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Gregory Stewart was a potential predator exposed in the Ocean County, NJ edition of To Catch a Predator. He is most well known for being the first ever pizza predator, years before Jeff Sokol was ever caught. Gregory was 44 years old at the time when he attempted to seduce a 13 year old for sex. He exhibited textbook grooming tactics by making the decoy feel a false sense of security, claiming tha...

Greg Karnos, was a registered sex offender, using the screen name "gjk1352", started chatting with a decoy posing as a 13 year old girl. He was convicted of lewd acts with 7 children aged 15 and under in 1999. Greg lies to the decoy about his age, claiming to be 38 when he was really 49. He asked the decoy several sexually graphic questions, including if she liked older men. When Greg arrives at t...

Cannon was a 32-year-old working as a media director at a church, a volunteer position working with young teens. He began conversing with a decoy named "Natalie," whom he assumed to be fifteen-years-old. He claimed to be 27 years old, which was a lie. After talking to the girl for a few days, Cannon inquired about her dating history and whether she was a virgin. He advised the decoy to keep her vi...

David Tiriolo, a 31 year old screen printer at the time he made contact via the Badoo social app to a girl he believed was thirteen. He at first is unconvinced the girl is actually thirteen, saying she looked 26 at the most. Like many potential predators in chat, he begins with a chivalrous tone trying to warn the decoy of the dangers of chat and the dangerous people online, but later expresses a...

Justin Taylor Smith was a 27 year old freelance post-production editor at Nickelodeon at the time he started chatting with "Carly", a girl he believed to be thirteen. He starts of by saying he is not a perv (something he would quickly disprove) and saying he would be interested in her if either he were younger or she were older. He expressed second thoughts about being attracted to the decoy, but...

Inderjeet Singh was 23 year old when he contacted a twelve year old decoy named Julie. He starts their online chat by asking Julie if she has a boyfriend, and grooming her by making her believe it's normal for sixth graders to engage in sexual activity. The two chatted during the early hours of the night, talking about her chest size, video games, and other activities they could engage in. Inderje...

Robert Gerald White was a suspected predator featured on the Fortson, Georgia edition of To Catch a Predator. He is known for his boot fetish and hilarious scream during his arrest. White, was 31 at the time when he began an internet conversation with a decoy who was pretending to be a fifteen-year-old African-American girl named "Natasha." The decoy was really Xavier Von Erck, founder of Perverte...

For more than three and a half decades, the disappearance of 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews was a mystery – a riddle neither authorities nor her family members could solve. The residents of her cloistered Colorado hometown had scoured every inch of prairie. Jonelle’s face had been on milk cartons nationwide. Even the President of the United States had appealed to the public for help. Still, every le...

Peter Sciacca was a 38 year old suspected predator involved in the Fortson, GA edition of To Catch a Predator. He is best known for being the morbidly obese predator. Peter was unemployed at the time he began chatting with "Brian", a boy he believed to be fourteen years old. Like many suspected predators, Peter tries at first to seem like both a mentor and protector to the boy, who pretends to be...

Phillips started conversing with a decoy he thought was named "Kimmie", a fourteen-year-old girl, on December 9, 2006. He was regarded by Perverted Justice as a "fast mover." Using the screen name "g8rman21," a reference to his affinity for alligator hunting, he said that although he had examinations that evening, he would drive to her house afterward so they could "watch a scary movie and see if...

Matthew Roy Nash, 36, was a suspected predator involved in the Loong Beach, CA edition of To Catch a Predator. Before the sting, Nash was a drummer and founder of Los Angeles based group "the Mutaytor" (which he ran with his wife.) Using the screen name "sugardavis", began a chat with a decoy who was posing as a 13 year old girl. He talked about getting naked in a hot tub, smoking marijuana, and p...

24 year old David Wagner was almost caught in the Greenville, Ohio investigation in March of 2006. He chatted with a decoy and arranged a meet, but he did not show up. Months later, he was relocated to Florida for work. David began chatting with a decoy whom he believed was a thirteen year old girl. It takes David about an hour to drive to the sting house in Flagler Beach. After making small talk...

Thomas Campbell was 61-years-old when he started talking to "Tony," a boy he thought was fourteen-years-old. After six minutes of conversation, Thomas lies about his name, claiming to be "John." He then inquires the boy about what he liked to do with men. After that, he boasts that he can "suck a young man, deepthroat, and drain him dry." He explains from what "most say its the best they've had" a...

