 --> 00:06:52,512 This guy's talking sexually 152 00:06:52,712 --> 00:06:54,481 to this 14-year-old profile of mine 153 00:06:54,748 --> 00:06:56,516 when he has a daughter the same age. 154 00:06:57,584 --> 00:06:58,351 That's a big problem. 155 00:06:58,985 --> 00:07:00,754 I need to act fast to make somethin' happen 156 00:07:00,854 --> 00:07:01,988 and get this guy in custody. 157 00:07:02,822 --> 00:07:04,991 I know that if we're friends on Yahoo chat rooms, 158 00:07:05,191 --> 00:07:07,594 there's a chance I could see more biographical information. 159 00:07:07,861 --> 00:07:11,431 So I suggest we add each other. Boom. He accepts it. 160 00:07:11,531 --> 00:07:12,832 And I was right. 161 00:07:12,932 --> 00:07:15,435 I get to see now a full name, Mike Johnson. 162 00:07:16,102 --> 00:07:17,704 I need to try to find out some information. 163 00:07:18,071 --> 00:07:19,639 So I ask him, "What's your favorite car?" 164 00:07:19,839 --> 00:07:24,144 - [tense music continues] - [computer beeps] 165 00:07:24,311 --> 00:07:26,079 Very nice information. Thank you for that. 166 00:07:26,313 --> 00:07:28,748 [tense music] 167 00:07:28,948 --> 00:07:30,950 [Narrator] Tony enlists Detective Clint McNear 168 00:07:31,151 --> 00:07:33,019 to unmask Mike Johnson. 169 00:07:33,186 --> 00:07:35,220 [tense music continues] 170 00:07:35,221 --> 00:07:37,991 We have some very important pieces of information. 171 00:07:38,658 --> 00:07:39,559 We have an age. 172 00:07:41,461 --> 00:07:42,462 He's 38 years old. 173 00:07:43,663 --> 00:07:45,031 We know that he has two children. 174 00:07:45,332 --> 00:07:48,234 Their ages are 12 and 14. 175 00:07:48,868 --> 00:07:52,439 We know we have a possible name, Mike Johnson. 176 00:07:52,539 --> 00:07:54,708 [tense music continues] 177 00:07:55,075 --> 00:07:56,943 And lastly, he drives a Chevy. 178 00:07:57,110 --> 00:07:59,346 [tense music continues] 179 00:07:59,579 --> 00:08:01,281 I take all the information that we have, 180 00:08:01,581 --> 00:08:03,950 I put it in the police database, and I end up 181 00:08:04,050 --> 00:08:05,151 with a big fat zero, 182 00:08:05,785 --> 00:08:08,788 which tells me Mike Johnson is probably a fake name. 183 00:08:09,289 --> 00:08:10,557 Our predator's lied to us. 184 00:08:12,392 --> 00:08:13,827 [tense music continues] 185 00:08:14,027 --> 00:08:15,295 [Tony] I'm kinda hunting blind. 186 00:08:15,929 --> 00:08:18,264 In my mind, this guy is an immediate danger to children. 187 00:08:19,899 --> 00:08:22,435 I have no idea who this guy is, where this guy is, 188 00:08:23,703 --> 00:08:26,473 but his enthusiasm is something I think I can really exploit. 189 00:08:26,673 --> 00:08:31,044 [suspenseful music continues] 190 00:08:33,713 --> 00:08:34,948 [computer beeps] 191 00:08:38,752 --> 00:08:39,753 I suggest the movie theater. 192 00:08:40,787 --> 00:08:41,821 It's a really good location 193 00:08:42,022 --> 00:08:43,623 because it's got a lotta visibility 194 00:08:43,990 --> 00:08:45,191 and it's easy for him to find. 195 00:08:45,392 --> 00:08:47,659 - [suspenseful music continues] - [computer beeps] 196 00:08:47,660 --> 00:08:49,896 12:30. Only gives me, like, 90 minutes 197 00:08:50,063 --> 00:08:51,464 to put together an operation. 198 00:08:51,865 --> 00:08:53,899 That's probably the fastest this has ever happened 199 00:08:53,900 --> 00:08:55,267 in my entire career. 200 00:08:55,268 --> 00:08:59,505 [dramatic music] 201 00:08:59,506 --> 00:09:02,275 [Narrator] Clint races to devise the takedown plan. 202 00:09:03,309 --> 00:09:05,945 [Clint] This is a satellite view of the theater. 203 00:09:06,312 --> 00:09:07,981 There's a sporting goods store next door. 204 00:09:08,548 --> 00:09:12,552 Tony is parked in an unmarked vehicle here where he can get 205 00:09:12,652 --> 00:09:14,154 to the theater quickly, 206 00:09:15,221 --> 00:09:17,424 as well as see the entire front view. 207 00:09:18,224 --> 00:09:19,793 I only have a picture of this guy, 208 00:09:20,026 --> 00:09:22,262 and I have what I believe is a vehicle he uses, 209 00:09:22,462 --> 00:09:23,496 but not much else to go on. 210 00:09:24,097 --> 00:09:25,265 There are so many things 211 00:09:25,465 --> 00:09:27,100 that can go wrong with this takedown. 212 00:09:27,267 --> 00:09:29,636 He could spot one of our covert cars. 213 00:09:29,836 --> 00:09:31,271 He could see some of our surveillance. 214 00:09:31,738 --> 00:09:35,074 He could just get spooked and chicken out. 215 00:09:35,341 --> 00:09:37,677 [Clint] We have this entire theater surrounded 216 00:09:37,877 --> 00:09:40,647 to manage the situation and to get him into custody. 217 00:09:41,347 --> 00:09:42,916 We're in place. We're waiting. 218 00:09:43,149 --> 00:09:43,950 We're takin' him down. 219 00:09:47,754 --> 00:09:49,222 [suspenseful music] 220 00:09:49,422 --> 00:09:52,024 [Narrator] Tony's team prepares a high-risk takedown 221 00:09:52,025 --> 00:09:53,960 at a North Texas movie theater. 222 00:09:54,627 --> 00:09:57,863 All Tony has to go on is a grainy image of the predator... 223 00:09:57,864 --> 00:09:59,966 - [suspenseful music continues] - [computer beeps] 224 00:10:00,066 --> 00:10:01,801 ...and a description of his vehicle. 225 00:10:05,271 --> 00:10:07,407 [Tony] I don't see this guy out in front of the theater. 226 00:10:08,041 --> 00:10:10,076 Then I get a report from my surveillance team. 227 00:10:10,910 --> 00:10:13,813 A person matching the suspect's description has gone inside 228 00:10:13,913 --> 00:10:14,848 the sporting goods store. 229 00:10:15,782 --> 00:10:17,150 My first thought is, 230 00:10:17,383 --> 00:10:19,152 is he tryin' to lure us out from where we're sitting? 231 00:10:19,319 --> 00:10:20,720 We've got to process this quickly. 232 00:10:21,187 --> 00:10:23,790 Still, while being concealed and not getting burned. 233 00:10:24,057 --> 00:10:25,925 You're tryin' to make split second decisions. 