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[Narrator] Next, a predator
thinks he's meeting a woman
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to have sex with
her nine-year-old niece.
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He has no idea that
a police helicopter
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is tracking his every move.
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[Narrator] Then,
Detective Tony Godwin searches
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the home of
a special education teacher...
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[Narrator]... and makes
a shocking discovery.
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[Tony] It was the most
disturbing thing
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I have ever seen
in my entire life.
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[Narrator] And the team
hunts down a predator
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who makes
a chilling admission.
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[Narrator] The team
of police professionals
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in North Dallas has one goal--
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[Male Officer]
Get out of the car!
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[Narrator]-- take down online predators
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before they harm a real child.
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Child predators are everywhere.
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[Narrator]
Online predators pose
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the biggest danger to
America's children today.
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Kids are being targeted
at an alarming rate.
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[Narrator] This team
is opening its case files
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for the first time
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to show you how
it tracks them down...
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[Tony] All right,
he's coming this way.
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[Narrator]
...and brings them to justice
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by any means necessary.
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Put your hands on the car.
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[Narrator]
This is Detective Tony Godwin
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and his team is
the Predator Hunters.
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[Narrator] May 2020,
a police helicopter
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tracks a pickup truck
through Plano, Texas.
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[Narrator] The predator
behind the wheel believes
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he's catfished this woman
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to supply him
with a minor for sex.
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And I started recording him.
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[Narrator]
He thinks he's meeting
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her nine-year-old-niece.
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He has no idea that
he's the one being catfished,
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and that Detective Tony Godwin
and his team
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are about to take him down.
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[Tony] This guy right here,
John Ancelet,
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this is a case
I will never, ever forget.
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He used a dating app to groom
an adult woman who was there
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just looking for
a normal relationship.
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He flipped that into
a conversation about engaging
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in sex with children.
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To catch this guy,
I had to catfish the catfisher.
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[tense music]
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[Tony] The case begins
in January of 2020.
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At its heart is
a 44-year-old woman
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named Shawnda Kulig.
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She reported a man named Sven
she met on a dating site
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as a potential child predator.
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I invite Shawnda to
my office to discuss this,
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and little do I know,
this will be one of
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the most complex cases
I've ever worked.
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How did you meet this guy, Sven?
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[Shawnda]
Yeah, I met him on Tinder,
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and we started
just kind of chatting.
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Just very flirtatious.
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Then he started sending me,
like, a lot of pictures,
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which I thought was nice,
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'cause a lot of
guys don't do that.
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[Tony] He just looks like
an everyday normal dude,
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young, athletic, good-looking.
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Everything up at this point
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is looking really
somewhat normal to me,
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but then, tell me about this.
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[Shawnda]
And then all of a sudden,
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it kind of took another
really weird turn.
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He started talking about how
he was hooking up with his mom.
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I was sitting there
in shock, like,
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I have no clue what is happening
with this guy right now.
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At first, I was wondering,
like, is this a fantasy?
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But then he went
to another level.
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He said, I know I will [bleep]
my real daughter
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when I have one.
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And then he said at
11 to 13, they were so horny.
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And then he said, yes,
I have let one [bleep] me
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that was 12.
I'm a daddy to them.
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And he was like,
can you kiss the 11-year-olds
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and help me train them?
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I sat there shocked and went,
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what the actual heck
is happening right now?
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If he's saying these things,
is he doing these things?
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I'm thinking,
how can I hunt the sucker down?
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I just flat out asked him,
"What's your last name?"
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And he just tells me,
"Mallinson".
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So I was like, perfect.
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I'm downloading our chat.
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I'm downloading
the pictures that he's sending.
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And then he tells me
he has a friend
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that he would love
to introduce me to.
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His name was John.
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And then my phone is ringing.
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[phone ringing]
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I knew when
I heard the phone ring
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to grab my other phone
and start recording.
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I don't know how
the heck I knew to do that.
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[Shawnda]
He says, hey, this is John.
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I'm the friend of Sven.
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And then his next
words were like,
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oh my God,
your voice is so sexy.
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The creepiness of
his voice is a first thought.
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Honestly, it made me never want
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to be on the phone
again for a while.
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Yeah.
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I know how difficult that
call really was for you.
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I could just see
your reaction to it.
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What happened next
after the call?
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[Shawnda] At this point is
when I contacted the police.
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[Tony] I'm really proud of
what you did
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and the perseverance you had
trying to figure this out.
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You'd be surprised
how many people don't do that.
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I begin my investigation
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into Sven Mallinson
and his friend John.
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It's happened so fast,
so quickly with two predators
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with the same woman.
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I'm wondering, have I latched
on to some sort of underground,
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perverted network of people?
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The reality is
that Sven and John
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are grooming Shawnda
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because that's the tactic.
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They groom the adult first so
they get access to the child.
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I've got names.
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I have phone numbers
for both of these guys.
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I give all of this information
and intelligence that I have
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right now to Tavie Guthrie.
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She's the crime analyst
in my unit,
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and we're gonna build this case
together.
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[Tavie] Tony's given me
a number for John.
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And with that number,
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I'm able to serve a subpoena
to AT&T for their records.
