Edward Hollingsworth V

> *"My best friend's Mom is dying of cancer"*
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>  *- Hollingsworth infamous excuse for trying to have sex with a young boy.*
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**Edward Hollingsworth V** was a suspected predator caught during the Murphy, Texas investigation. He is known for his bizarre screen name (TwinkToilet) and awful excuse on why he attempted to molest an underage boy.

## Biography

Edward Hollingsworth V was born in Ashtabula, Ohio, on January 19, 1971. He attended Dayton University and Edgewood High School before graduating. Edward then worked for American National Insurance Company in Galvaston, Texas, as a Senior Plan Administrator. Traveling, driving, and flying were his three great loves. Edward loved computers and had knowledge software because he also had an affinity for math. The Dallas Cowboys and the Cleveland Indians were two of his favorite teams. He lived alone with his cat.

## Sting and arrest

35-year-old Edward struck up a conversation with a Perverted Justice decoy who was impersonating a thirteen-year-old boy named "Kyle". Although his conversation log is not publicly available, it is known that he used the infamous screenname "TwinkToilet" and lied about his name, claiming to be "Joe." Edwards tells the decoy that he "liked to be used by young boys" and said he likes "dirty bois who love getting freaky." With the intention of arousing himself, Edward urges the decoy to urinate and defecate in his mouth. The two then set up a meeting.

Chris Hansen was confronting assistant district attorney Louis Conradt in another county and was not able to speak with Edward at the sting house. Dan Schrack, the decoy playing the boy, invites Edward inside before immediately locking the door. When Edward gets to the door, he asks Dan why he locked it. A group of police officers suddenly entered the scene and yelled at Edward to get on the ground. Edward made a futile attempt to sit on the ground, so the police had to tackle him onto the lawn and arrest him.

## Police interview

To be questioned, Edward is taken to a police station. He tells the interrogator that his "best friend's mom is dying of cancer," admitting that it wasn't a good excuse but that he wasn't in his "right mind" at the time. He repeatedly calls himself "stupid," adding that it "doesn't take an idiot" to understand that cops are setting up child predator stings. When speaking with the decoy, Edward claims he wasn't thinking about having sex.

As the interrogator reads sexually graphic conversations from his chatlog, Edward makes the excuse that the whole chat was "fantasy" and that he "probably wouldn't have done it". He then admits he knew the boy was thirteen and asked him if he was a police officer. Edward claims that the decision to get into his car was "the dumbest mistake in his life." In June 2007, Edward's charges would later be dropped along with all the other predators that came to the house after the suicide of Conradt and the controversies surrounding the Murphy sting.

## Death

In the weeks leading up to his death, Edward posted many tweets on his Twitter account between May and June 2012, most of them were him complaining about being at the hospital. Edward later died on June 12, 2012, at the age of 41 after battling Pneumonia for two weeks at Ashtabula General Hospital.

## Trivia

* It was rumored that Edward boasted to a coworker about traveling to Australia with a young teenage boy.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://obituaries.starbeacon.com/obituary/edward-hollingsworth-v-757748401
2. ↑ https://dairystatedegenerates.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-murphy-curse-how-five-predators.html
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://dairystatedegenerates.blogspot.com/2021/02/to-catch-predator-update-murphy-texas.html