Houston FBI: One of worst child sex abuse cases everJace Larson,
Investigative Reporter Apr 22 2014
HOUSTON - Local FBI agents tell Local
2 Investigates they are working on a recent case of child sexual assaults that
is one of the worst they've ever seen, involving more than 90 victims. The FBI
says it's likely there are more victims that law enforcement doesn't know about
and they want to reach out to offer victims' assistance to those who could now
be adults.
"This is one of the most prolific alleged predators we've ever
seen," Houston FBI Special Agent Shauna Dunlap told Local 2
Investigates.
The suspect, William James Vahey, 64, of South Carolina,
killed himself after the FBI began an investigation....
The case unfolded
after Vahey reported his maid was fired after she allegedly stole personal items
from his house last November.
In March of this year, the former maid
brought a USB thumb drive to the American Nicaraguan School and admitted she
stole it, but said she was coming forward because of the child sexual assault
images she saw on the drive. A school employee viewed some of the images and
described them to local authorities who contacted the FBI, the federal search
warrant says.
"These images depict minor males in various states of
undress," court records allege. "The minor males appear to be asleep,
unconscious or possibly drugged."....
Vahey was required to register as a
sex offender in California after pleading guilty to child molestation in January
of 1970. He was a swim instructor at the time in Santa Ana, California, federal
court records show.
He was sentenced to 90 days in jail. Court records
show he registered only once in 1970 and never renewed his
registration....
http://www.click2houston.com/news/houston-fbi-one-of-worst-child-sex-abuse-cases-ever/25598182
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investigates London links of teacher who abused 90 boysWilliam Vahey,
who taught at Southbank International School, admitted molesting children while
teaching in Caracas
Robert Booth The Guardian, Wednesday 23 April
2014
An elite London school has become embroiled in an FBI-led
international child abuse investigation into a highly regarded teacher who is
believed to have molested more than 90 boys.
William Vahey, a 64-year old
American who taught at the Southbank International School in Westminster between
2009 and 2013, killed himself in Minnesota in March after confessing to drugging
and molesting children while on field trips.
He had been found with a
memory stick that contained sexually graphic images of at least 90 boys who
appeared to have been drugged. They were catalogued with dates and locations
that corresponded to his overnight field trips with students beginning in 2008
when he was teaching in the Escuela Campo Alegre in Caracas,
Venezuela....
Vahey was working in Nicaragua when he was exposed in March
by his employer who discovered the digitised images, the FBI said. When
confronted about the images by a school administrator, he confessed he was
molested as a child and had preyed on boys his entire life, giving them sleeping
pills prior to the molestation. Within days he killed himself....
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/apr/23/london-private-school-child-abuse-investigation-teacher-confession
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