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AT&T does come back
with records on that number
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for a John Ancelet.
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I run John Ancelet through
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some police databases
that I have.
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What I found was
really disturbing.
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[Narrator] In 1997,
detectives from Dallas PD
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arrested Ancelet
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for aggravated
sexual assault of a child.
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He pleaded guilty
to the lesser charge
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of assault causing
bodily injury.
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So now check out Sven Mallinson.
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I find out that his phone number
is a voice over internet line,
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which means that it's using
an internet protocol
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instead of a cellular network.
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This makes it hard to trace,
but not impossible.
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His internet IP address
comes back to
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an address in Pottsboro.
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But shockingly,
it's not just an address,
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because it's actually
John Ancelet's address.
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We're not looking for
Sven and John.
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John is the guy,
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and I think Sven is not anyone
of importance to us.
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[Tony] We dig deeper into
Sven Mallinson's background.
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We find no link whatsoever
between him and John Ancelet.
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[Narrator] John Ancelet used
Sven Mallinson's name,
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together with photos of
another man,
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to create the dating profile.
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[Tony] That's super rare.
I've come across
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only one other predator
in my entire career
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who's done that.
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The fact that he victimized
a whole 'nother person
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that had nothing to do
with this is double trouble.
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This guy, John Ancelet,
he's a pretty smart predator.
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I have a plan to catch him
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the last way
he would ever expect--
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I'm gonna catfish
the catfisher.
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[Narrator]
Shawnda gives Tony permission
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to use her cell phone.
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Tony picks up the conversation
with John where she left it.
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The predator messages around
the clock seven days a week.
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[Tony] So I continue
to exchange messages
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back and forth with John.
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He quickly turns
the conversation
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really sexual about minors.
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This is my opportunity
to lure him in.
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When John replies, you're going
to see what his true intentions
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really were from the start.
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"Can I love her and
have her sexually?"
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How many people are gonna
offer up a child
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that they have access to?
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And so I have to reply and
be very cautious in what I say.
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This is the beginning
of a long waiting game.
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[Narrator]
Over the next two months,
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Tony, posing as Shawnda,
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exchanges thousands
of messages with John.
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Finally, Monday, April 27th,
all my patience pays off.
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John sends a message.
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"I want to make love to her
on the first meeting."
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Holy moly.
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He's now making it very clear
that he wants the niece.
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That's really huge.
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I have to give him something
really plausible.
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I say, I'm dog sitting
for a girlfriend in Plano.
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I'm planning to keep
my niece overnight on Friday.
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This has taken me a couple
of months to get to this point.
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And I'm super excited
because on Friday, May the 8th,
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I'm gonna get my chance
to arrest this guy
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and get him into custody.
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This takedown,
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it's gonna happen
in Plano, Texas.
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This takedown is
really unprecedented.
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Covert surveillance.
Air surveillance.
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Takedown team.
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There's so many moving parts.
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[Tony] At 2.36 p.m.,
I get notified
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that Ancelet has
left his property.
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I've got a live feed of this
from a police helicopter.
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[Tony] I'm glued to my phone
watching this white truck
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drive southbound
on an eight-lane highway.
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[Tony] When Ancelet's
about a mile away,
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the worst case happens.
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I'm flipping out at this point.
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It feels like
12 months is going by
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in slow motion.
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It's agonizing.
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Ancelet keeps moving.
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He's very, very close
to our takedown location.
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[Tony] And then out of nowhere,
he takes a quick right
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into this industrial area.
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[Tony] I don't know
what this guy is doing.
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[Narrator] Tony's takedown of
John Ancelet
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hangs in the balance
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after the predator makes
an unscheduled stop.
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I don't have a clue
what Ancelet's doing.
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He gets out of his truck,
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and he walks around
to the passenger side.
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I'm thinking the worst
case scenario possible,
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he's got a long gun,
pistols, plenty of ammo,
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and he's setting up
to hurt one of my guys.
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[Tony] Ancelet changes clothes,
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puts pants on,
and immediately drives away.
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[Tony] If you look at this
for what it is,
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this is a grown man
who's getting himself dressed up
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for a meeting to have sex with
a nine-year-old female.
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[Tony] When Ancelet pulls into
the apartment complex,
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he literally drives
right in front of me
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and has no idea that I'm there.
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[Tony] When a marked police car
from Plano PD
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drives right past him...
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...I think he's gonna
punch the gas
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and haul butt out of there.
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The squad car does a U-turn...
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[police sirens wailing]
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...activates their lights
and sirens,
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and they initiate the stop.
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[police radio chatter]
[car chiming]
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[Tony] Officers just descend
on his vehicle,
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and they pull him out.
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[Tony] When Ancelet says
he's just there to see a girl ,
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he knows he's caught,
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but he somehow wants
to portray to these cops that,
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hey, this is just
a very innocent thing.
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Like, what is going on?
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My hope is that
every bit of evidence
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that has built this case
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is right there
on Ancelet's phone,
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and that's something that
we'll do a forensic exam on.
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[Narrator] A forensic search of
Ancelet's phone reveals
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that the he used
Sven Mallinson's name
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and photos of another man.