234 00:10:26,459 --> 00:10:28,194 I could order a team to move in, 235 00:10:28,394 --> 00:10:32,065 but we have yet to get 100% visual on his face 236 00:10:32,265 --> 00:10:34,200 to confirm he's the guy in our photo. 237 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:35,201 It could be anybody. 238 00:10:36,002 --> 00:10:38,438 And so we just sit and wait. 239 00:10:38,638 --> 00:10:40,273 [suspenseful music continues] 240 00:10:40,473 --> 00:10:43,209 [Narrator] The man makes a purchase and heads for the exit. 241 00:10:43,910 --> 00:10:46,112 [Tony] The surveillance team see him leaving the store 242 00:10:46,312 --> 00:10:47,680 and walking back towards the truck. 243 00:10:48,314 --> 00:10:49,916 I don't know what is goin' on at this point. 244 00:10:50,817 --> 00:10:52,752 [Clint] And then the worst case scenario happens. 245 00:10:53,753 --> 00:10:55,188 His truck drives off and he leaves. 246 00:10:55,622 --> 00:10:58,391 I have a decision to make. Do we stay or do we go? 247 00:11:01,227 --> 00:11:02,795 Tony tells us, "Go get him." 248 00:11:03,229 --> 00:11:05,297 [intense music] 249 00:11:05,298 --> 00:11:07,667 [Narrator] Tony and Clint follow the suspect's vehicle 250 00:11:07,867 --> 00:11:08,768 onto the highway. 251 00:11:09,602 --> 00:11:11,037 [Tony] We still don't know at this point if it's 252 00:11:11,237 --> 00:11:13,640 an innocent civilian or a dangerous predator. 253 00:11:14,107 --> 00:11:16,009 We can't just simply pull this guy over. 254 00:11:16,242 --> 00:11:17,443 We have to have a reason, 255 00:11:18,111 --> 00:11:19,712 and then we get a stroke of luck. 256 00:11:20,113 --> 00:11:21,281 He's got a brake light that's out. 257 00:11:22,315 --> 00:11:23,516 Bam! 258 00:11:23,716 --> 00:11:25,485 We've got a lawful reason to get this guy pulled over. 259 00:11:32,225 --> 00:11:34,394 [Tony] We're getting pulled over on this traffic violation. 260 00:11:34,994 --> 00:11:36,763 But is this the guy that we've been lookin' for? 261 00:11:36,863 --> 00:11:38,231 [suspenseful music] 262 00:11:38,398 --> 00:11:39,399 They ask him to step out. 263 00:11:43,102 --> 00:11:45,638 [Clint] It's the guy in the photo that Tony sent. 264 00:11:45,838 --> 00:11:47,040 [suspenseful music continues] 265 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:48,273 He's not askin'... 266 00:11:48,274 --> 00:11:49,275 you know, "What the hell's goin' on? 267 00:11:49,442 --> 00:11:50,276 Why are you stoppin' me?" 268 00:11:51,644 --> 00:11:52,912 I get his driver's license. 269 00:11:57,984 --> 00:12:01,354 We finally have a real name. Rodney Thompson. 270 00:12:06,226 --> 00:12:07,727 This is the fastest meet 271 00:12:07,961 --> 00:12:10,430 and takedown I've ever had my entire career. 272 00:12:10,663 --> 00:12:12,264 It's only been a total 273 00:12:12,265 --> 00:12:14,666 of four hours since I initially communicated with this guy. 274 00:12:14,667 --> 00:12:17,570 And here he is in handcuffs. It's a really good feeling. 275 00:12:17,670 --> 00:12:21,574 [intense music continues] 276 00:12:21,674 --> 00:12:26,212 [suspenseful music] 277 00:12:30,116 --> 00:12:31,383 [Tony] Going into this interview, 278 00:12:31,384 --> 00:12:33,152 I have no idea if this guy's gonna lie to me 279 00:12:33,353 --> 00:12:34,387 or tell me the truth. 280 00:12:51,070 --> 00:12:53,473 Man... You don't get that very often. 281 00:12:53,673 --> 00:12:58,111 A guy who tells you the law almost verbatim for what it is. 282 00:13:12,825 --> 00:13:15,061 Wow. It's like it's not a big deal. 283 00:13:15,228 --> 00:13:17,630 It's just like, "Yeah, I did this." 284 00:13:18,097 --> 00:13:19,232 And he's very open about it, 285 00:13:19,432 --> 00:13:20,967 which is really kinda throwin' me. 286 00:13:21,401 --> 00:13:23,236 The next thing he says really alarms me. 287 00:13:46,993 --> 00:13:48,861 [Tony] This probably explains why he's so calm 288 00:13:49,028 --> 00:13:50,029 and so cooperative. 289 00:13:50,663 --> 00:13:53,066 And I guess it sort of explains how he knew what the law was 290 00:13:53,266 --> 00:13:54,299 and quoted it back 291 00:13:54,300 --> 00:13:55,601 to me when I asked him initially. 292 00:13:56,069 --> 00:13:58,171 He's been here before. He just can't stop. 293 00:13:58,271 --> 00:14:04,277 [intense music] 294 00:14:06,145 --> 00:14:08,548 [suspenseful music] 295 00:14:08,715 --> 00:14:13,418 [Narrator] May 2022: Tony joins the FBI on a dawn raid. 296 00:14:13,419 --> 00:14:16,756 [Agent] FBI! Sam Allen, open the door! 297 00:14:17,223 --> 00:14:19,624 [Narrator] The feds have Intel that someone living 298 00:14:19,625 --> 00:14:21,827 at this property downloaded hundreds of images 299 00:14:21,828 --> 00:14:24,831 of child sexual abuse material. 300 00:14:25,398 --> 00:14:26,366 They must find out... 301 00:14:26,699 --> 00:14:27,800 Was it the father... 302 00:14:28,167 --> 00:14:29,168 - [Officer - Yes, sir. 303 00:14:29,268 --> 00:14:30,069 [Narrator] Or the son? 304 00:14:30,503 --> 00:14:31,670 [Officer I'm with the task force. 305 00:14:31,671 --> 00:14:32,572 Can you come with me? 306 00:14:33,639 --> 00:14:35,941 The reality turns out to be more twisted 307 00:14:35,942 --> 00:14:37,877 than Tony could ever imagine. 308 00:14:38,044 --> 00:14:43,249 [suspenseful music continues] 309 00:14:43,349 --> 00:14:45,351 Usually we focus in on one suspect. 310 00:14:45,618 --> 00:14:49,789 But this case, unbelievably, this was a father and son duo: 311 00:14:50,223 --> 00:14:54,160 Samuel Allen and his son, Christopher Allen. 312 00:14:55,228 --> 00:14:58,697 We had solid evidence that one of these guys was responsible 313 00:14:58,698 --> 00:15:00,633 for downloading child sex abuse material. 314 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,469 But figuring out which one was a real challenge. 