Casefile True Crime

Case 115: Operation Cathedral

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Jun 22, 2019
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ANECDOTE

Sleepover Assault Broadcast Live Online

  • Alison was groomed from age eight and was assaulted live on camera during a sleepover at Ronald Reaver's house.
  • Investigators seized Reaver's digital camera and computer which contained thousands of pornographic images and IRC chat transcripts linking him to Orchid Club.
INSIGHT

Invitation Only Chatrooms Enabled Organized Abuse

  • Orchid Club required invitation and member votes, creating a gated trading network for child exploitation material.
  • Reaver logged text files of all conversations, enabling investigators to map membership and obtain IP addresses.
ANECDOTE

Bulldog's Arrest Revealed Massive Library

  • UK user Sheepee's IP traced to Ian Bulldog in Hastings, whose computers held 42,000 images and provided a foothold into Wonderland.
  • Bulldog's logs and files helped investigators discover the club's sophisticated safeguards.
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