By this time, police and Dateline had been on the scene for hours. The warrants were signed shortly after 2 p.m. Chris Hansen denied that Perverted-Justice was present, but recanted when Esquire was able to describe what Frag looked like. Īlso in that footage is Frag, a member of Perverted-Justice, who is seen advising police on what to do next. The official participants in the sting included Murphy police and the Terrell Police Department, including Terrell's SWAT team. Hansen later admitted to Esquire that he did not remember actually seeing the page. Perverted-Justice members claimed that Conradt had other MySpace pages, but never produced the evidence to prove the allegation. Later investigation by Esquire revealed that Conradt's page had not been touched for months before the sting. Esquire writer Luke Dittrich implies that the disappearing page pushed the participants to make an imminent move as, under Texas law, individuals may be charged with committing a crime if they participate in sexually explicit chats with persons identifying themselves as children. Chris Hansen mentioned the disappearing page on his blog and on air. This played a part in the decision of the authorities to pursue a warrant for Conradt's arrest. Conradt's MySpace page Īccording to Perverted-Justice members, content from Conradt's MySpace page began to disappear, leading them to believe that Conradt was covering up his tracks. Conradt solicited pictures of "Luke's" penis and sent him photos purporting to be of himself. Interactions with Perverted-Justice Īccording to Perverted-Justice's logs, Conradt, posing as a 19-year-old university student, engaged in sexually charged online chats with a person using the alias of a fictional 13-year-old named Luke. Conradt was affiliated with the Democratic Party. Records show that Conradt was single and lived alone (when, in reality, he was married). Conradt lived in Terrell, about an hour southeast of Murphy, where Perverted-Justice, working in conjunction with Dateline, had set up shop to conduct its predator stings. Afterward, he became Rockwall County's chief felony assistant district attorney. He was the Kaufman County, Texas, district attorney for more than two decades before giving up his seat to make a failed run in 2002 to be the 86th State District Judge, losing to Republican Howard Tygrett. degree at Texas Tech University School of Law. Conradt graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and received his J.D. Louis Conradt was born in Terrell, Texas.
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