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[Tony] He admits that
he did speak to a woman online,
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to speaking sexually
to this woman,
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and talking sexually
with her about her niece.
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But he claims he was never gonna
do anything at all about that.
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I have my report here,
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and I can tell you
specifically what he said.
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"I have a lady who is sending
me sexual pictures of her.
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"I sent no sexual
pictures to her.
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"I'm very clear I'm meeting
her today that my intentions
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were only to meet her."
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No, John.
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I have four months of
communications with this guy
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that speak very, very
differently
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as to the position he's taking.
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If there's one thing that I
could take away from this case,
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is I'm gonna talk about Shawnda.
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Her bravery, her vulnerability,
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her ability to put herself
on a different level,
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to say, this is wrong, and I'm
going to do something about it.
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We always see
and hear and preach,
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"See something, say something,"
and she did.
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[Narrator] May 9th, 2023.
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[Narrator]
Tony Grills, an online predator.
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[Narrator] What will
a lie detector test reveal
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about his sickening admission?
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[Tony] Russell Steadman.
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This guy looks like every
normal dude on the street.
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This guy can write
a master class
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on how to groom a child.
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He did everything he could
to communicate and have sex with
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a 13-year-old kid.
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But at the end of the day,
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I was able to get
this guy into custody.
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[Tony] The case starts on
Christmas Eve, 2022.
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Even though it's Christmas
time,
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I'm proactively hunting for
predators
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on an app called Chat Hour.
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Chat Hour is a free site
that anybody can download.
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It allows you to enter
chat rooms based on a category
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that you have an interest in.
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I established a new profile
for the name Baylee,
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a 13-year-old female
from North Texas.
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I list her age on the platform
as being 80 years old.
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It's definitely
an icebreaker for sure.
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Clearly, I'm not 80.
I'm 13.
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[Narrator] Tony cannot reveal
Baylee's profile picture.
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He uses it today in
active investigations.
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[Tony] I find a room called
Flirting, and I just wait.
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[message dinging]
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[Tony] So within minutes,
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I get a private message
from a user,
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and his name is Diveinit.
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I look at this guy's
profile picture.
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He is definitely
a middle-aged man.
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I reply back, "Yeah, I do.
I'm 13. Is that okay?"
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He comes at me with this.
"Are you alone?
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Just wondering who is with you."
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Why would he want to know this?
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He really wants to know
who's paying attention.
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I tell him my mom and my aunt
are here, and my little cousin.
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This guy really has moved
to the top of the list for me.
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I want to figure out
what's going on with him.
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What I need is just
a little bit of proof
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that he's into more than
just sending
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a dirty message to a kid.
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The best way for me
to make that connection
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is what happens if I ghost him.
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It's Christmas Eve,
and I can just leave it alone,
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and then come back and say
I was with family.
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I stay off Chat Hour
for three weeks.
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The next time I log in,
it's January 12th of 2023.
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Within 20 minutes, Diveinit,
he's right back to messaging me.
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He's definitely into this.
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I start reengaging with him.
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[message dinging]
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[Tony] And then he tells me
how he was divorced in 2019,
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and he wished
we could talk more.
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He's classically using a couple
of different techniques.
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Let's love bomb this kid,
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but then also
let's guilt trip this kid.
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The reality is
that kind of techniques
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works very well with children,
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because they don't have
the bandwidth to really detect
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that manipulation
that's going on,
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and so it's effective.
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I'm 100% positive
this guy's a predator.
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[Narrator] Tony hunts for clues
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that can unmask a predator
with the username Diveinit.
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I don't have
an awful lot to go on.
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I've got his username,
Diveinit.
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I've got these three
different photographs
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of this guy on his Chat Hour
profile,
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but I need a little more.
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I offer up a cell phone number
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and see if he wants to move over
to regular SMS messaging.
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And much to my surprise,
he's okay.
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Now I've got this phone number,
I can now figure out,
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is Russell a real name?
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I've got the best person
on the planet
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that can help me do
that deep dive.
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I reach out to
my colleague, Tavie Guthrie.
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Tony gave me a first name
and a phone number,
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and my tools gave me
exactly what I needed,
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a full name for this guy,
Russell Wayne Steadman.
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His social media has just
very normal photos.
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He looks kind of like
a regular, average Joe.
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Just from what his conversations
with Tony have been,
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we know that this
guy is dangerous.
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So it's important for us
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to go ahead and look at
his criminal history.
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And he does have
two convictions that I can see.
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And none of those actually
have anything to do with
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crimes against children.
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They're all things like theft.
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So I really need to
tell Tony about this.
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[Tony]
The longer this chat goes on,
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the more frequent
Steadman is messaging me.
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[message dinging]
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[Tony] The disturbing part
is that he puts pressure on her.
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Don't tell anybody.
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And then Steadman drops
a bombshell on me.
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This guy tells me
that he's had a three-month
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sexual relationship with
a 16-year-old kid.
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00:22:04,623 --> 00:22:06,024
Holy moly.
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This is crazy.
This changes everything for me.
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Even though Steadman
doesn't have
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a prior conviction
for something like this,
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it's really grounds
for serious concern for me
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because he could
have gone unnoticed
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and nobody knows
about this case yet.
