GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M RACHEL LUCAS I’M
BRITTANY MCGRAW.
>>ONLINE PREDATORS THEY’RE
EVERYWHERE AND THEY’RE AFTER
OUR KIDS BUT ONE FAMILY IS
FIGHTING TO KEEP CHILDREN SAFE.
AFTER WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH.
A WARNING SOME PARTS OF THEIR
STORY MAY BE HARD TO HEAR
10 NEWS ANCHOR JENNA
ZIBTON INVESTIGATES WHAT WE CAN
ALL LEARN FROM THEIR
EXPERIENCE.
>>SO AT THE HOSPITAL, THE DOCTOR SAID IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST BRUTAL READ SHE HAD SEEN
YOU ON AND THE DOG WAS A CHILD.
>>THE DAY THAT CHANGED AMANDA STOPS LIFE FOR EVER.
IT ALL STARTED WHEN HER MOM GOT
A COMPUTER FOR WORK.
AMANDA WAS JUST
13 YEARS OLD.
>>AND I NEVER ONCE THOUGHT
ANYTHING WOULD HAPPEN BECAUSE
THE COMPUTER NEVER DREAMED THAT
PREDATORS WERE EVEN OUT THERE.
22 YEARS AGO. >>SOMEBODY HAD POSED AS A 13 YEAR-OLD IN THE HACKED INTO
THAT CHAT ROOM AND ACTED AS ONE
OF THE FRIENDS
OF STUDENT AND WAS JUST GET
THE INFORMATION.
I ALWAYS THOUGHT HE WAS A 14
YEAR-OLD MALE AND ENDED UP
BEING A
36 YEAR-OLD ADULT.
>>THEY CHATTED ONLINE
FOR MONTHS.
>>YOU GAVE HIM LITTLE DETAILS
AND THAT HE STOPPED TO FOR A
COUPLE WEEKS DEATH TALK TO ME
ABOUT THAT.
>>BECAUSE HE KNEW I CHEERED
HIM PLAYED SOCCER HE HAD TAKEN
THE SCHOOL COLORS THAT
GIVEN HIM BECAUSE IT KIND OF
KNEW THE FACILITY OF THE
LOCATION THAT I
WAS AN AND LOOKED UP AND FOUND
MY MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT
WAS THAT THAT HE WAS ABLE TO GO
ON THE WEB SITE BECAUSE AS
EVERY SCHOOL DOES WE POST OUR
SCHEDULES
ON THERE AND WAS ABLE TO FIND
OUT PRACTICES GAMES.
SO HE’S ABLE TO MAP OUT MY
WHOLE PATH AND ONCE HE KNEW
THAT HE FOLLOWED MY BOSS HOME
HE WAS ABLE TO MAP OUT THE
LOCATION OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO THE
POINT WHERE THE NEIGHBORHOOD
WATCH EVEN.
A MYSTERIOUS VEHICLE THAT WAS
IT SEEN A LOT HE
DEFINITELY HAD A WHOLE PLAN
HE KNEW WHAT MY PARENTS WOULD
LEAVE FOR WORKING YOU ARE MY
OLDER SISTER WHO GO TO SCHOOL
HE KNEW WHEN I WOULD LEAVE AND
COME BACK.
>>BUT BEFORE SHE KNEW ALL
OF THIS.
THE MIDDLE SCHOOLER SAYS SHE
GOT A BABYSITTING JOB IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT’S THE DAY
EVERYTHING CHANGED.
>>AND I WENT WALKING UP TO THE HOUSE IS SUPPOSED TO BE SAID THAT.
>>AND DURING
THAT WALK A TRUCK PULLED UP AND
LITERALLY NO SOONER THAN HE
SAID MY
NAME AMANDA AND I TURNED I WAS
IN THE CHALK CAN TAKE IN.
>>TAKEN BY 36 YEAR-OLD DONALD
LEE
WILLIAMS JUNIOR, VICKI JOHNSON
REALIZED SOMETHING WAS WRONG
WHEN SHE HADN’T HEARD FROM
HER DAUGHTER.
>>SHE WAS GONE FOR 5 AND A HALF
HOURS WHEN THE STATE POLICE
WORK.
JUST MEAN THE AREAS.
>>6 MINUTES AWAY FROM.
>>I REMEMBER THAT EVENING THE PLACE COMING TO MY HOUSE IN ASKING ME FOR
SOMETHING THAT BELONG TO AMANDA
SOMETHING THAT HAD HER SCENT ON
IT.
