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I wish I remembered the site, but there's a website that has images of the objects and backgrounds from csa materials that people can see and if you recognize a distinct object like a unique art piece or bedsheets in this case, you can report where you know it from.
I have no idea how to search for that website safely.
All pictures are sanitized in the below website links - I am loathe to suggest reddit under most circumstances these days, but in this case I'll make an exception: r/TraceAnObject is active and has links to a few websites where you can try to help ID stuff:
https://www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
https://www.accce.gov.au/what-we-do/trace-an-object
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/ecap/seeking-information
Good hunting.
Edit: Oh yeah, I almost forgot to mention, if you're looking to help with OSINT type stuff, there's also the Overt Operators discord:
https://discord.gg/overt-operator-967221648635871283
Edit 2: Wow, kinda surprised someone downvoted this. If I pissed off any child molesters with this post: Good, hope you die in a fire.
I see the downvotes, and either they're pedophiles, or people who hate reddit more than they hate pedophiles. Either way, speaks to fucked priorities.
Thanks for the links. It's still hard to look at that stuff even if it's "sanitized".
I don't see any downvotes currently
Maybe they changed their mind lol. Could've just been someone who hates reddit, which is pretty understandable with the whole enshittification thing.
Edit: I see two downvotes actually, can't speak to their reasoning as to why though.
I remember there was an app that let you upload pictures of your hotel room so that they could be matched against any CSA pictures.
This is huge news.
"... the man, aged 45, had been charged with 1,623 child abuse offences against 91 girls, including 136 counts of rape and 110 counts of sexual intercourse with a child under 10."
This person deserves to be boiled alive. What an evil person.
These are the outliers where, personally, the death penalty is warranted if convicted. They do not need to be reproducing or influencing others on this. Good or bad.
Some might even say oh they can be rehabilitated and help stop others from going down that road. Yeah right. We don't know for sure what causes it, but we do pretty much know these thoughts don't just go away. At the end of the day, this abuser gets to continue living while others are living with the abusers' actions for life.
One has to ask at what point do you draw the line and stop spending resources to preserve this legacy (even if it is cheaper to just house inmates).
Boiling them alive is a waste of fuel, bury them alive
I have no problem with monsters to be tortured if it is better for victims or for anyone in society who wishes so.
But (maybe?) hate generates more hate. So, in the end, it would be bad for our mental health.
It would surely discourage future scumbags from doing the same thing.
Harsh and inhumane treatment is rarely the disincentive folks often think it is. It also provides an extreme incentive for folks to plead guilty to other offenses to avoid being charged for such a crime - which can be good if they are guilty of something and this allows for justice without further harming the victims, but also would lead to innocent people pleading guilty to avoid the possibility of being boiled alive. That kind of shit is used every day in the justice system (in America) to avoid people clogging up the courts by insisting on exercising their right to a fair trial.
This is one of those problems which has a solution that is clear, simple, and wrong. Criminals must be treated with basic human dignity, because unless you are the almighty, you can't possibly know exactly what a person "deserves."
I'm not trying to be harsh or anything. Feelings like this are absolutely understandable and natural. I have 5 kids and were someone to harm them I would demand to see every manner of cruelty inflicted upon that person. But our laws must strive to be better then that.
Wow is he ever fucked.
This guy abused 91 children... My heart hurts for them, because I know nothing will ever erase that trauma. But I'm glad this bastard got caught.
Very impressed by the people who do this work; it's got to be soul-crushing. I'm glad they caught the guy and I hope it brings his victims some peace.
I wish there was a trace a object Lemmy/Kbin: That was probably one of the coolest subreddits.
Start it!
I'm worried I've already bitten off more than I can chew mod wise but yeah, I've thought about it.
Absolutely valid
As sickening as this is I am pretty intrigued as to what clues they found through the bedsheets, sounds like some great detective work
I would guess it's a pattern only sold in certain areas. For example, an Australian children's cartoon character print. Combine that with other stuff like the type of wall outlets, or any other branded products only sold in certain countries, and you can start to narrow it down.
Hotels sometimes have monogramed items, ie: a logo printed or embroidered on sheets, towels, etc.
Or they use a certain patterned sheet style so the cleaning services they use know who the sheets belong to (vs. all motels/hotels using plain white sheets that are redistributed willy nilly).
I've been watching a lot of Forensic Files lately, and I could very easily imagine an episode of that based on this crime, complete with disturbing narration by Peter Thomas.
my guess would be patterns on industrial-used linens. guy worked for centers that likely used laundry services with patterns generic to some or all industry,