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I'm really worried.
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Steadman ramps it up.
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He wants to use her bedroom.
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Oh my God, really?
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I respond and I tell him
that she works on Tuesdays,
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Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
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He doesn't miss a beat.
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That tells me that
his impulse control is gone.
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I might not have much time to
get this guy before he grabs
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a real kid or does
something with a real kid.
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00:22:54,506 --> 00:22:56,475
I text back and
tell him, tomorrow?
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Totally fine.
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[Tony] So the meet is set
for May 9th.
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00:23:05,951 --> 00:23:08,387
My team and I are in place
by 6:45 in the morning.
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00:23:08,988 --> 00:23:11,790
We are set up on an online
solicitation of a minor case.
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Russell Wayne Steadman has
agreed to show up to engage in
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sexual activities with
what he believes to be
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a 14-year-old girl.
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I'm at the back of
the complex,
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where I have a visual of where
Steadman is going to park.
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With me on this takedown
is Jen Mulligan from FBI.
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I'm trying to take
the case federal
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to have it charged as
an attempted enticement case
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versus an online solicitation,
which is a state charge.
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It's a different level
of proof--
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he has to show up
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in order to be
charged federally--
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but it also is a major
sentencing difference.
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[Tony]
I'm continually texting him,
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letting him know,
hey, my mom just left.
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He replies back, "I just don't
want us to get in trouble."
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Immediately, I get a
sick feel in my gut,
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like, ugh, this guy's
gonna back out.
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00:24:07,913 --> 00:24:10,783
Tony sends a message saying,
don't bother coming.
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That's absolute textbook.
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It's giving him an out,
and oftentimes,
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they don't want to
possibly lose a real thing.
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00:24:19,825 --> 00:24:21,126
So they show up.
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I get a notification from the
team on the outside that says,
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hey, we see his truck.
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[Narrator] 7:35 a.m.
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00:24:34,039 --> 00:24:37,843
Tony's team lies in wait
for Russell Steadman.
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00:24:37,976 --> 00:24:40,646
[Tony] Okay, looks like our
subject just arrived.
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00:24:42,748 --> 00:24:45,918
[Tony] Yes, next to the tree,
by the mailbox.
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00:24:46,118 --> 00:24:47,186
He's getting in.
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00:24:47,753 --> 00:24:48,786
He's out.
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00:24:48,787 --> 00:24:50,723
[sirens wailing]
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00:25:11,643 --> 00:25:13,277
[Tony] Officers are able to
get onto that car,
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00:25:13,278 --> 00:25:15,914
and they find a bunch
of great evidence.
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00:25:16,081 --> 00:25:17,483
They find his cell phone.
444
00:25:18,350 --> 00:25:20,919
They find condoms and Viagra.
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00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:23,588
The cell phone's unlocked,
and on the screen are
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00:25:23,589 --> 00:25:26,824
the messages with Tony's
undercover persona.
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00:25:26,825 --> 00:25:29,194
That's the greatest evidence
you can possibly wish for.
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00:25:39,438 --> 00:25:40,606
[sighs]
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00:25:59,058 --> 00:26:01,225
And he's thinking,
am I gonna lie?
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00:26:01,226 --> 00:26:02,628
Am I gonna tell the truth?
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00:26:23,749 --> 00:26:25,517
[Tony]
Obviously, this guy's lying.
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I'm never gonna
let him get away with this.
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00:26:59,551 --> 00:27:00,719
[Tony] I call in
a friend of mine
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with the Department
of Public Safety.
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00:27:03,422 --> 00:27:06,824
He's one of the early guys
that I cut my teeth with
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when I was a new Internet Crimes
Against Children guy.
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00:27:10,329 --> 00:27:13,632
He is one of
the best interviewers
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that I've ever seen.
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[Interviewer] Okay.
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The results were inconclusive.
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00:28:09,188 --> 00:28:11,389
I do as much investigating
as I possibly can
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to determine if that claim
of sex with a 16-year-old
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was legit,
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00:28:16,795 --> 00:28:20,064
and I'm not able to find
anything to substantiate that.
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00:28:20,065 --> 00:28:21,232
However, based on
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00:28:21,233 --> 00:28:23,368
my investigation
up to this point,
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00:28:23,468 --> 00:28:26,204
on September 23rd of 2023,
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Steadman is indicted federally.
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00:28:36,949 --> 00:28:38,950
[Tony] The Steadman case
highlights just how devious
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a predator can be
when they groom a child.
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Children can be
easily manipulated.
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A predator will gain their trust
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and build a relationship
with them over time.
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00:28:48,060 --> 00:28:51,296
Fortunately, Steadman wasn't
talking to a real child.
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He was talking to me.
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00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:57,034
[Narrator] August 2017.
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00:28:57,035 --> 00:29:00,639
Tony is in a race against time
to snare a predator teacher
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00:29:00,839 --> 00:29:03,474
before the start
of the school year.
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00:29:03,475 --> 00:29:04,643
[Tony] We've got to get moving
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00:29:04,776 --> 00:29:07,045
before this guy does some real harm.
481
00:29:07,246 --> 00:29:09,113
I'm Detective Godwin.
