They were found near the Buffalo River south of St. Joe. Schuman had set a video camera on a tripod. Before police arrived, Schuman placed a loaded rifle to his chest and told the boy to shoot him. Schuman was patted down and sheriff's deputies found a computer disk in his left front pocket. While in the Searcy County jail, Schuman asked the jailer to pass a note to his wife.
Deputies read the note and obtained a search warrant.
Schuman had moved the camera several times to get better angles of himself fondling the victim, records stated. There were several photos in the Schuman house of young boys exposing their genitals. Schuman pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 960 months or 80 years. Jo Ann Schuman, the wife of Paul Schuman, was charged with removing evidence of child pornography from two computers in their house during a search by deputies. She tried to hide the items with a neighbor who turned them over to deputies.