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Phyllis
Known only as Phyllis, she spoke with the decoy in Marvin Smith's Fortson investigation but did not attend the meeting. Prosecutors did not pursue a case against her.
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- Outcome
- Not charged
- Evidence
- Attributed reporting
- Jurisdiction
- Harris County, Georgia
- Encounter
- Not established
- Case number
- Not established
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 investigationNot charged
Reviewed sting-related legal outcome. Alleged associate, not an independently identified sting attendee. No surname or court disposition established.
Sources 2
Case narrative
2024 update
When Morticia received access to the Perverted Justice archive from Perverted Justice co-founder Xavier Von Erck , Phyllis' previously unreleased phone call with "Erin" was included in the file for Smith. Joey subsequently uploaded the phone call to his YouTube channel. The call was fairly short and consisted of Phyllis introducing herself to the decoy, although nothing significant or sexually explicit was discussed. In a pinned comment, Erck added further information about Phyllis.
Her efforts to aid Smith in his sexual conquest of an underage child were documented and passed on to the police, who wanted to arrest and prosecute Phyllis as badly as they wanted to with Smith. Unfortunately, the prosecution passed on pursuing a case against Phyllis, leading to her escaping free of charge.
Trivia
Safraz Khan and Yazan Asfour later showed up at the same time in the Flagler Beach, Florida sting, while Jeremy Keister and Michael Murray showed up at the same time during the Ocean County, New Jersey sting. Phyllis' accent suggests that she is from Georgia, although this is unconfirmed.
Community-written, from the To Catch a Predator Wiki. Not independently verified, and it does not establish charges or court outcomes.
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Sources
- 1"Phyllis" (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.
- 2"Phyllis": legal outcome (revision 15546)Known only as Phyllis, she spoke with the decoy in Marvin Smith's Fortson investigation but did not attend the meeting. Prosecutors did not pursue a case against her.