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00:29:09,114 --> 00:29:11,250
I have a search warrant
for your residence.
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00:29:11,750 --> 00:29:13,584
[Narrator] Tony and his team
discover the predator
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is a prolific collector of
illegal material.
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00:29:17,889 --> 00:29:19,791
But they are about to
stumble upon something
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00:29:19,992 --> 00:29:22,761
that none of them
are prepared for.
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00:29:22,861 --> 00:29:24,496
[Tony] It was
the most disturbing thing
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00:29:24,630 --> 00:29:27,799
I have ever seen
in my entire life.
489
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:32,470
[tense music]
490
00:29:32,471 --> 00:29:34,239
Kirk Keshler,
this guy was downloading
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00:29:34,439 --> 00:29:37,276
so much horrific child
sex abuse material.
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00:29:38,910 --> 00:29:40,912
The scary part was
that he's a teacher
493
00:29:41,079 --> 00:29:43,382
with special education students.
494
00:29:43,515 --> 00:29:45,751
My team and I,
we had to act super fast
495
00:29:45,951 --> 00:29:48,887
to get him into custody and
deny him access to any kids.
496
00:29:54,192 --> 00:29:56,294
This case kicks off about
a month earlier,
497
00:29:56,428 --> 00:29:58,196
when I get contacted by
two of my colleagues
498
00:29:58,397 --> 00:29:59,598
from different agencies.
499
00:29:59,698 --> 00:30:02,234
They tell me that they
have a suspected IP address
500
00:30:02,401 --> 00:30:05,203
that's targeted in my city
that's downloaded about
501
00:30:05,304 --> 00:30:08,673
192 child sex abuse
material files.
502
00:30:08,674 --> 00:30:11,543
And then I pull five of those
files out just randomly
503
00:30:11,677 --> 00:30:13,712
to kind of spot check
and verify if
504
00:30:13,879 --> 00:30:16,915
what that is is actually
child sex abuse material.
505
00:30:17,082 --> 00:30:18,250
And it is.
506
00:30:19,351 --> 00:30:22,586
My next course of action is
determine does this IP address
507
00:30:22,587 --> 00:30:25,389
actually belong to someone
that lives in my jurisdiction.
508
00:30:25,390 --> 00:30:28,560
And it came back to a suspect,
and his name is Kirk Keshler.
509
00:30:30,729 --> 00:30:32,831
I start to do
a social media dive on him.
510
00:30:33,031 --> 00:30:36,034
It shows that he's
a special education teacher.
511
00:30:36,201 --> 00:30:41,039
It absolutely rockets that case
to the top of my stack of work.
512
00:30:41,239 --> 00:30:43,408
And there's no waiting.
513
00:30:47,946 --> 00:30:50,782
The school where Keshler
teaches is out for the summer.
514
00:30:51,283 --> 00:30:53,719
Right now, it's July 19th.
515
00:30:53,919 --> 00:30:56,922
School starts on August 17th.
516
00:30:57,022 --> 00:31:00,759
That gives me four weeks to
figure out where this guy is,
517
00:31:00,859 --> 00:31:02,761
track him down,
and get him into custody
518
00:31:02,861 --> 00:31:05,197
before school starts.
519
00:31:05,397 --> 00:31:06,398
So that's a tight deadline
520
00:31:06,498 --> 00:31:08,667
for a really complex
investigation.
521
00:31:08,834 --> 00:31:11,370
We've got to get moving before
this guy does some real harm.
522
00:31:19,211 --> 00:31:20,512
[Narrator]
Tony has only four weeks
523
00:31:20,679 --> 00:31:22,247
to track down Kirk Keshler
524
00:31:22,347 --> 00:31:26,084
before he returns to a classroom
full of vulnerable children.
525
00:31:27,586 --> 00:31:29,754
For me and my team,
the clock is ticking.
526
00:31:29,755 --> 00:31:32,924
I want to find out as much
as I can about Kirk Keshler.
527
00:31:33,024 --> 00:31:35,360
So I reach out to my colleague,
Mark Casteel,
528
00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:38,130
in our intelligence unit
to help me.
529
00:31:39,598 --> 00:31:41,600
I run a DMV check on Keshler,
530
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,770
and I find out that he's
got a silver Chevy truck,
531
00:31:44,870 --> 00:31:47,606
a black Lexus, and a
red Chrysler vehicle.
532
00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:50,408
I learn that he is a divorcee,
533
00:31:50,509 --> 00:31:52,644
that he has three
grown children,
534
00:31:52,844 --> 00:31:55,013
and then I find out
a real bombshell.
535
00:31:56,882 --> 00:32:00,951
I locate a 1998 report
from Garner, North Carolina,
536
00:32:00,952 --> 00:32:03,954
showing that he had been
investigated for child porn.
537
00:32:03,955 --> 00:32:05,924
A person reported to
the police department
538
00:32:06,024 --> 00:32:09,428
that they'd actually seen
child porn on Keshler's laptop.
539
00:32:10,829 --> 00:32:13,230
Garner PD went out
and investigated it.