The Vanished is a true crime podcast that explores the stories of those who have gone missing. The Vanished goes beyond conventional news reports to take a deep dive into the story of a different missing person each week.   Host Marissa Jones brings you exclusive interviews with family members, friends, law enforcement and experts on mainstream cases, as well as little known ones.  Listen in, to h...

Timothy Isaac, otherwise known as parknride_469 was a caught in the Greenville, Ohio sting. He is best known for his uncanny resemblance to Mario from the Super Mario Brothers series. 41 at the time, Isaac began chatting with a girl he believed to be fifteen that went by the screen name “sadie_the_smarty”. After finding out her age, he immediately begins asking her very personal questions, such as...

Richard Burnham, a former fire department Captain, chatted up a girl he believed to be fourteen and a virgin under two different screen names. The former was posed as a 21 year old college student named “Rick” and the latter was a 37 year old photographer named “Steve” (Burnham was actually 42). He used the Rick persona to try to shepherd her towards sex with Steve in what would be perceived as a...

In August 2006, Qays "Matt" Mahjoob was a suspected predator involved in the Long Beach, California investigation. He is best known for his paranoia and being tasered by the police. Mahjoob, who also went by the nickname "Matt", was 24 years old at the time when he started chatting with “Willow”, a girl he believed to be 13 years old. He talks to the decoy about fast food at first, then slowy tran...

51-year-old Jeffrey Beck, an emergency room doctor, used the screen name "Gbabbnsp" to start a chat with a boy he believed to be fourteen-years-old. Unlike most of the predators caught in the Suburban Washington, D. C. investigation, in his conversation, Beck didn't get too graphic about sex. He did inform the young child that he would like to have sex with him in the future, and stated that he wa...

Joshua R. Colon was a predator caught in the Fairfield, Connecticut sting of Hansen vs Predator. He is infamous for not bringing dinner for the decoy, whom he believed was twelve. He is also known for attempting to use the bathroom but being interrupted by Chris Hansen, and being forced to "hold it" for the entire interview. is infamous for not bringing dinner for the decoy, whom he believed was t...

49 years old Rob Culbertson, showed up at the sting house on his bike. He began chatting with a decoy named "Witheld", who pretended to be a thirteen year old boy. Rob lies about his age and says he is 40 when he was really 49. He tries to persuade the decoy to leave his house. The decoy later suggests that they meet at the sting house. Rob was considered a "fast mover", as it just took him an hou...

20-year-old Robb Kline began chatting with a decoy posing as a thirteen-year-old girl. Robb asked the decoy several explicit questions, including if has given oral sex or if she masturbated. He confessed to the deocy that he had actually met a real thirteen-year-old girl who expressed interest in having sex with him. When he got to the sting house and was confronted by Chris Hansen, he made the mo...

Malik Kareem Washington, 27 at the time, was a potential predator confronted in the Ocean County, New Jersey. He's known for wearing a SpongebobSquarepants jacket. Malik, began chatting with "Paris," a girl he believed to be twelve. He wanted to take her virginity, give her anal sex, and ejaculate in her mouth... expecting her to swallow. After just one day of chatting, Malik would confess he was...

Jeremy Todd West, 27-year old is a suspected predator featured in the Bowling Green, Kentucky edition. West began chatting with a Perverted Justice decoy who was posing as a thirteen year old girl. After just twenty minutes of conversation, West said he would like to meet the girl. He questioned the decoy about having sex when they chatted two days later. He declares his desire for her to become h...

Michael Popovich, a former marine lieutenant colonel, first made contact with a decoy posing as thirteen-year-old girl named Bailey on a free internet chat room called Wireclub. Between August 23, 2015 and November 8, 2015, Popovich detailed the sex acts he wanted to do with the girl and those he wanted her to have with him. This episode is sponsored by HelloFresh. Go to HelloFresh.com/Hansen16 an...

Marvin Harrison Smith, a 35 year old Pastor and restaurant manager at the time of the sting, began chatting with a girl he believed to be fifteen at the time named “Erin”. He was a suspected predator involved in the Fortson, Georgia edition of To Catch a Predator. He is one of the more high profile people caught on the show due to his disturbing chat, his subsequent jail sentence, and the fact tha...