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[Posted on Wed, May 17, 2006]
CHICAGO RCFL AIDS IN THE CONVICTION OF A CHILD PORNOGRAPHERMay 9, 2006 – One year ago, Barry Eytcheson, an unemployed computer engineer, was arrested for allegedly sharing child pornography over the Internet, and later admitted that he had collected child pornography for years.
Investigators working with the Chicago RCFL, also learned that Eytcheson made a sexually explicit video and took lewd photographs of a child between June and November 2004. An FBI agent working in the Sex Crime Unit downloaded two files of child pornography in February through a file sharing program, and traced the Internet address of the supplying computer to Eytcheson's home. All told, more than a terabyte (A terabyte is a measurement of data storage – 1 terabyte is roughly equivalent to 1,000 books in the Library of Congress.) of digital evidence was seized and brought to the Chicago RCFL for analysis by its Examiners. Working with investigators, Chicago RCFL Examiners examined computers, removable media, and a digital camera to locate evidence in furtherance of the investigation--ultimately supporting charges that Eytcheson was also manufacturing child pornography.
On May 9, 2006, Eytcheson was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his crimes. When Eytcheson, age 43 is released from prison, he must register as a sex offender while continuing treatment. During the first five years after his release, he may not have any unsupervised contact with children or own a computer. Chicago RCFL Laboratory Director Rick Voss said, “We are very pleased with the sentence handed down to Mr. Eytcheson. I want to commend the Examiners from the Chicago RCFL who spent many hours extracting valuable digital evidence that helped secure this conviction. Their contributions helped protect children and clearly demonstrate why the work we do is so important.”
[Chicago RCFL web site ]