Jared Salvador

> "I should go to prison and get raped by a bunch of dudes named Jesus.
>
> - Salvador realising his fate is sealed

Salvador's mugshot

**Jared "Ron" Salvador** is a suspected predator that was caught in the **Genesee County, Michigan** sting of *Takedown with Chris Hansen*. He is well-known for keeping his head covered with his knitted hat during his interview, as well as for wrongly referring to Chris Hansen as "Charlie Hansen" during his journey to the sting house.

## Chat

Salvador, using the alias "Ron", was a twenty-five-year-old homeless plumber's apprentice when he initiated contact with a Genesee County decoy posing as a fifteen-year-old girl. He brought up a variety of graphic sexual topics, including a "BB creampie" (bareback creampie), and asked the decoy to send him nude pictures of herself. Salvador expressed concern about being caught on *To Catch a Predator*, at one point making the bold claim "I'm not a predator" while talking to the decoy. When the decoy acted confused, Salvador explained that, due to the ten year age difference, Salvador would be considered a "pedophile" for having sex with her, and that being caught would destroy his whole life. When the decoy accused Salvador of "killing [her] vibe," he relented and decided to stick with their plan to meet.

## Interview with Chris (Charlie) Hansen

While Lt. Andy Snyder finished giving Chris Hansen highlights from the chat, Salvador drove forty-five minutes to meet the decoy at the sting house. On the way, Salvador got lost, speaking to the very sarcastic sounding decoy on the phone. She directed him, proclaiming she was nervous and excited. Salvador expressed nervousness, mainly because he feared being beaten up or shot by someone. The decoy tried to aleviate his fear by saying she wouldn't be strong enough to do that. When Salvador parked far away, the decoy teased him slightly, which he retorted by claiming he had two sweatshirts on. When the decoy told Salvador she was "waiting for [him] to warm [her] up," she tried getting more out of his intentions on the phone, but he said he had "no idea" what they would be doing.

As Salvador made his way to the sting house on foot, he expressed fear that "Charlie Hansen" would be at the house to greet him like he did on "Catch a Predator." The decoy played dumb, asking if the show was about predators as in the aliens from *Alien vs. Predator*. Getting the feeling that he was in the exact scenario a suspected sex predator would be, Salvador's skepticism and better half did not convince him to turn around, with the decoy teasing him about walking slowly as he got close to the house.

As Salvador expected, he was greeted by Chris after a brief face to face interaction with the decoy, despite the decoy waiting "45,000 hours" to see him. All Salvador could do was exclaim, "Bro..." before reluctantly agreeing to take a seat on Chris' stool, with Chris quickly ordering him to take a seat on the other stool. Salvador, still going by "Ron," pulled his knitted stocking cap hat over his face, most likely knowing that he was being taped. Salvador told Chris he knew this was going to happen. Chris asked Salvador if he wanted to do the interview with his stocking cap over his face, with Salvador retorting that he didn't want to be interviewed at all as the cameras continued to roll from the shadows. Not relenting, Chris began reading from his notes anyway, with Salvador dismissing the "BB creampie" remark by claming he didn't know what it was, despite an older Chris knowing full well what it meant. Salvador then immediately got up and tried to leave, but Chris told him he couldn't allow him to do that. In embarrassment, Salvador dropped down onto his knees and held his head down in shame.

Chris acknowledges the ridiculousness of Salvador's chat, questioning what his plan was upon arriving. Salvador then pulled the good samaritan excuse, claiming that he wanted to talk a young girl out of using the website she was on to be preyed on by "creepy dudes" online. He immediately began to break down and hyperventilate, with Chris stating that Salvador now looked like one of those creepy dudes. Asking for Salvador to put it into perspective, he explained to Chris he didn't want to see someone throw their life away, while also acknowledging that he himself had thrown his life away and would most likely be going to prison. He then denied ever doing such a thing with a minor before, denying he intended to have sex. This seemed to annoy Chris, with Salvador calling himself "stupid," and acknowledging he had seen and made fun of the men previously caught on Chris' show, knowing he was now that guy, and asking to be taken to prison.