315 00:15:03,669 --> 00:15:09,041 [suspenseful music continues] 316 00:15:09,142 --> 00:15:10,810 I get cases a number of ways. 317 00:15:10,910 --> 00:15:13,813 Sometimes I'm out there seeking a predator to hit on me 318 00:15:13,913 --> 00:15:15,114 in an undercover capacity. 319 00:15:15,515 --> 00:15:17,316 Sometimes I get a tip from the public. 320 00:15:17,984 --> 00:15:19,184 In this case, 321 00:15:19,185 --> 00:15:20,353 it came to me through Jen Mullican, 322 00:15:20,553 --> 00:15:21,754 my contact at the FBI. 323 00:15:22,588 --> 00:15:24,390 Jen works on the Child Exploitation Unit. 324 00:15:25,024 --> 00:15:27,826 It's a real pleasure to work with her because she is in it 325 00:15:27,827 --> 00:15:30,495 to win it and it doesn't matter what the sacrifice is. 326 00:15:30,496 --> 00:15:33,064 [dramatic music] 327 00:15:33,065 --> 00:15:36,301 In May 2022, I get a notification that somebody 328 00:15:36,302 --> 00:15:39,070 in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is downloading child 329 00:15:39,071 --> 00:15:41,207 sexual abuse material via a peer-to-peer platform. 330 00:15:42,308 --> 00:15:46,312 Peer-to-peer file sharing is where two particular users share 331 00:15:46,512 --> 00:15:48,915 direct computer-to-computer without having 332 00:15:49,115 --> 00:15:51,284 to go through another platform. 333 00:15:51,384 --> 00:15:54,353 Some of the images are of children under ten years old. 334 00:15:54,821 --> 00:15:55,988 It's horrendous to look at. 335 00:15:56,189 --> 00:15:57,990 It's horrendous to know that it's being produced. 336 00:15:58,224 --> 00:15:59,658 [suspenseful music] 337 00:15:59,659 --> 00:16:02,395 I subpoenaed the service provider for the IP address. 338 00:16:02,662 --> 00:16:05,665 I get an address and I get a name: Samuel Allen. 339 00:16:05,865 --> 00:16:08,834 [suspenseful music continues] 340 00:16:08,835 --> 00:16:09,836 He's 58 years old. 341 00:16:10,870 --> 00:16:14,240 I run the name through the DMV database and I get an address. 342 00:16:14,407 --> 00:16:17,610 And that address is the same on the IP address information. 343 00:16:17,877 --> 00:16:19,846 That tells me that I definitely have the right place. 344 00:16:20,279 --> 00:16:24,116 I also get his vehicle information, a black 2014 Mazda. 345 00:16:24,584 --> 00:16:26,953 And I find out that Samuel Allen lives at that residence 346 00:16:27,153 --> 00:16:28,955 with a wife, a daughter, and a son. 347 00:16:29,055 --> 00:16:30,223 [suspenseful music continues] 348 00:16:30,423 --> 00:16:32,391 The son's name is Christopher Allen. 349 00:16:32,558 --> 00:16:36,661 [suspenseful music continues] 350 00:16:36,662 --> 00:16:39,632 Predominantly this kind of activity is conducted by males. 351 00:16:39,866 --> 00:16:42,268 So I'm gonna focus my investigation on Samuel 352 00:16:42,435 --> 00:16:43,369 and Christopher Allen. 353 00:16:43,469 --> 00:16:44,770 [suspenseful music continues] 354 00:16:44,871 --> 00:16:46,839 A check of further database records shows 355 00:16:47,006 --> 00:16:48,673 that Samuel Allen is an engineer. 356 00:16:48,674 --> 00:16:50,476 [suspenseful music continues] 357 00:16:50,743 --> 00:16:51,844 Christopher is a teacher. 358 00:16:52,345 --> 00:16:55,548 He could be producing images and videos depicting any 359 00:16:55,715 --> 00:16:56,949 of the students in his classes. 360 00:16:57,350 --> 00:16:59,151 This becomes a top priority case. 361 00:16:59,318 --> 00:17:00,553 [suspenseful music continues] 362 00:17:00,753 --> 00:17:02,421 I have got to find out what's going on at this house. 363 00:17:02,622 --> 00:17:03,622 [tense music] 364 00:17:03,623 --> 00:17:05,223 I get a search warrant, 365 00:17:05,224 --> 00:17:08,426 and we pick a date to approach the house and knock on the door 366 00:17:08,427 --> 00:17:09,428 and see what's goin' on in there. 367 00:17:09,629 --> 00:17:15,601 [suspenseful music] 368 00:17:22,542 --> 00:17:26,012 [Agent] FBI! Sam Allen, come to the door! 369 00:17:26,312 --> 00:17:27,246 We have a warrant! 370 00:17:27,847 --> 00:17:29,916 I've done hundreds and hundreds of these raids. 371 00:17:30,182 --> 00:17:32,685 You never lose that kind of excitement. 372 00:17:34,020 --> 00:17:35,087 [Agent] FBI! 373 00:17:39,191 --> 00:17:41,160 [Agent] FBI! Open the door! 374 00:17:56,042 --> 00:17:57,610 Suddenly somebody comes to the door. 375 00:18:02,315 --> 00:18:04,750 It's Samuel Allen. He has no idea what's goin' on. 376 00:18:08,988 --> 00:18:11,791 - [Tony] Mr. Allen? - Yes, ma'am. I mean, yes, sir. 377 00:18:11,958 --> 00:18:14,225 All right, listen, we're gonna take these handcuffs off you. 378 00:18:14,226 --> 00:18:15,394 I just need you to cooperate with me. 379 00:18:15,494 --> 00:18:17,196 - Yeah, sure... Yes. - [Tony] Okay? All right. 380 00:18:17,496 --> 00:18:19,365 [Tony] I know we got you outta bed, and you're all little-- 381 00:18:19,465 --> 00:18:21,066 Yes. I don't know what the heck's-- 382 00:18:21,067 --> 00:18:22,201 [Tony] We're gonna walk over to this truck. 383 00:18:22,401 --> 00:18:23,669 I want to have a conversation with you, okay? 384 00:18:23,869 --> 00:18:24,903 Yes, sir. 385 00:18:24,904 --> 00:18:26,072 - [Tony] Okay, come with me. - Yes. 386 00:18:26,272 --> 00:18:27,440 [Tony] Let's get in the front seat, Sam. 387 00:18:28,441 --> 00:18:29,241 [Tony] As it turns out, 388 00:18:30,142 --> 00:18:31,477 this is gonna 389 00:18:31,677 --> 00:18:34,046 be an interview unlike anything I've ever done before. 390 00:18:37,817 --> 00:18:39,151 [suspenseful music] 391 00:18:39,251 --> 00:18:42,188 [Narrator] Detective Tony Godwin interviews Samuel Allen 392 00:18:42,321 --> 00:18:44,657 to unlock the mystery of who, at his home, 393 00:18:44,824 --> 00:18:48,060 downloaded child sexual abuse material via 394 00:18:48,227 --> 00:18:49,729 a peer-to-peer network. 