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John Baker

John Baker 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

Occupation
Pharmacy technician · Music minister
Marital status
Married

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 sting sentence.

Sources 3

Case narrative

Biography

25-year-old John Baker was arrested for engaging a sexually graphic conversation with a Perverted Justice decoy who was impersonating a thirteen-year-old girl. Chris Hansen was not at the sting house to confront Baker. He mentioned that he had an affair with another woman while serving as an associate minister of music for the First Baptist Church and had to resign as a result. He said he would tell the decoy he loves someone else after he got to the house.

When asked what he planned to do with the girl when they first met, Baker replied that he wasn't sure if they would have had sex.

Community-written, from the To Catch a Predator Wiki. Not independently verified, and it does not establish charges or court outcomes.

John Baker, To Catch a Predator Wiki contributors; see revision and history links. · CC-BY-SA

Sources

  1. 1John Baker (community wiki)Community wiki · unverified · To Catch a Predator Wiki contributors · Updated Aug 25, 2025 · Checked Oct 23, 2026Attributed 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.
  2. 2John Baker: occupation informationCommunity wiki · unverified · To Catch a Predator Wiki contributors · Updated Aug 25, 2025 · Checked Oct 23, 2026The profile infobox lists these occupations. Undated roles do not establish current employment.

An on-camera appearance does not establish guilt. Charges, court outcomes, and reported information are kept distinct. Research standards

Record updated Oct 23, 2026 · Version 4 · Suggest a correction

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