On Tuesday, students living in Cramer residence hall reported possible child pornography on a shared iTunes network to the Department of Residential Life. The MU Police Department was alerted of the possible crime and at 6:27 p.m., officers arrived at Cramer to begin their investigation.
"There was a possible computer crime," MU police Capt. Brian Weimer said. "An investigation is underway, and if it is found that a computer crime was committed, then appropriate charges will be filed."
MU police is investigating a student for possession of child pornography or control of material. At press time, no charges were filed against the accused.
Weimer said the MU police investigation is ongoing and declined to comment further.
Residential Life Director Frankie Minor said the suspect, if charged, could also face charges with the university for violating computer usage polices.
Several students living in Cramer said they saw the child pornography on the shared network.
The videos first appeared when the semester began but quickly disappeared, said Cramer resident Jonathon Stein. He said the videos reappeared earlier this week.
Stein said he and several other residents were horrified by the videos they found.
"At first it was two guys, then two little boys came on the screen," Stein said. "I thought, 'Oh my God,' and ran away."
Cramer resident Justin Volland said he saw the suspicious videos while checking shared files on iTunes.
Volland said he took a screenshot of the material, which was composed of six video files, then posted it online to an open forum in hopes of getting an opinion on a further course of action against the suspect.
"I just wanted to get some advice about what to do," Volland said.
Several viewers took a serious interest and posted it on a larger, more popular forum.
One of the other residents took a screen shot of the iTunes library and posted the picture on the suspect's door. Cramer resident Alex Mauney said he took a photograph of the picture on the door and turned the picture over to MU police.
"Our hall got together and decided to mention this to the PA," Mauney said.
Members of the hall met with MU police in Pershing Commons where Mauney turned over the photograph.
Both the suspect and the suspect's roommate declined to comment about the investigation.




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