Photos Online

A recent article in NYMag discussed pressure on junior high and high school girls to share racy pictures of themselves on the internet.  Let's take a look at where some of those pictures could end up.

As you may have guessed, many of the pedophiles and child porn traders we've covered seem to have a low-bandwidth connection to reality.  A number of the profile pictures on friends lists and groups depict attractive young women.  Are most of these users really teenage girls who are eager to share child pornography with men online?  Probably not.  Some people who had used the screen names "Stephanie Stewart", "Lisa King", "Jenna Foltz", "Amy Farmer", "Buffy Tanner", "Katy Ellis", "Katy Cat", and "Katy Kat" were recently indicted for using Facebook groups to share child pornography.  The indictment also refers to a "Jodie Green" account.  

How many of these defendants are female?  None.  The American defendants are James Paul Byrd, David Large, Brian Slott, Daniel Slott, and Henry Wright.  In fact, Brian and Daniel Slott are registered sex offenders in Wisconsin.  "Jodie Green" was actually Ian Green, a British sex offender who has already been sentenced to prison for his role in the groups.  It's not hard to guess how these people found the photos of adolescents and young women that they used in their profile photos.  

To any middle or high school students who may be reading this, we'd seriously encourage you to think about what could happen to photos before you send or post them.  Once they're circulating, they're out of your control.  Guys aren't exempt either; we've seen a number of pedophiles using photos of boys to signal their interests.

We've also seen these people solicit nude photos from girls they believe to be underage.  If they got one, they would almost certainly trade it with other like-minded people.  Child pornography is a largely a barter-based economy, and images that had not previously been circulated would be valuable currency.  They like webcams too, especially since many of them know how to capture streaming video and convert that into video to trade.

Below are some screencaps of users we've seen recently who have probably borrowed photos from unsuspecting young women.   Whoever took that cellphone photo of herself probably would not be happy to discover that "Steve Wesley" found it.

This is "Alaina Loli," who's been deleted and come back numerous times with new accounts.  Is this character really a 13-year-old girl?  We doubt it.  We'd guess that "Alaina Loli" is actually a skeezy guy who found the cellphone photo of the girl in a bikini somewhere and used it to pose as a woman.  Just a hunch.

Exploited

Mark Trotter's profile photo shows a Photoshopped Pedo Bear groping some blond girls.  His interests include "PTHC", "Lolita", "All Children Should Be Spanked", along with the age range of his preferred victims.

The twins in the photo were once known as "Prussian Blue," a young duo who performed hate music.  Their mother is April Gaede, is described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a "neo-Nazi stage mom."  A 2010 article has more information about Gaede and the twins.

Marcos Teia

Marcos Teia is a legend in his own mind.  He's created groups dedicated to himself and has come back numerous times with new accounts after being kicked off Facebook.  Below is a screenshot of one of his recently shut down incarnations.  He's back with new accounts, of course.

The self-aggrandizement would be almost comical if it weren't for his large and ugly collection of child pornography.  But it has bought him a certain fame.  Teia has been featured in two articles by Raymond Bechard: "Federal Crimes on Facebook" and "A $50 Billion Company - The Perfect Place for Human Trafficking."  In one article, Bechard describes material posted to a private Facebook group: "These photographs were explicit images of girls appearing to range in ages between 3 and 9 years. The images showed these girls involved in vaginal, oral, and anal sex acts. Some are bound with duct tape."  This is consistent with accounts I have heard from other sources, and I also found it unsurprising that Marcos Teia would be a member of that group.

Dave Abby

Here's Dave Abby, another recently booted Facebook user.  According to our source, he wasn't joking about the "homemade porn" or "k9 love" interests.  Nor about "My 2 Daughters."  If this is indeed true, I hope that he is executed investigated.

The Dearly Departed

Facebook has taken to "auto-nuking" accounts based on keywords in profiles, associations with other users who get booted, and probably some other factors as well.  This isn't too surprising, given that there are hundreds of millions of accounts on Facebook.  Below is one user account who got shut down, and it's not too hard to guess why.

However, we hope that some of the most alarming users are getting reported to law enforcement, rather than just kicked off Facebook.  In the picture below, we have blacked out the face of the prepubescent girl, but we've left the user's comment about her unredacted.

Keeping It Classy

Some of the problem children like to use closed or private groups to share material.  Below is an example.  Gee, wonder what those folks might be interested in?

Canine Bad Citizen

Jane Zimmer lists "bend over take that knot", "a dogs tail get on ur hands & knees", "extreme insertions", and "playing with my dog."  For the blissfully unaware, "taking the knot" apparently refers to a woman having sex with a dog.

She also apparently has granddaughters.