John Wesley Elliott

Upon meeting Casey at the door, he immediately asked to go to the bathroom and Casey agreed, feeling as though Elliott posed no serious threat or flight risk. When he came out, he took his jacket off and proclaimed how nervous he was, showing Casey that his hand was uncontrollably shaking due to his nervousness. When he sat down, he played with his hair and insecurely asked Casey if he looked anything like she expected. Trying not to lie or be too impolite, Casey claimed that he simply looked like his pictures online and they both laughed.

Elliott nervously told Casey he wanted to kiss her, causing him to uncontrollably smile and giggle out of nervousness. He then complimented Casey on her looks, admitting he wanted to do the things he described on the internet. As Casey started to question Elliott about the child pornography he transmitted, he either figured out something was wrong or realized what he had done was really bad. Elliott started to backpedal on his intentions. This brought out Chris Hansen , who reminded Elliott he seemed very comfortable with the situation when talking to their girl online. Elliott told Hansen he wouldn't be able to go through with it because he was scared and nervous. When asked why he felt that way, he claimed that he "knew it wasn't right," as well as partly blaming his actions on his struggling marriage and mundane job.

Elliott said he didn't bring any condoms because he only wanted to have oral sex and didn't think it was that bad. Elliott then claimed it was the first time he had met a minor from online before adamantly denying that it was simply the first time he was caught when asked by Hansen. When asked why he decided to do it for the first time, Elliott claimed he had always had the fantasy "in the back of [his] head." When asked what should happen to him, he jokingly replied, "Sent to an island?" When Hansen takes objection to him acting like the whole situation is a joke, Elliott said that he knew Hansen was a therapist based on the way he was talking. Hansen acknowledged how the conclusion made no sense. Hansen then told Elliott he had walked into a Dateline investigation; Elliott became apologetic and said he loved his wife even though it didn't look like it. He admitted he needed to see a psychiatrist because of the way his life was going. Elliott walked outside, being arrested by the Bowling Green Sheriff's Department and the Kentucky Bureau of Investigation.

Under interrogation, Elliott believed investigator Kathryn Reed in charge of his case was also a therapist, and frequently continued to laugh and joke, not really comprehending the gravity of his situation. He eventually realized the mess he was in and sulked as he struggled to explain himself to the detective. He would go on to say, "It should be me that's six feet under, not him. And I mean that."

Elliott was convicted of First Degree Attempted Unlawful Transaction With a Minor and received seven years in prison with a twenty year term of sex offender registration.

Elliott was the only member of the "Bowling Green Seven" that did not cross state lines; therefore, he did not face federal charges.