To Catch a Predator · Riverside County, California investigation
Hyung “Eddie” Paek
Also reported as Eddie Paek
Hyung “Eddie” Paek was a subject of the Riverside investigation after communicating with a decoy posing as a 13-year-old girl. Chris Hansen revisited the unaired interview in an October 2024 podcast. No final court outcome has been established from the reviewed sources.
- Outcome
- Unverified
- Evidence
- Attributed reporting
- Jurisdiction
- Riverside County, California
- Encounter
- Not established
- Case number
- Not established
Investigation
Riverside County, California investigation1
Riverside County, California
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
No imposed sentence has been established from the sources reviewed.
Attributed to the sources below. Consult the original record for full terms.
Media
Sources
- 1Hyung “Eddie” Paek: original publisher episode descriptionThe publisher names Hyung “Eddie” Paek as an unaired Riverside investigation subject and describes his interview with Hansen and contact with a decoy posing as a 13-year-old girl. It does not establish a final court outcome or current custody.
- 2Hyung “Eddie” Paek on Apple PodcastsExact episode identity verified against the publisher feed by title, release date, GUID and enclosure identifier. The publisher names Hyung “Eddie” Paek as an unaired Riverside investigation subject and describes his interview with Hansen and contact with a decoy posing as a 13-year-old girl. It does not establish a final court outcome or current custody.
- 3Hyung “Eddie” Paek on SpotifyExact episode identity verified against the publisher feed by title, release date, GUID and enclosure identifier. The publisher names Hyung “Eddie” Paek as an unaired Riverside investigation subject and describes his interview with Hansen and contact with a decoy posing as a 13-year-old girl. It does not establish a final court outcome or current custody.
- 4Hyung “Eddie” Paek on MegaphoneExact episode identity verified against the publisher feed by title, release date, GUID and enclosure identifier. The publisher names Hyung “Eddie” Paek as an unaired Riverside investigation subject and describes his interview with Hansen and contact with a decoy posing as a 13-year-old girl. It does not establish a final court outcome or current custody.
- 5Hyung Eddie Paek: historical occupation in the original publisher episode, approximately 4:41Hansen describes Paek as having worked in Los Angeles as an accountant. This is a historical occupation claim; current employment and professional licensing are not established.