From Deseret News archives:
Utah's ugly secret
Task force called one of the 5 busiest in U.S.
She sighs. "That's the problem we try to explain to people. Even though a lot of these victims have been identified, they're still being victimized every time that picture gets traded around."
And don't confuse child erotica with child pornography, Montgomery warns. "Two little girls, standing there naked," she said. That's about as far as most people want to go in thinking about this subject. "It's too scary to think about the other."
The other is what Montgomery sees all the time: pictures of adults engaged in sex acts with children as young as infants or children acting out sexual positions with other children.
"Anything you would see in adult pornography magazines with two adults, you'll see in child pornography," she said.
Montgomery didn't always work these kinds of cases. She's assigned to the child abuse investigations unit at the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office.
Montgomery is part of that team. Their original goal was to work 65 cases in more than 18 months. Last year alone they investigated 108.
"With 30 regional task forces, I'd say we're probably one of the top five (busiest) in the country," said the task force's director, Ken Hansen.
"Every time we throw a line in the water, they're fighting to get on the hook."
U.S. Attorney Paul Warner, on finding predators in teenage chat rooms
Police in Utah aren't struggling to find people in possession of child pornography.
"The very first cases we were getting came mostly from concerned family members," Montgomery said. "I'd get calls, you know, 'I got into my brother's computer the other night, and I saw some stuff.' "
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