Witnesses told police that Rex intended to rape the boy and then kill him. Donald Huycke is a Senior Special Agent for the U.S. Customs Service in Washington, D.C. who investigates child pornography. Any sexual fetish you can think of, no matter how obscene, it's out there. It's a frightening web in Cyberspace. Between 200 and 800 children each year are kidnapped, abducted by a stranger or murdered, ransomed or taken with intent to keep, according to Ernie Allen, president of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Runaway kids are on the rise.
Sexually transmitted diseases is also increasing. We know from our work with kids on the street that more and more kids are being lured through the computer. We also know from social services agencies and clinics around the country that sexually transmitted diseases in kids is on the rise. Gonorrhea of the throat in young boys has seen dramatic increases in the last few years. The use of the computer conduits allow for the defendants to cross State, local and even international boundaries with impunity.