Press conference – CHRISTOPHER RYAN KING
06-CR-4067
10-04-06
Today, the Montgomery County Grand Jury
has indicted 28 year old CHRISTOPHER
RYAN KING, of Escondido, California on:
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12 cts - Unlawful Sexual Conduct With A
Minor (F-3)
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1 ct - Importuning (F-5)
On September 24, 2006 the defendant was
arrested at the Days Inn in Brookville,
Ohio by the Brookville Police
Department. The victim, a 13 year old
girl, was reported missing by her
parents earlier that same day. The
defendant had travelled by plane from
San Diego to Dayton, and then by taxi to
Brookville in order to be with the girl,
whom he met on the internet in a chat
room. The defendant was arrested.
The defendant now faces 13 felonies for
his sexual activity with the victim.
The defendant faces a potential 61 years
in prison.
These types of cases are shocking
because of the ease with which these
predators locate a young victim.
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Statistics show that child pornographers
and “travelers” (adults who travel to be
with children they meet online for sex)
typically have an average of 30 victims
before they are finally apprehended by
police.
According to a study by the US
Department of Justice:
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One in four (25%) 10-17 year olds had an
unwanted exposure to pictures of naked
people or people having sex, while they
surfed the internet.
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One in five (20%) 10-17 year olds
reported receiving an unwanted sexual
solicitation. -
70% of those solicited were girls, 30%
were boys.
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One in 33 children ages 10-17 received
an aggressive sexual solicitation. An
aggressive sexual solicitation means the
predator made, or attempted to make
personal contact with the child. 75% of
these predators asked to meet the child
in person; 34% received a telephone call
from the offender; 18% actually showed
up at the child’s home!
We need to protect our children. We
need to be aware of what they are doing
and who they are hanging out with.
Children ages 12-17 spend a substantial
amount of time on the internet, and it
is estimated that 91% of youth have
access to the internet. We need to be
especially aware of their online
activity.
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It is vitally important that children
never give out personal information in
‘chat rooms’ or on personal web pages
like ‘my space’.
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Never meet someone in person that they
chat with online.
The internet is the perfect medium for
predators seeking children for sex. As
we see, a predator will travel across
the country to have sex with a young
victim.
The Brookville Police Department and Det.
Duncan did a great job investigating
this case, and arresting the defendant
just hours after it was reported to them
by the mother of the victim. We take
these cases very seriously. We will not
allow our children to be victimized,
abused, sexually assaulted, molested or
murdered.