395 00:18:50,096 --> 00:18:52,398 I am on what's called the Northern Texas 396 00:18:52,531 --> 00:18:54,100 Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. 397 00:18:54,233 --> 00:18:55,468 - Okay... Okay. - [Tony] Okay? 398 00:18:55,801 --> 00:18:58,671 [Tony] What I'm here today about specifically is... 399 00:18:59,839 --> 00:19:00,673 child pornography. 400 00:19:01,273 --> 00:19:04,110 Illicit material is being shared back and forth from here 401 00:19:04,243 --> 00:19:06,145 at this house, uploaded, downloaded. 402 00:19:06,879 --> 00:19:09,015 Is that something you've ever done or participated in? 403 00:19:12,652 --> 00:19:13,486 [Tony] Regular porn? 404 00:19:14,453 --> 00:19:15,321 [Tony] Okay. 405 00:19:16,122 --> 00:19:18,424 Do you do anything related to file sharing? 406 00:19:25,097 --> 00:19:27,033 Like what, music, movies, that kinda stuff? 407 00:19:28,801 --> 00:19:29,635 [Tony] Okay. 408 00:19:30,670 --> 00:19:35,007 This is an image of a young girl performing an oral sex act 409 00:19:35,508 --> 00:19:36,308 on a male. 410 00:19:36,842 --> 00:19:38,744 Does that look familiar to you at all? 411 00:19:39,879 --> 00:19:43,416 All I'm doing is watching him and his expressions. 412 00:19:43,549 --> 00:19:46,152 He did his... like a "Ooh" face. Like... 413 00:19:46,252 --> 00:19:48,954 Like, "Uh..." He was in disagreement. 414 00:19:49,655 --> 00:19:52,758 And that was a very immediate response, so it seemed genuine. 415 00:19:52,892 --> 00:19:54,527 He's clearly denying that it's him. 416 00:19:54,660 --> 00:19:56,762 I do think I need to have a chat with the son as well. 417 00:19:56,896 --> 00:20:01,200 [suspenseful music continues] 418 00:20:02,268 --> 00:20:04,903 [Narrator] FBI agents are detaining Christopher Allen 419 00:20:04,904 --> 00:20:05,905 in another vehicle. 420 00:20:06,138 --> 00:20:07,306 As Tony approaches, 421 00:20:07,740 --> 00:20:10,209 one of the agents hands him Christopher's phone. 422 00:20:11,977 --> 00:20:14,547 Now I wanna know, "What's on this device?" 423 00:20:15,381 --> 00:20:17,450 Hey, Christopher. Hey, I'm Tony Godwin. 424 00:20:18,184 --> 00:20:20,019 I'm with the task force. Can you come with me? 425 00:20:20,186 --> 00:20:21,420 We're gonna switch trucks over here, 426 00:20:21,587 --> 00:20:22,722 and I'm gonna have a conversation with you 427 00:20:22,855 --> 00:20:24,190 about some stuff. 428 00:20:24,623 --> 00:20:27,860 This is... That's my body cam. We gotta have that goin'. 429 00:20:28,027 --> 00:20:30,863 That's... part of our process. 430 00:20:30,996 --> 00:20:34,066 Look at the guy's face. He literally looks sick. 431 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:35,801 Maybe you were right when you were thinkin' 432 00:20:35,901 --> 00:20:37,670 that. Maybe it wasn't the dad that was doin' it. 433 00:20:38,537 --> 00:20:40,639 When I tell you that everybody here 434 00:20:40,740 --> 00:20:44,110 on this task force is here related to child exploitation, 435 00:20:44,910 --> 00:20:47,413 does it give you any indication why we would 436 00:20:47,546 --> 00:20:48,814 be havin' a conversation with you? 437 00:20:48,948 --> 00:20:51,550 [suspenseful music continues] 438 00:20:53,652 --> 00:20:54,520 [Tony] Tell me about it. 439 00:21:03,462 --> 00:21:04,964 [Tony] Okay... And related to kids? 440 00:21:06,732 --> 00:21:08,434 As we talk about child pornography... 441 00:21:09,902 --> 00:21:12,705 Have you seen those types of images and videos? 442 00:21:13,072 --> 00:21:18,944 [suspenseful music continues] 443 00:21:19,111 --> 00:21:20,146 [Tony] Are you talkin' about anime 444 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:22,214 or are you talkin' about somethin' else? 445 00:21:25,251 --> 00:21:26,185 [Tony] Drawings... 446 00:21:26,819 --> 00:21:28,387 There is some very, 447 00:21:28,521 --> 00:21:32,458 very sexually graphic, deviant material that's anime-related. 448 00:21:32,591 --> 00:21:35,361 It's cartoon-related or AI-generated. 449 00:21:35,694 --> 00:21:38,464 There is a charge that can be levied against somebody 450 00:21:38,664 --> 00:21:39,765 that looks at that. 451 00:21:39,899 --> 00:21:41,767 But that's not what I'm there to investigate. 452 00:21:42,101 --> 00:21:45,070 I'm there to investigate specific child sex abuse 453 00:21:45,271 --> 00:21:47,573 material I know was downloaded from that home. 454 00:21:48,307 --> 00:21:50,709 He just looks like a balloon ready to pop. 455 00:21:51,043 --> 00:21:52,878 We just need to stick with it 456 00:21:52,978 --> 00:21:54,480 and see what else he's gonna come up with. 457 00:22:07,059 --> 00:22:10,896 Do you look at child pornography on this specific device? 458 00:22:13,465 --> 00:22:17,169 There's like, I think... over 13,000... 459 00:22:19,238 --> 00:22:20,072 items in here. 460 00:22:20,406 --> 00:22:23,108 Do you utilize file sharing programs? 461 00:22:25,177 --> 00:22:26,045 Have you ever? 462 00:22:52,504 --> 00:22:54,773 [Tony] Christopher does not know what file sharing is about. 463 00:22:55,241 --> 00:22:58,077 Even though what he's got is a problem, he's not our guy. 464 00:22:58,510 --> 00:22:59,411 All right, sir. Come on out. 465 00:22:59,545 --> 00:23:02,681 [gentle music] 466 00:23:02,781 --> 00:23:04,550 I need to go back and talk to his dad. 467 00:23:05,651 --> 00:23:07,019 So what I'm thinkin' 468 00:23:07,186 --> 00:23:09,188 at this moment is the apple hasn't fallen far from the tree. 469 00:23:09,521 --> 00:23:12,057 If I was gonna go out on a limb and say, who's our guy? 470 00:23:12,424 --> 00:23:13,225 I'm pointin' to Samuel. 471 00:23:13,826 --> 00:23:15,995 He's the only one that's even made any admission 472 00:23:16,228 --> 00:23:16,996 to file sharing. 473 00:23:17,096 --> 00:23:18,163 And that is why we're here. 474 00:23:22,034 --> 00:23:25,304 [Narrator] Detective Tony Godwin questions Samuel Allen 475 00:23:25,471 --> 00:23:26,805 for a second time. 476 00:23:27,039 --> 00:23:28,040 Here's the thing. 