Pretend Victim
For an interesting example of an investigation using a pretend child victim communicating by computer and phone with a potential child abuser, check out
this case. It provides a very detailed description of the evidence and how it was collected.
March 16, 2006, 10:20
Stacey L. BrownleeAnother GREAT job done by the Texas Atty. General's Cyber Crime Division Investigators.
I LOVE telling people that my husband and his friends make a living pretending to be 13 year old girls

March 16, 2006, 14:07
David Newellyou can make a living doing that?
March 16, 2006, 14:09
A.P. MerillatSure, ask PeeWee Herman, sort of.
March 16, 2006, 14:26
Stacey L. BrownleeYou can make a living in Austin doing just about anything...even w/o a banjo or rap lyrics.
March 17, 2006, 08:39
Steve Mayspeaking as one of those pretend teenagers, I take offense to the Pee Wee Herman remark....
March 17, 2006, 10:36
A.P. MerillatWell, my brother in the fight, now you know how it feels to be a banjo player in the finest prosecution association in Texas.
Exit only.
March 20, 2006, 10:10
Steve MayI have been there before...trying to get there again...