Salvador acknowledged his life was now over and apologised for his actions. Chris asked if he brought marijuana and condoms, which Salvador denied, prompting Chris to once again bring up the bareback creampie comment. Salvador said he shouldn't have come, explaining that a lot of his family dying and loneliness gave him the compulsion to speak to and meet with a minor. Chris expressed some sympathy while also emphasising that it didn't make it okay to do what he did, and Salvador seemed to agree, while continuing to pull the pity party in claiming his life was over. He said he knew he had wasted the potential of his life, continuing his good samaritan excuse by claiming it would be easier to talk about the things in person as opposed to online, with Chris refuting this by acknowledging the graphic chat. Salvador went on to state that nothing, including the interview, even mattered because he would be going to prison.

Chris acknowledged the pedophile comment as complete admission of sexual intent with the child, with Slavador half-heartedly agreeing he deserved the maximum punishment of being sent to prison and raped by his fellow inmates. Chris asked if Salvador could turn his life around, with Salvador claiming he could only hope so. In order to convince Chris and the audience that he could turn his life around and never reoffend, Salvador claimed that everyone had the potential to turn their life around and be better by their own will power, with nobody coming along to help you if you sit there expecting it to happen. Salvador once again acknowledged he was "stupid" for vividly picturing Chris would be there but showing up anyway. Chris asked why Salvador came anyway, with Salvador acknowledging he "crossed the border" and would pay for it for the rest of his life.

Chris emphasised he found it incredibly hard to believe Salvador would have just had a "pet talk" with the decoy, with Salvador himself acknowledging that he found it hard to believe himself. When Chris asked Salvador what he would think if Chris was on his knees and Salvador was on the stool, Salvador agreed he would think the same as Chris did at that moment. He then tried to ask Slavador "what the hell [he was doing there]," but Salvador did not have an answer. Seeing no need to introduce himself or tell Salvador what was going on, Chris simply handed Salvador over to Genesee County Sheriff's Office (specifically the Ghost Team), who took Salvador into custody peacefully with no resistance from him.

## Aftermath

Salvador was charged with Child Abusive Commercial Activity, Accosting Children for Immoral Purposes, and Communicating with the Other Over the Internet to Commit a Crime, all felonies.

In a follow-up interview with Capt. Jason Murphy, leader of the Ghost Team operation, Chris Hansen asked Murphy if he ever bought the predator's excuse they were coming over to mentor and sway a child in the right direction, with Murphy completely disregarding any sympathy or genuinity from the suspects due to their disgusting chat logs, acknowledging not one of them thought to call 911 in regards to an underage child being on a sex app. Murphy acknowledged the ridiculousness and depravity of Salvador in particular, seemingly agreeing with Salvador that he should go to prison for the rest of his life. Murphy left the interview off by exclaiming how surprising it was that, no matter where you are, there are always predators hiding in plain sight, and that was the most important thing about their investigations.

## Trivia

* Salvador is the first instance of a predator who knows who Chris Hansen is but has gotten his name wrong prior to being caught.
* Salvador continued a trend of predators using at item of clothing to cover their faces/heads after realising they were exposed on television:
	+ Walter Babst ("Flanders Predator") and Stephen Coates ("CD Carrying predator") from the **Riverside, California** investigation.
	+ David Schumacher ("Role-Playing Chat Room Predator") from the **Fort Myers, Florida** investigation.
	+ Deepak Bist ("She Lured Me Predator") from the **Flagler Beach, Florida** investigation.
	+ Vaikunth Soundarajan ("Pirate Predator") from the **Petaluma, California** investigation.
	+ Paul Clemente ("Pretend Predator") from the **Long Beach, California** Investigation.