477 00:23:28,874 --> 00:23:30,843 Your son doesn't know anything about file sharing. 478 00:23:31,110 --> 00:23:32,311 - Okay. - Nothing. 479 00:23:33,112 --> 00:23:34,913 I know you said you look at adult pornography. 480 00:23:34,914 --> 00:23:36,148 - Mm-hmm. - Is it possible 481 00:23:36,949 --> 00:23:42,021 that you downloaded child pornography in that process? 482 00:23:47,693 --> 00:23:49,595 What a weak-ass denial. 483 00:23:49,695 --> 00:23:53,032 "If I did, it was an accident." [chuckles] Okay. 484 00:23:53,666 --> 00:23:55,601 [Jen] You've been investigating child sexual abuse 485 00:23:55,701 --> 00:23:57,068 material for years. 486 00:23:57,069 --> 00:24:00,606 Have you ever accidentally downloaded child porn? 487 00:24:01,106 --> 00:24:03,676 Never. Not one time. It just doesn't happen. 488 00:24:03,809 --> 00:24:05,077 Exactly. 489 00:24:05,177 --> 00:24:06,744 [Tony] It's an excuse that gets brought up in court 490 00:24:06,745 --> 00:24:07,880 by so many defendants. 491 00:24:08,714 --> 00:24:09,515 - It doesn't happen. - [Jen] No. 492 00:24:10,349 --> 00:24:12,518 If he's being accused of child pornography, 493 00:24:13,185 --> 00:24:15,020 he should be angry with you. But he's not. 494 00:24:15,821 --> 00:24:17,289 [Tony] This is definitely gonna 495 00:24:17,423 --> 00:24:19,223 be the guy who did the file sharing. 496 00:24:19,224 --> 00:24:20,793 No question in my mind. 497 00:24:21,226 --> 00:24:22,828 He's just struggling with admitting it. 498 00:24:23,962 --> 00:24:26,098 [Narrator] Since Sam Allen refuses to confess, 499 00:24:26,265 --> 00:24:28,434 Tony calls in a canine assistant. 500 00:24:28,701 --> 00:24:31,003 We're bringing what's called an electronic service dog 501 00:24:31,103 --> 00:24:31,870 to your house. - Mm-hmm. 502 00:24:32,071 --> 00:24:33,304 [Tony] He's on his way. 503 00:24:33,305 --> 00:24:34,706 It'll be about 15 minutes, and he'll be here. 504 00:24:34,707 --> 00:24:36,075 That dog is very, 505 00:24:36,275 --> 00:24:40,879 very specifically trained to sniff out SD cards, SIM cards, 506 00:24:41,513 --> 00:24:44,216 memory cards, thumb drives, that kind of stuff. 507 00:24:44,350 --> 00:24:46,617 - Yeah. - [Tony] The ESD dogs help us 508 00:24:46,618 --> 00:24:49,020 locate devices that could have been missed during 509 00:24:49,021 --> 00:24:49,888 a physical search. 510 00:24:51,824 --> 00:24:54,193 [Narrator] The dog locates Samuel Allen's laptop. 511 00:24:54,827 --> 00:24:58,230 Digital forensic specialists scan it for illegal material. 512 00:24:58,731 --> 00:24:59,865 [Tony] On that laptop, 513 00:25:00,065 --> 00:25:02,266 they found multiple images and videos 514 00:25:02,267 --> 00:25:03,635 of child sex abuse material. 515 00:25:04,036 --> 00:25:06,638 The material found was what initially triggered the FBI 516 00:25:06,839 --> 00:25:08,874 investigation into the Allen family. 517 00:25:09,541 --> 00:25:11,643 So all along, it was the father. 518 00:25:12,778 --> 00:25:14,880 When Jen takes him down to the federal jail, 519 00:25:15,347 --> 00:25:16,949 Samuel changes his position. 520 00:25:17,549 --> 00:25:19,752 [Jen] He confesses that he was involved 521 00:25:20,018 --> 00:25:22,955 with child sexual abuse material and obtained these files 522 00:25:23,055 --> 00:25:23,956 from the internet. 523 00:25:24,990 --> 00:25:26,224 [Narrator] A forensic analysis 524 00:25:26,225 --> 00:25:27,793 of Christopher Allen's phone finds 525 00:25:27,893 --> 00:25:30,262 child sexual abuse material, 526 00:25:30,629 --> 00:25:33,832 as well as the illegal anime that he described to Tony. 527 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:35,834 With one search warrant, 528 00:25:36,268 --> 00:25:38,837 we got two offenders, so a two-for-one per se. 529 00:25:39,271 --> 00:25:45,277 [intense music] 530 00:25:54,219 --> 00:25:56,555 This is really a pretty extraordinary case. 531 00:25:56,655 --> 00:25:58,390 You have a father and a son, 532 00:25:58,824 --> 00:26:01,560 both looking at deviant material involving kids, 533 00:26:01,994 --> 00:26:04,430 both of them possessing material that's terrible. 534 00:26:05,130 --> 00:26:07,065 And neither one of them knows about each other? 535 00:26:07,066 --> 00:26:09,835 Like, that is, like, mind blowing to think about. 536 00:26:09,968 --> 00:26:12,905 [suspenseful music] 537 00:26:13,072 --> 00:26:16,675 [Narrator] December 2009: Tony interrogates the owner 538 00:26:16,809 --> 00:26:18,309 of one of the largest collections 539 00:26:18,310 --> 00:26:21,880 of child sexual abuse material he's ever discovered. 540 00:26:29,421 --> 00:26:31,823 [Narrator] Tony is used to predators twisting logic 541 00:26:31,824 --> 00:26:34,193 to justify their depraved fantasies, 542 00:26:34,626 --> 00:26:37,662 but this offender takes it to a whole new level. 543 00:26:37,663 --> 00:26:43,635 [suspenseful music continues] 544 00:26:48,474 --> 00:26:49,975 This guy, William McBurney? 545 00:26:50,309 --> 00:26:53,312 His addiction to child sex abuse material is so prolific, 546 00:26:53,512 --> 00:26:55,514 he must have spent every waking moment 547 00:26:55,714 --> 00:26:57,116 looking at it, storing it. 548 00:26:57,916 --> 00:26:59,151 When we did find this guy, 549 00:26:59,418 --> 00:27:02,421 the size of the collection shocked me and my entire team. 550 00:27:02,588 --> 00:27:05,224 [suspenseful music continues] 551 00:27:07,226 --> 00:27:09,728 In 2009, I was contacted by a Dallas detective. 552 00:27:10,362 --> 00:27:13,232 A church janitor handed him a bag with a laptop 553 00:27:13,432 --> 00:27:15,801 and two hard drives that were found inside of a dumpster. 554 00:27:17,436 --> 00:27:19,271 Thinking these might have been taken in a burglary, 555 00:27:19,538 --> 00:27:20,672 he searched one of the devices 556 00:27:20,873 --> 00:27:22,241 to figure out who they belonged to. 557 00:27:22,508 --> 00:27:24,843 What he actually found was a huge amount 558 00:27:24,943 --> 00:27:28,714 of child sex abuse material, and I mean a huge amount. 