"sex with a little
girl" before; and that he had previously had "sex with a girl [Carly's] age before."
Unrein said he hoped his relationship with Carly would be "ongoing for a very
long time." When asked what Unrein would do with Carly the first night they met,
Unrein responded that he and Carly could "share a bath" and that she could "spend
the night in bed" with him. If Carly wanted to "flirt and kiss and make out,"
Unrein explained, he was "open to anything" that Carly "may want to explore."
Unrein and April made plans for Unrein to visit the undercover house that night.
Unrein, however, worried that this was a sting operation. To that end, he
called April another four times that evening. First, he asked to speak with Carly;
and he asked whether April was a police officer. April responded adamantly that
she was not, but that Carly was in the shower. Unrein said he would call back.
Approximately 15 minutes later, Unrein called and spoke with another undercover
agent who pretended to be Carly. Unrein asked Carly whether April had told her
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that Unrein was "coming over to visit." Carly said "yeah" and asked Unrein what
they were going to do. Unrein responded that they would go into Carly's room and
decide there. Unrein repeatedly told Carly not to be nervous. When Carly said
that her mother had told her that Unrein was coming over to have sex with her,
Unrein asked, "Isn't that what you want?" Speaking again with April, Unrein
confirmed that he would see them - in person - later that evening. A few minutes
later, Unrein called for a third time telling April that this was a "dream come true,"
but that he had "this concern . . . about sting operations where these guys get
busted for trying to . . . get together with underage girls." April repeatedly told
Unrein that Carly would be upset if he did not come over. After a few similar
exchanges, Unrein said he would be there that night.
Unrein arrived at the undercover house less than two hours later. After
seeing Unrein look in the windows and walk around the house, the Agent met
Unrein outside. She told Unrein that Carly was inside; Unrein followed her in.
Unrein was arrested as he was walking in the front door.
Following Unrein's arrest, agents seized his home computer. Law
enforcement computer analysts uncovered approximately 100 child pornography
images and 1,000 child erotica images on Unrein's computer. At trial, individuals
who had used Unrein's computer in the past (including his ex-wife and his adult
children), testified that they had not used the computer to search for or download
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child pornography. Additionally, a computer analyst testified about the various
methods by which the analyst could verify that the criminal images had been
downloaded and stored using an account associated with Unrein's personal email,