540
00:32:13,231 --> 00:32:16,234
Unfortunately, they were not
able to locate any child porn
541
00:32:16,401 --> 00:32:18,403
or any reason that
they could arrest him.
542
00:32:18,603 --> 00:32:20,172
So he walked away.
543
00:32:21,072 --> 00:32:23,073
This just adds to
my stress level
544
00:32:23,074 --> 00:32:26,278
because of this history
that Mark has found out.
545
00:32:26,478 --> 00:32:29,014
I need to move on
this guy right now.
546
00:32:36,388 --> 00:32:38,990
Now that I know who Kirk Keshler
is and where he works,
547
00:32:39,157 --> 00:32:41,159
I've got to put a surveillance
team on his house.
548
00:32:41,993 --> 00:32:44,228
I know that he's got
three vehicles and a boat
549
00:32:44,229 --> 00:32:45,363
that are registered to him,
550
00:32:45,564 --> 00:32:46,998
so the surveillance
team goes out there,
551
00:32:47,199 --> 00:32:50,168
gets some photographs, and
this is what they give me.
552
00:32:51,169 --> 00:32:53,205
What's missing is
one of his vehicles,
553
00:32:53,405 --> 00:32:55,440
so what I do is reach out
to the school district.
554
00:32:56,241 --> 00:32:59,043
What they tell me is
that he's out of state.
555
00:32:59,044 --> 00:33:02,079
He's not due back
until August 16th.
556
00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:03,682
The troubling part is
the new semester
557
00:33:03,882 --> 00:33:05,684
starts the next day,
558
00:33:05,884 --> 00:33:07,185
August 17th.
559
00:33:08,153 --> 00:33:10,989
I have no authority whatsoever
or jurisdiction to arrest him
560
00:33:11,156 --> 00:33:13,390
when he's out of state.
561
00:33:13,391 --> 00:33:14,759
I need to get to Keshler before
562
00:33:14,860 --> 00:33:17,195
the start of that
class on the 17th,
563
00:33:17,395 --> 00:33:20,999
which means I have to
arrest him on August 16th.
564
00:33:27,038 --> 00:33:29,841
Today's a big day.
This is our takedown
565
00:33:30,041 --> 00:33:31,242
of Kirk Keshler.
566
00:33:31,243 --> 00:33:33,845
The problem is,
we don't know if he's there.
567
00:33:34,045 --> 00:33:35,714
He's supposed to be
coming back from vacation.
568
00:33:36,648 --> 00:33:38,483
He has no idea that
we're looking at him.
569
00:33:38,717 --> 00:33:40,352
I've got a team
set up at his house,
570
00:33:40,552 --> 00:33:43,588
and they're there to tell me,
hey, do you see him or not?
571
00:33:43,755 --> 00:33:45,189
We're on a window.
572
00:33:45,190 --> 00:33:46,992
We've got a couple of hours,
and the next thing you know,
573
00:33:47,192 --> 00:33:48,392
it's going to be dark.
574
00:33:48,393 --> 00:33:49,827
It's going to make things
much harder for us.
575
00:33:49,828 --> 00:33:52,631
I can't run the risk of
this guy slipping through
576
00:33:52,797 --> 00:33:55,367
and even attempting to try
to go to work tomorrow.
577
00:33:56,034 --> 00:33:57,801
Now this is a two-pronged
takedown.
578
00:33:57,802 --> 00:34:00,070
One is a team that's
going to arrest Keshler.
579
00:34:00,071 --> 00:34:01,672
I'm part of that team.
580
00:34:01,673 --> 00:34:04,843
Two is a search team that's
going to find that evidence.
581
00:34:05,043 --> 00:34:07,512
We can't allow Keshler
to delete evidence,
582
00:34:07,679 --> 00:34:09,514
and so we want to make sure
that he is secure
583
00:34:09,681 --> 00:34:12,284
so the other team can find
all of his electronics.
584
00:34:21,793 --> 00:34:22,827
[Tony] Hello?
585
00:34:22,994 --> 00:34:24,228
I arrive at Keshler's house.
586
00:34:24,229 --> 00:34:27,165
The lights are on inside.
I know it's go time.
587
00:34:27,599 --> 00:34:28,967
[Tony] Hey, sir.
588
00:34:29,167 --> 00:34:30,035
[Tony] How are you?
What's your name?
589
00:34:30,201 --> 00:34:32,170
[Tony] Kirk,
I'm Detective Godwin.
590
00:34:32,270 --> 00:34:35,640
I have a search warrant
for your residence.
591
00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:37,609
There's going to be some
other guys coming in here.
592
00:34:37,709 --> 00:34:40,111
We will kind of get kicking.
593
00:34:40,278 --> 00:34:41,846
I'll kind of tell
you what's going on,
594
00:34:42,047 --> 00:34:43,515
why I have
the warrant and all that.
595
00:34:45,083 --> 00:34:46,718
[Tony] I have a search
warrant for your house.
596
00:34:47,752 --> 00:34:51,188
Keshler is coming
off very arrogant.
597
00:34:51,189 --> 00:34:52,756
It's kind of annoying.
598
00:34:52,757 --> 00:34:53,992
You've been home
all day or what?
599
00:34:55,026 --> 00:34:56,761
[Tony]
What do you do for a living?