AND I REMEMBER LOOKING AT THEM
THINKING.
I THINK SHE’S.
>>WILLIAMS
EVENTUALLY BROUGHT HER BACK AND
THAT’S WHEN STATE POLICE
ARRESTED HIM.
SHE WAS RUSHED TO
THE HOSPITAL.
>>WHEN THE DOCTOR CAME OUT AND
SHE SPECIFICALLY SAID
TO US.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST BRUTAL
RAPES AND BEATINGS WE’VE EVER
WITNESSED ON
A CHILD.
>>AND I WAS TOLD THAT WOULD
TAKE A LONG TIME TO RECOVER
DATA COULD PROBABLY NEVER HAVE
KIDS ONE DAY.
>>HE WAS CHATTING WITH ABOUT
60 KIDS ONLINE WHEN THEY
CONFISCATED
HIS COMPUTER.
AND SO HE HAD HE HAD THEM
LINED UP.
THE LITTLE GIRL FROM
WILLIAMSBURG HE HAD ALREADY
RAPED 3 TIMES.
BUT HE TOLD EACH ONE OF THESE
GIRLS, THE SAME THING IF YOU
TELL I’M GOING TO KILL YOUR MOM
AND I’M GOING TO KILL YOU.
AND NEITHER ONE OF THEM SAID A
WORD.
PASSION THAT THIS HAPPENED TO MY DAUGHTER.
>>BUT THAT ONLY STOPPED HIM FOR SO LONG. >>HE SERVED HIS
14 YEARS.
AND IN 2013 HE WAS RELEASED
FROM PRISON.
HE HAD 10 YEARS
OF PROBATION.
AND A LITTLE UNDER 7 YEARS.
HE TRIED TO TAKE ANOTHER CHILD
AND AT THIS TIME.
HE
TRIED TO TAKE AN ICAC OFFICER.
SO HE WAS
ARRESTED IMMEDIATELY. AND HE HAS BEEN RECHARGED WITH THIS SUSPENDED SENTENCE
THAT HE GOT ON HIM AND HIS CASE
IN THE
WILLIAMSBURG CASE AND HE HAD I
BELIEVE 2 ADDITIONAL CHARGES
FOR THE ICAC UNIT OFFICER AND
SO I WAS TOLD THAT HE BE IN
PRISON FOR THE REST OF
HIS LIFE.
>>WHAT HAPPENED HERE IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD IN WINCHESTER IS
SOMETHING AMANDA WANTS TO
HAPPEN TO NO ONE ELSE
SO THAT’S WHY SHE’S TEAMED UP
WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO EDUCATE
KIDS AND PARENTS ABOUT
INTERNET SAFETY.
>>I TRUST OUR TRAVEL ACROSS
COUNTRY THAT’S WHEN I REALIZED
MEMBER ONE HOW BIG A PROBLEM IS
THAT HUGE AND GETTING BIGGER
EVERY DAY.
BUT THEN LATER ON FIGURE
THAT HIGH.
THIS IS NOT
FOR SOME
OH GREAT I GOT TO COME IN TALK
ABOUT SNOW FOR SRI
WERE TAKE.
THIS IS FOR KIDS TO TEACH TEACH
CANTON AND THAT’S WHY THIS IS
SO IMPORTANT.
>>EDDIE WORTH THIS THE SAFE
SURFIN
FOUNDATION PRESIDENT HE’S
TRAVELED WITH VICKI AND AMANDA
WHO ARE NOW NATIONAL
SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE
ORGANIZATION, SPREADING
AWARENESS.
IF YOU CAN’T REACH OUT YOUR HAND. >>AND PHYSICALLY TOUCHING THE
DRESS THAT PERSON.
YOU CAN’T BE SURE WHO THAT
PERSON IS BEHIND
THE SCREEN.
WE CAN CREATE ANY TYPE OF
IDENTITY WE WANT TO BE ANY TYPE
OF VISION
WE HAVE AND THERE ARE SOME
PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT DON’T
COME OUT THERE WITH THE BEST
INTENTIONS.
>>AMANDA IS NOW IN HER 30’S AND HAS 2 TEENS AND IS VERY OPEN ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
TO HER SO SHE CAN PREVENT OTHER
CHILDREN FROM
BECOMING VICTIMS.
NOW THE STORY DOESN’T END HERE
THERE’S A NEW PROGRAM FOR HIGH
SCHOOLS USING STUDENTS TO TALK
TO
OTHER STUDENTS.
WE’LL HAVE THAT PART OF THE
STORY TONIGHT
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