caption death_date death_place birth_place image_size name birth_date image article_title birth_name death_cause
photograph of louis conradt 5 november 2006 terrell , texas , u.s. terrell , texas , u.s. 100px louis conradt 30 january 1950 louis conradt.jpg louis conradt
 louis william conradt , jr gunshot wound to head -lrb- self inflicted -rrb-
louis conradt

louis william `` bill '' conradt , jr. -lrb- january 30 , 1950 -- november 5 , 2006 -rrb- was an assistant district attorney from texas .
he became inextricably linked to `` dateline nbc 's '' `` to catch a predator '' , a tv series which conducted sting operations against suspected sexual predators that target children online .
local law enforcement conducted a sting operation that identified conradt as a suspect and `` dateline '' cameras recorded the events that followed .
conradt fatally shot himself upon encountering swat team members that were serving an arrest warrant at his home .