600
00:34:58,797 --> 00:35:00,365
[Tony] How long have you
been a teacher?
601
00:35:02,233 --> 00:35:05,770
Three decades of teaching
special needs kids.
602
00:35:05,870 --> 00:35:10,240
In my mind, there are potential
victims all over the place.
603
00:35:10,241 --> 00:35:12,010
I'm really taken back by that.
604
00:35:12,644 --> 00:35:15,480
Did you have any reason to
believe why we would be here?
605
00:35:16,481 --> 00:35:17,282
[Tony] Okay.
606
00:35:17,482 --> 00:35:18,949
I see right through Keshler.
607
00:35:18,950 --> 00:35:21,752
He knows exactly
why we are there.
608
00:35:21,753 --> 00:35:25,190
I work what's called Internet
Crimes Against Children,
609
00:35:25,357 --> 00:35:28,360
and that's what
brought me here today.
610
00:35:28,460 --> 00:35:29,628
You have the right
to remain silent
611
00:35:29,794 --> 00:35:31,195
and not make any
statement at all,
612
00:35:31,196 --> 00:35:32,197
and any statement you make
613
00:35:32,397 --> 00:35:34,199
may be used against you
at your trial.
614
00:35:34,399 --> 00:35:35,600
Do you understand that?
615
00:35:36,201 --> 00:35:37,434
[Tony] Do you knowingly,
intelligently,
616
00:35:37,435 --> 00:35:38,570
and voluntarily waive those
617
00:35:38,770 --> 00:35:40,038
so that we can have
a conversation?
618
00:35:42,073 --> 00:35:44,675
[Tony] Okay. No sweat.
619
00:35:44,676 --> 00:35:46,677
He's not having
a conversation with me,
620
00:35:46,678 --> 00:35:47,846
but we're not done.
621
00:35:48,046 --> 00:35:50,682
We still have to search
this entire house.
622
00:35:52,517 --> 00:35:53,785
[Tony] You can call a lawyer,
623
00:35:53,952 --> 00:35:56,087
but that's not going to
happen until we're done.
624
00:35:56,755 --> 00:35:59,189
[Tony] So once we're done,
you can call whoever you want.
625
00:35:59,190 --> 00:36:00,191
- [Tony] Okay?
- [Kirk] Okay.
626
00:36:00,392 --> 00:36:01,359
[Tony] All right.
627
00:36:01,559 --> 00:36:02,826
So she's going to
get some pictures.
628
00:36:02,827 --> 00:36:04,963
I'm going to get my
big ugly mug out of the way,
629
00:36:05,163 --> 00:36:06,564
and we'll go from there.
630
00:36:10,869 --> 00:36:12,904
[Narrator] Detective Tony Godwin
and his team are searching
631
00:36:13,004 --> 00:36:15,607
the house of Kirk Keshler.
632
00:36:15,774 --> 00:36:17,542
[Tony] The reason we start
in his bedroom is because
633
00:36:17,642 --> 00:36:20,412
it's very obvious
this guy lives basically
634
00:36:20,578 --> 00:36:22,847
24-7 out of this room.
635
00:36:23,048 --> 00:36:25,250
It's dirty.
636
00:36:25,417 --> 00:36:29,521
It looks like the sheets haven't
been washed in a decade, maybe.
637
00:36:29,721 --> 00:36:32,390
It stinks. It is disgusting.
638
00:36:33,324 --> 00:36:36,161
I see in the master bedroom
a laptop with the lid down,
639
00:36:36,327 --> 00:36:38,363
and I walk over to it.
I open it up.
640
00:36:39,531 --> 00:36:42,434
And there's a child sex abuse
material file playing.
641
00:36:43,601 --> 00:36:45,202
[Narrator]
But nothing can prepare them
642
00:36:45,203 --> 00:36:47,739
for what they discover next.
643
00:36:48,406 --> 00:36:51,376
[Tony] Well, there's a closet
with bifold doors
644
00:36:51,509 --> 00:36:54,512
inside Keshler's master bedroom.
645
00:36:54,646 --> 00:36:57,782
One of my colleagues opens up
these bifold doors.
646
00:36:59,084 --> 00:37:03,054
Inside is a child-size sex doll.
647
00:37:06,157 --> 00:37:11,096
The doll has hair, like a wig
on, but it's completely nude.
648
00:37:11,963 --> 00:37:13,531
It was the most disturbing thing
649
00:37:13,665 --> 00:37:17,135
I have ever seen
in my entire life.
650
00:37:18,169 --> 00:37:20,772
We found loads of
children's underwear,
651
00:37:20,939 --> 00:37:24,275
clearly sized to
the size of that sex doll.
652
00:37:24,909 --> 00:37:28,113
There were outfits and dresses
and all kinds of stuff.
653
00:37:28,246 --> 00:37:30,181
I've run so many other warrants
654
00:37:30,281 --> 00:37:32,183
where there are certain
things you find,
655
00:37:32,317 --> 00:37:36,054
but nothing to this
level of depravity.
656
00:37:38,423 --> 00:37:42,327
Keshler is done.
This dude is toast.