559 00:27:29,314 --> 00:27:33,218 [tense music] 560 00:27:33,385 --> 00:27:35,219 That detective handed off everything to me 561 00:27:35,220 --> 00:27:37,756 because this is the crime type that I work every day. 562 00:27:38,590 --> 00:27:40,224 The three devices were a laptop 563 00:27:40,225 --> 00:27:42,027 that had an 80-gigabyte hard drive, 564 00:27:42,461 --> 00:27:45,497 an external hard drive that was 250 gigs, 565 00:27:45,898 --> 00:27:48,634 and then a third hard drive that was 16 gigabytes. 566 00:27:49,868 --> 00:27:52,838 In 2009, that... that was a big amount of data. 567 00:27:53,038 --> 00:27:54,873 We were used to much smaller devices. 568 00:27:55,274 --> 00:27:57,876 So what I do is submit these to a lab for analysis. 569 00:27:58,076 --> 00:28:01,079 And what I get back is absolutely staggering: 570 00:28:02,114 --> 00:28:06,752 24 gigabytes, 16,922 images, 571 00:28:07,386 --> 00:28:10,355 1,442 videos 572 00:28:10,455 --> 00:28:12,991 containing child sex abuse material from the ages 573 00:28:13,192 --> 00:28:14,393 of two months old, 574 00:28:15,260 --> 00:28:17,829 things that I'm never going to be able to unsee. 575 00:28:18,864 --> 00:28:19,631 Babies... 576 00:28:21,466 --> 00:28:24,002 I am absolutely determined to figure out who this is 577 00:28:24,403 --> 00:28:25,137 and put him in jail. 578 00:28:28,907 --> 00:28:30,409 [suspenseful music] 579 00:28:30,542 --> 00:28:33,412 [Narrator] Detective Tony Godwin analyzes hard drives containing 580 00:28:33,545 --> 00:28:36,147 child sexual abuse material for clues 581 00:28:36,148 --> 00:28:37,616 that will reveal who dumped them. 582 00:28:38,083 --> 00:28:40,185 [Tony] There's an ocean of material on these drives. 583 00:28:40,319 --> 00:28:42,588 There's just image after image after image. 584 00:28:43,422 --> 00:28:45,424 I don't wanna have to see it, but I have to do it. 585 00:28:46,124 --> 00:28:46,992 It pays off. 586 00:28:47,659 --> 00:28:50,028 I'm able to find some photos that are not pornographic, 587 00:28:50,495 --> 00:28:52,564 and they're dated back to 2004. 588 00:28:53,498 --> 00:28:55,667 This middle-aged white male with a mustache... 589 00:28:56,468 --> 00:28:57,269 Maybe this is our guy. 590 00:28:58,870 --> 00:29:01,106 The photos are in a folder with the name of William. 591 00:29:01,273 --> 00:29:02,874 [suspenseful music continues] 592 00:29:03,008 --> 00:29:05,711 One of the photos shows a woman and a young child that looks 593 00:29:05,877 --> 00:29:07,145 to be about five years of age. 594 00:29:07,779 --> 00:29:09,014 This could be a family photo. 595 00:29:09,147 --> 00:29:10,749 Or this could be, you know, 596 00:29:10,916 --> 00:29:12,751 a guy with his daughter and his grandkid. 597 00:29:12,884 --> 00:29:14,386 It's really kinda hard to determine. 598 00:29:15,387 --> 00:29:18,290 Now there's a child involved. It just ups the ante. 599 00:29:18,423 --> 00:29:20,726 It just raises the priority level and the importance 600 00:29:20,859 --> 00:29:22,628 of figurin' out who he is and where he is. 601 00:29:23,061 --> 00:29:25,397 I find some other pictures of motorcycles, a car, 602 00:29:25,497 --> 00:29:26,365 and a van. 603 00:29:26,932 --> 00:29:28,867 In one of the photos, I can see a license plate. 604 00:29:29,034 --> 00:29:30,202 [suspenseful music continues] 605 00:29:30,302 --> 00:29:33,071 This I can use. I take the information I found. 606 00:29:33,205 --> 00:29:35,240 I pass it on to my colleague Clint McNear, 607 00:29:35,607 --> 00:29:36,375 see what he can find. 608 00:29:36,508 --> 00:29:38,076 [suspenseful music continues] 609 00:29:38,210 --> 00:29:40,512 [Clint] I run the license plate through the DMV here in Texas, 610 00:29:40,979 --> 00:29:44,416 and I get a name: William Turner McBurney. 611 00:29:45,217 --> 00:29:48,787 And the date of birth? September 14th, 1952. 612 00:29:49,254 --> 00:29:52,557 The photo in the driver's license matches the photo 613 00:29:52,991 --> 00:29:55,527 that Tony had found during the evidence search. 614 00:29:56,228 --> 00:29:59,197 The address on his driver's license is one mile 615 00:29:59,298 --> 00:30:02,200 from the church where the evidence had been dumped. 616 00:30:02,834 --> 00:30:05,537 - [camera clicks] - [suspenseful music] 617 00:30:05,671 --> 00:30:07,439 [Tony] On December Eighth of 2009, 618 00:30:07,539 --> 00:30:09,074 I'm watchin' the house like a hawk. 619 00:30:09,675 --> 00:30:11,576 I sit there for basically a whole day 620 00:30:11,943 --> 00:30:13,679 and I don't see any signs of life. 621 00:30:14,446 --> 00:30:16,615 I try again. I go back for a second day. 622 00:30:16,948 --> 00:30:19,451 I sit there the whole day, I see nothing. 623 00:30:20,385 --> 00:30:22,287 On day three, I get a little luck. 624 00:30:22,854 --> 00:30:25,691 I see a woman and child leave the front of the residence, 625 00:30:26,124 --> 00:30:27,458 and they turn around to say goodbye. 626 00:30:27,459 --> 00:30:28,627 And I see her kiss 627 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:31,163 and embrace a white male that's in the doorway. 628 00:30:32,030 --> 00:30:32,998 It's William McBurney. 629 00:30:33,465 --> 00:30:34,666 [dramatic music] 630 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:36,802 It's confirmation that he's got a child. 631 00:30:37,636 --> 00:30:40,172 What that does is make this the biggest priority I have. 632 00:30:40,539 --> 00:30:42,441 We have to act fast. 633 00:30:42,908 --> 00:30:45,510 We put together a search warrant and an arrest warrant. 634 00:30:45,944 --> 00:30:48,946 And within two hours, we're back at this residence, 635 00:30:48,947 --> 00:30:50,682 knockin' on the door of this predator. 