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Christopher Cothrum
Christopher Cothrum appeared in the Murphy investigation. The charges arising from that operation were dropped.
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- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Evidence
- Attributed reporting
- Jurisdiction
- Murphy, Texas
- Encounter
- Not established
- Decoy posed as
- Girl1
- Case number
- Not established
Personal details
- Born
- August 1, 1983
- Marital status
- Single
- Height
- 6′4″
- Weight
- 285 lb
Charges & sentence
Charges awaiting verification
We have not established filed charges from the available evidence. This is a gap in our research, not a finding about this case.
Sentence
A verified sentence has not yet been added.
Attributed to the sources below. Consult the original record for full terms.
Case records
Hansen investigationDismissed
Reviewed sting-related legal outcome. No sentence; do not treat the television encounter as a conviction.
Sources 2
Separate criminal matterUnverified
Case narrative
Trivia
In 2012, Cothrum was arrested for several traffic violations, from license to registration. Prior to the conclusion of his case, he was jailed for two days.
Community-written, from the To Catch a Predator Wiki. Not independently verified, and it does not establish charges or court outcomes.
Christopher Cothrum, To Catch a Predator Wiki contributors; see revision and history links. · CC-BY-SA
Sources
- 1Christopher Cothrum (community wiki)Attributed community article. Revision date describes the article update, not a court or sting event. Full infobox, narrative sections, references and assets are retained in the private archive.
- 2Christopher Cothrum: legal outcome (revision 13023)Christopher Cothrum appeared in the Murphy investigation. The charges arising from that operation were dropped.