657
00:37:44,362 --> 00:37:46,297
[Narrator]
Tony scans Keshler's devices
658
00:37:46,397 --> 00:37:49,768
for child sexual abuse material.
659
00:37:49,934 --> 00:37:52,370
[Tony] My preview tools
complete their scan,
660
00:37:52,570 --> 00:37:55,874
and it finds
661 contraband files
661
00:37:56,007 --> 00:37:57,776
of child sex abuse material.
662
00:37:57,909 --> 00:38:00,979
I've got everything
I need to arrest Keshler.
663
00:38:11,322 --> 00:38:14,125
[Tony] Knowing that had we not
got him arrested tonight,
664
00:38:14,292 --> 00:38:16,361
he would have potentially
been in a classroom
665
00:38:16,561 --> 00:38:18,763
with special needs kids
the following morning,
666
00:38:18,963 --> 00:38:21,166
it is a great feeling.
667
00:38:21,299 --> 00:38:23,234
We seize all of his
electronic devices,
668
00:38:23,368 --> 00:38:25,537
and we send them in
for a forensic exam.
669
00:38:26,738 --> 00:38:28,406
We get Keshler to
the police department,
670
00:38:28,573 --> 00:38:30,675
and he's already invoked
his Miranda right,
671
00:38:30,808 --> 00:38:32,877
meaning he's not going to
talk to us without a lawyer,
672
00:38:33,011 --> 00:38:35,013
and that's totally fine.
That's his right.
673
00:38:35,146 --> 00:38:38,516
I have another way to get
to hear what he's talking about.
674
00:38:40,185 --> 00:38:42,453
[Narrator] Keshler calls
his son from jail.
675
00:39:17,322 --> 00:39:21,593
What it sounds like to me
in that call is a guy getting
676
00:39:21,726 --> 00:39:25,129
all of his personal affairs
in order
677
00:39:25,263 --> 00:39:27,765
as though
he is never returning home.
678
00:39:28,866 --> 00:39:30,902
I contact Keshler's school
to tell them what's happened,
679
00:39:31,002 --> 00:39:32,570
and they suspend him.
680
00:39:33,872 --> 00:39:35,540
It's a good thing
they did suspend him,
681
00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:38,842
because a few days later,
a judge grants Keshler bail
682
00:39:38,843 --> 00:39:40,778
until a hearing can be held.
683
00:39:40,912 --> 00:39:43,314
Keshler's freedom,
it doesn't last long.
684
00:39:43,448 --> 00:39:44,681
On September 8th,
685
00:39:44,682 --> 00:39:46,818
I get the results back
from the forensic exam,
686
00:39:46,918 --> 00:39:50,088
and they find loads of
child sex abuse material.
687
00:39:51,556 --> 00:39:52,724
[Narrator]
The forensics team finds
688
00:39:52,890 --> 00:39:55,793
over 10,000 images
and 3,000 videos
689
00:39:55,927 --> 00:40:00,098
of child sexual abuse material
on Keshler's devices.
690
00:40:02,567 --> 00:40:04,836
Keshler shared this CSAM
electronically
691
00:40:04,969 --> 00:40:06,371
across state lines.
692
00:40:06,571 --> 00:40:08,406
Now federal prosecutors
charge him with
693
00:40:08,573 --> 00:40:11,609
transporting and shipping
child pornography.
694
00:40:12,610 --> 00:40:14,612
I send officers out
to arrest him.
695
00:40:14,746 --> 00:40:17,515
Based on his bail conditions,
he's required to be at home.
696
00:40:17,649 --> 00:40:19,217
So they're gonna go
straight away to his house,
697
00:40:19,317 --> 00:40:21,352
knock on the door,
and take him into custody.
698
00:40:47,912 --> 00:40:49,514
[Tony] I'm delighted
that Kirk Keshler's
699
00:40:49,647 --> 00:40:51,516
going to
spend the rest of his,
700
00:40:51,649 --> 00:40:54,652
hopefully, natural life
behind bars in prison.
701
00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:57,288
[Narrator]
A later investigation concludes
702
00:40:57,422 --> 00:41:00,458
there is no evidence that
Kirk Keshler abused children
703
00:41:00,558 --> 00:41:02,493
from the school where he taught.
704
00:41:13,271 --> 00:41:14,672
[Tony] The Keshler case
reminds us
705
00:41:14,806 --> 00:41:16,574
that perpetrators
come in all forms
706
00:41:16,708 --> 00:41:18,343
and all walks of life.
707
00:41:18,443 --> 00:41:20,211
Keshler worked with
vulnerable students
708
00:41:20,411 --> 00:41:21,980
and had done so for years.
709
00:41:23,081 --> 00:41:24,649
A message to you predators.
710
00:41:24,849 --> 00:41:27,285
There's no cookie-cutter way
to the way we do things.
711
00:41:27,452 --> 00:41:31,189
There's nothing we won't do
to find you and catch you.
712
00:41:31,322 --> 00:41:34,959
We will adapt if needed,
and trust me, we are the best.
713
00:41:35,126 --> 00:41:37,328
We will find you.
We will get you.
714
00:41:37,462 --> 00:41:39,163
You will go to prison.
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