636 00:30:50,982 --> 00:30:53,185 [suspenseful music] 637 00:30:53,318 --> 00:30:56,188 [Narrator] Body worn cameras are yet to become standard issue 638 00:30:56,321 --> 00:30:57,923 for Texas police officers. 639 00:30:58,457 --> 00:31:01,626 Tony and his team do wear audio recording devices. 640 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:07,699 - [suspenseful music continues] - [knocking on door] 641 00:31:12,304 --> 00:31:13,505 What we found behind this door... 642 00:31:14,506 --> 00:31:15,841 is somethin' I'm never gonna forget. 643 00:31:22,781 --> 00:31:25,717 He really does sound pretty harmless and pretty friendly, 644 00:31:25,817 --> 00:31:27,586 but it's gonna go one of two ways. 645 00:31:27,986 --> 00:31:28,954 Either he's gonna clam up 646 00:31:29,054 --> 00:31:30,388 or he's gonna open up like a book, 647 00:31:30,522 --> 00:31:31,990 and he's just gonna tell me everything. 648 00:31:48,874 --> 00:31:50,976 Wouldn't it be nice if all predators, 649 00:31:51,109 --> 00:31:52,244 when they throw their computer away, 650 00:31:52,344 --> 00:31:53,712 they just stop preying on children? 651 00:31:54,446 --> 00:31:55,680 That would be kind of a rare thing. 652 00:31:55,781 --> 00:31:56,948 That doesn't happen very often. 653 00:32:08,226 --> 00:32:10,128 Those computers were under your name. 654 00:32:10,262 --> 00:32:11,396 Those are your files. 655 00:32:11,496 --> 00:32:12,731 Just because you throw it away didn't mean 656 00:32:12,864 --> 00:32:13,832 the crime didn't happen. 657 00:32:14,099 --> 00:32:15,467 And, clearly, he can't grasp that. 658 00:32:15,667 --> 00:32:16,835 [tense music] 659 00:32:16,968 --> 00:32:18,537 [Tony] William McBurney's arrested for possession 660 00:32:18,670 --> 00:32:21,573 of child pornography for the material found in the dumpster. 661 00:32:39,591 --> 00:32:41,326 He's really chill. Pretty laid back. 662 00:32:41,460 --> 00:32:43,995 Like, his only real concern is, like, wantin' to change clothes. 663 00:32:53,872 --> 00:32:56,474 [Narrator] Tony's team searches McBurney's residence. 664 00:32:57,275 --> 00:33:00,078 A number of devices were found at McBurney's residence, 665 00:33:00,178 --> 00:33:02,881 which were all seized to be examined at the forensic lab. 666 00:33:03,715 --> 00:33:06,685 [Narrator] One device is a thumb drive found inside the pocket 667 00:33:06,818 --> 00:33:09,955 of the shorts that McBurney removed when he was arrested. 668 00:33:12,257 --> 00:33:15,126 Tony interrogates McBurney at the police department. 669 00:33:15,894 --> 00:33:17,863 [Tony] In nearly 20 years in this line of work, 670 00:33:18,163 --> 00:33:20,699 I've listened to predators use all manner of excuses 671 00:33:20,866 --> 00:33:22,067 to justify their behavior, 672 00:33:22,534 --> 00:33:25,203 but nothing as weird as what McBurney's about to tell me. 673 00:33:25,637 --> 00:33:31,643 [tense music] 674 00:33:39,818 --> 00:33:40,685 - [cackling] - [Tony] You would guess. 675 00:34:07,712 --> 00:34:10,815 The material involves the sexual abuse and rape 676 00:34:10,949 --> 00:34:13,385 of young children, some infant age. 677 00:34:13,852 --> 00:34:16,187 I don't really think Jesus would be too condoning 678 00:34:16,621 --> 00:34:17,422 of that kind of behavior. 679 00:34:19,524 --> 00:34:21,458 The fact that he threw it away means nothing. 680 00:34:21,459 --> 00:34:24,029 He's gonna have to suffer the consequences for his actions. 681 00:34:24,162 --> 00:34:30,135 [tense music continues] 682 00:34:36,074 --> 00:34:38,710 [Narrator] McBurney is charged with five counts of possession 683 00:34:38,877 --> 00:34:40,345 of child pornography. 684 00:34:41,980 --> 00:34:46,384 [Tony] The next day, on December 11th, 2009, much to my surprise, 685 00:34:46,785 --> 00:34:48,018 there's bad news. 686 00:34:48,019 --> 00:34:50,822 William McBurney is able to make a $25,000 bond, 687 00:34:51,056 --> 00:34:52,891 and he's released until we go to trial. 688 00:34:53,024 --> 00:34:54,392 [tense music continues] 689 00:34:54,492 --> 00:34:56,194 It's not somethin' I was expecting. 690 00:34:56,895 --> 00:35:00,465 I didn't necessarily agree with it, but the law is the law. 691 00:35:00,598 --> 00:35:02,067 [tense music continues] 692 00:35:02,267 --> 00:35:04,769 Usually I don't hear from a suspect once they make bond, 693 00:35:05,003 --> 00:35:06,671 but with McBurney, it's different. 694 00:35:06,805 --> 00:35:11,109 [tense music continues] 695 00:35:27,158 --> 00:35:28,460 This dude's all over the TV. 696 00:35:29,027 --> 00:35:31,329 I think it's something that he's hopeful that will be used 697 00:35:31,463 --> 00:35:33,264 in court to kinda help his plight. 698 00:35:33,798 --> 00:35:35,433 That dog just not gonna hunt with me. 699 00:35:39,237 --> 00:35:41,640 [Narrator] Detective Tony Godwin digs into the background 700 00:35:41,806 --> 00:35:42,907 of William McBurney, 701 00:35:43,441 --> 00:35:46,644 the self-confessed hoarder of child sexual abuse material. 702 00:35:47,145 --> 00:35:49,714 We put out a press release and let the public know. 703 00:35:49,848 --> 00:35:52,584 If you have any information about William McBurney 704 00:35:52,951 --> 00:35:53,885 or his activities, 705 00:35:54,319 --> 00:35:55,954 please reach out to us so we can investigate it. 706 00:35:56,421 --> 00:35:58,890 Several members of the public did provide information, 707 00:35:59,024 --> 00:36:01,426 and there were allegations of sexual abuse with kids 708 00:36:01,559 --> 00:36:02,727 in the past, 709 00:36:02,861 --> 00:36:04,662 as well as allegations about sexual tourism, 710 00:36:04,796 --> 00:36:07,599 but none of those allegations were ever proven to be true. 711 00:36:07,999 --> 00:36:09,801 [Narrator] One person tells Tony's team 712 00:36:09,968 --> 00:36:12,771 that it should search McBurney's former residence. 