Terre Haute man in custody following FBI child porn investigation

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By Lucy Perry
Indiana Central News

A Terre Haute man was arrested Tuesday morning on child porn charges following a nearly year-and- a- half long FBI investigation.

Charles E. Hill, 52, is charged with knowingly distributing and possession visual depiction of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

According to the probable cause affidavit, prepared by Special Agent Joann Dowell, of the FBI, several downloaded files were traced to the suspect's computer.

During interviews with the suspect, Hill reportedly admitted to possessing child pornography, and to receivmg child pornography through the internet file sharing network, BitTorrent. 

"Hill further admitted to the presence of child pornography on his Boost mobile cellular telephone, and on a Dell laptop, computer which he advised had been destroyed," according to the probable cause affidavit.

Files, photos and realistic mannequins were located in Hill's northside residence.

"Agents seized numerous photographs depicting prepubescent female minor children engaged in sexually explicit behavior with adult males. Agents also seized approximately five life-sized, anatomically-correct mannequins of prepubescent females which had been dressed in provocative clothing. At least one mannequin had been altered in the genitalia area by enlarging the cavity and inserting foam," Dowell explained.


According to the documents,agents easily found Hill based on public review of the suspect's Facebook page sharing a photograph to the Facebook account depicting an application forwarded to the Wabash Valley Musician's Hall of Fame. The photograph listed Hill's address as 4433 N. 13th St. In other photos on his account, he showed his house and SUV , which made it easier for agents to link the suspect and evidence.

Hill was arrested on November 10, 1996 by the Terre Haute Police Department for possession of marijuana and then in March, 2004 by the Vigo County Sheriff Department for possession of child pornography. Hill pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography in that case.

Hill will appear in federal court in Indianapolis next week. Meanwhile, He remains in the custody of U.S. Marshals at this time.


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 Investigators began reviewing the explicit files. Dowell describes the files in shocking detail:
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• [In one,] a fully clothed pre-pubescent female minor child who appears to be under the age of 4. She is standing between the legs of an adult male who is sitting in a chair. The male's pants are unzipped and penis is erect and exposed. The minor child is depicted masturbating the male. 

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• An adult female who is lying on a bed, with her hands and feet bound and tied to the corners of a bed. A nude prepubescent female minor child, who appears to be under the age of 4, is standing in between the legs of the bound female. The minor child has tape over her mouth and her hand is inserted into the adult female's vagina.

 

• An adultmale is standing next to the adult female's head with his erect penis is in her mouth. The adult male is holding onto the minor child's arm and moving it in and out of the adult female's vagina.​

 

• A nude adult male standing behind a nude prepubescent female minor child, who appears to be under the age of four. The minor child is face down on a piece of furniture with her legs hanging over the ledge. The minor child's arms are straight towards the other side of the furniture and there is a white piece of fabric or rope around the back side of her head. The adult male appears to be penetrating the minor child's sex organ or anus with his penis. The minor child can be heard crying on the video.

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