Unnamed boy - 8 yo - /Convicted: Matthew Chase Keyes Seattle WA

Mother to Seattle child porn maker: One child was too much
Offender heads to prison; police still can't crack computer
By LEVI PULKKINEN, SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF
Published 09:00 p.m., Sunday, June 19, 2011

One child hurt is enough.

That was a mother’s message to a federal judge moments before he decided how many years a Seattle man – Matthew Chase Keyes – should spend in prison for sexually assaulting her 8-year-old son.

Of course, Keyes, 37, had hurt more than one child, at least vicariously.

A collector, distributor and producer of child pornography, Keyes was caught in December with 1,300 photos of children being abused or displayed. Also in his collection was at least one video showing him sexually assaulting the woman’s drugged boy.

But even as Keyes was being marched off to federal prison Friday, investigators remained at a loss as to the extent of his predatory activities.

While they recovered one video from a camera, U.S. Homeland Security Investigations agents have yet to crack the encryption on a home computer taken when Keyes was arrested. Despite apologies tearful and profuse, and a guilty plea earlier in the year, he hasn’t given up the code.

“There’s a lot we don’t know about Mr. Keyes,” Ellsworth said. “It’s impossible to know what the defendant’s collection consists of.”

In April 2010, a Canadian detective observed “DREADH4SH” sharing images of pre-pubescent boys through a peer-to-peer service, which allows users to share files directly between computers.

Several of the images showed boys between the ages 6 and 10 being bound or raped by adult men. The investigator was able to capture thumbnail images of 1,300 picture files, most of which were child pornography. Writing the court, Ellsworth noted Keyes labeled one folder “best of the best.”

On Dec. 15, agents raided the Seattle home of Keyes’ mother, where he lived, and seized several computers, external hard drives and cameras. Confronted by investigators, he admitted to possessing child pornography but described himself as “only a gatherer, not interested in touching.”

That, they soon learned, was a lie.

Two weeks passed before investigators reviewing items taken from Keyes’ home discovered two incriminating videos showing Keyes in bed with a young boy. The unconscious boy is exposed in both videos; in one, Ellsworth told the court, the child appeared to have been drugged as he failed to wake up when Keyes molested and performed oral sex on him.

“It defies common sense to think that the boy in the second video was not sedated in some manner, as anyone whose genitalia were being repeatedly fondled and fellated would presumably have at least some involuntary physical reaction,” Ellsworth told the court.

Keyes’ mother was able to identify the boy as a friend of her grandson who had stayed at her home in the spring of 2010. The boy’s parents confirmed the identification, Ellsworth said, and asked that prosecutors ensure Keyes do “as much time as possible.”

Ellsworth noted that, while the boys are similar in appearance, it’s impossible to say whether both videos show the same child.

For his part, the identified victim doesn’t remember either attack. Whether he will one day or learn of it by other means remains an open question of the sort that keeps his parents on edge.

“I pray that my son never finds out what this man did,” the boy’s mother said.

What else Keyes was up to – what images he acquired, which other children he may have preyed upon – is also unknown, though investigators expect to find out one day.

Encryption software installed on Keyes computer has thus far thwarted attempts to discover what is held there. Despite his tearful apologies as he asked for treatment, Keyes hasn’t helped investigators open up his stash of child pornography.

Without access to the computer, agents can’t determine whether Keyes was “hands-on” with other children, or if he shared those videos with other pedophiles, Ellsworth said.

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This POS pervert has no remorse. When he allows access to his encrypted computer then he might take ONE step toward remorse.

This "man" needs to rot in prison.