713 00:36:13,805 --> 00:36:16,408 There was an allegation that William McBurney drilled a hole 714 00:36:16,541 --> 00:36:20,245 from an attic space through the wall into a bathroom 715 00:36:20,412 --> 00:36:22,247 that was used by a child in the home, 716 00:36:22,847 --> 00:36:25,917 that he was possibly recording while she was in the shower. 717 00:36:26,951 --> 00:36:28,887 We searched McBurney's former residence. 718 00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:31,022 Behind the wall, above the bath, 719 00:36:31,389 --> 00:36:33,758 we find evidence that a peephole has been drilled 720 00:36:34,059 --> 00:36:34,926 and then filled in. 721 00:36:35,694 --> 00:36:38,797 It should be noted that the allegations did not involve any 722 00:36:38,963 --> 00:36:40,131 of the current family members 723 00:36:40,265 --> 00:36:41,833 that were in the home when he was arrested. 724 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:43,568 [dramatic music] 725 00:36:43,702 --> 00:36:46,671 We also learned of a storage facility kind of off site 726 00:36:46,805 --> 00:36:47,706 from his property. 727 00:36:47,839 --> 00:36:49,574 And in that location was a van. 728 00:36:49,708 --> 00:36:55,447 And in that van were a laptop computer, 13 CDs, and books, 729 00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:57,282 all of which were also seized. 730 00:36:57,649 --> 00:37:00,785 The lab can follow up and figure out what exactly we have. 731 00:37:01,586 --> 00:37:04,189 [Narrator] The team also sends to the lab the thumb drive 732 00:37:04,322 --> 00:37:07,325 from the shorts that McBurney removed when he was arrested. 733 00:37:07,726 --> 00:37:13,665 We discover 34,764 more images 734 00:37:14,165 --> 00:37:14,966 of child pornography. 735 00:37:15,066 --> 00:37:17,535 [tense music continues] 736 00:37:17,635 --> 00:37:19,871 This large a quantity... I've never seen this before. 737 00:37:20,839 --> 00:37:24,209 The extreme young age of 'em... The guy's a monster. 738 00:37:24,876 --> 00:37:27,846 Then on the USB device found in his shorts, 739 00:37:27,979 --> 00:37:31,015 there's 11 images and 55 videos 740 00:37:31,449 --> 00:37:34,119 of children engaging in horrible, horrible sex acts. 741 00:37:35,220 --> 00:37:37,622 [Narrator] This discovery suggests that McBurney was 742 00:37:37,756 --> 00:37:39,124 in the process 743 00:37:39,257 --> 00:37:42,227 of downloading child sexual abuse material when Tony 744 00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:45,196 and Clint knocked on his door six days earlier. 745 00:37:45,563 --> 00:37:47,799 When Clint comes and tells me the enormity 746 00:37:47,932 --> 00:37:50,668 of child sex abuse material found on the seized devices, 747 00:37:50,969 --> 00:37:52,437 I'm tellin' you, I'm speechless. 748 00:37:53,171 --> 00:37:55,440 But the most important factor is the thumb drive 749 00:37:55,607 --> 00:37:56,641 that was in his pocket 750 00:37:57,008 --> 00:37:59,177 tells me that all of that rhetoric 751 00:37:59,277 --> 00:38:03,848 that William McBurney spouted on the TV is a complete lie. 752 00:38:04,849 --> 00:38:06,784 [Narrator] Investigators find no evidence 753 00:38:06,918 --> 00:38:09,921 that William McBurney's wife and child feature in any 754 00:38:10,054 --> 00:38:12,624 of the child sexual abuse material recovered 755 00:38:12,757 --> 00:38:14,359 from the electronic devices. 756 00:38:14,526 --> 00:38:16,794 [tense music continues] 757 00:38:16,961 --> 00:38:18,730 [Tony] On December 17th of 2009, 758 00:38:18,863 --> 00:38:22,467 we re-arrested William McBurney on five additional counts 759 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:24,802 of possession or promotion of child pornography. 760 00:38:25,270 --> 00:38:27,138 I get to interview McBurney a second time. 761 00:38:27,605 --> 00:38:30,408 [Narrator] Tony asked McBurney about the spy hole discovered 762 00:38:30,542 --> 00:38:32,277 in one of his former residences. 763 00:38:32,410 --> 00:38:38,416 [tense music] 764 00:39:20,959 --> 00:39:24,028 [Narrator] Next, Tony grills McBurney about the huge haul 765 00:39:24,162 --> 00:39:27,532 of child sexual abuse material found at the storage unit 766 00:39:27,832 --> 00:39:29,968 and the files on his thumb drive. 767 00:40:07,772 --> 00:40:09,407 Unbelievable! 768 00:40:10,275 --> 00:40:13,077 It really makes sense to me now why he was so adamant 769 00:40:13,411 --> 00:40:16,014 about wantin' to change his pants before he left his house. 770 00:40:16,447 --> 00:40:19,150 He's trying to put on an act to show 771 00:40:19,284 --> 00:40:20,918 that he has turned his life around, 772 00:40:21,119 --> 00:40:24,088 but his actions speak much louder than his words. 773 00:40:24,222 --> 00:40:25,890 He can't get away from this stuff. 774 00:40:26,324 --> 00:40:27,225 He's got a problem. 775 00:40:27,358 --> 00:40:33,364 [intense music] 776 00:40:34,866 --> 00:40:37,602 You know, McBurney's addiction to child pornography 777 00:40:37,769 --> 00:40:41,205 and child sex abuse material was a dark, hidden secret. 778 00:40:42,307 --> 00:40:45,843 friendly guy next door who looks 779 00:40:46,010 --> 00:40:49,948 like a good Christian man is, in fact, that type of person. 780 00:40:50,081 --> 00:40:51,816 [tense music continues] 781 00:40:51,916 --> 00:40:54,719 McBurney keeps maintaining he's never done anything 782 00:40:55,186 --> 00:40:57,689 'cause the reality is he's done a buncha things 783 00:40:58,122 --> 00:40:59,524 and they're all right here in front of him. 784 00:41:00,024 --> 00:41:01,592 He's just got this mental block to think 785 00:41:01,759 --> 00:41:03,594 that he's been transformed when he hasn't. 786 00:41:04,629 --> 00:41:07,465 I feel better because kids are gonna be saved as a result 787 00:41:07,598 --> 00:41:09,000 of this guy goin' to prison. 788 00:41:09,133 --> 00:41:11,202 [tense music continues]