James Wiles

James Wayne Wiles was born on May 5, 1953. He was a serial child molester.

Wiles drives about two hours from Jacksonville to arrive at the sting house in Flagler Beach. He exits his vehicle and struggles to get to the house. The decoy, portrayed by Samantha Cope , greets him as soon as he steps into the home. When she asks if he brought a bag of M&Ms, he pats his shirt pocket to show that he did. Wiles pulls them from his pocket and gives them to the decoy. Cope hurriedly exits the room after telling Wiles that she needs to change. Wiles began rubbing himself while making tongue motions alluding to oral sex to himself, soon-thereafter being interrupted by Chris Hansen .

When questioned about his intentions, Wiles says he only came to see the girl. After Chris reveals that he is with Dateline, and the cameras come out, Wiles insists that his intention was to establish a friendship rather than engage in sexual activity with the child. Wiles then makes excuses based on his age, claiming that he was unable to get a "hard on" from any women, and that he was "past that stage." Chris dismisses his excuses and instead instructed Wiles that he could to leave. When he exits the home, Wiles is apprehended by police and taken into custody.

Wiles agrees to give up his right to remain silent when he is brought in for interrogation by a female investigator. He acknowledges having three kids, all of whom accused him of molestation in 2000. He claims that after spending four months in jail, he was found innocent at trial. Wiles attributes all of the blame to his brother, claiming that while he was away, his brother molested his kids and they accused him of it. Then he claims to be in a relationship with a 47-year-old woman via the internet, but said he didn’t know her name.

Later, detective Liz Williams comes into the room. Wiles assures that he would only be friends with the thirteen-year-old girl and that he wouldn't sexually abuse a child. Wiles responds that it was all "pretend" and mentions that he hasn't been able to get a "hard on" since he and his wife divorced. Wiles claims that he would spend time with the child playing games and watching television. He claims that when he brought up sex, he was "joking".

Wiles was charged with four felonies: attempted lewd or lascivious conduct, computer pornography, transmission of harmful material to a minor, and attempted contributing to the delinquency of a minor. After bailing out, Wiles went on the run, but was quickly recaptured hiding at his mother's house. Wiles was also wanted for failure to pay child support. This is the outstanding warrant he was fleeing from at the time of his Flagler Beach arrest; not a child molestation charge, as he had been acquitted in that case.

His daughters had a celebratory party when the news of his death came. Chris would mention on his podcast that she was the only family member that wanted to see him on his deathbed and the only reason she wanted to was to get a picture of him dying.