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William Dow
William Dow was arrested during the Murphy investigation. The charges from that operation were subsequently dropped.
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- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Evidence
- Attributed reporting
- Jurisdiction
- Murphy, Texas
- Encounter
- Not established
- Decoy posed as
- Girl3
- Case number
- Not established
Personal details
- Born
- April 28, 1943
- Occupation
- Police officer
- Died
- October 9, 2023
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
Case narrative
Biography
William Bayne Dow Jr. was born on April 28, 1943, in Dekalb, Illinois.
Police interview
Dow then continued to insist that his intention for being at the sting house was solely to take the girl out for a hamburger. The investigator questioned why Dow believed it was acceptable for a grown man to take a child for a hamburger without her parents' knowledge, deeming it unusual. Dow claimed that it was a finger indexer from an office supply store, used for flipping through pages. The investigator remained skeptical and pressed whether the item was a sexual stimulant. Dow chuckled and responded, "I guess it could be." The investigator pointed out that they both understood the reason for its presence, yet Dow continued to insist that it was "probably" in his jacket by accident and was not "intentional". By the end of the interview, Dow was still chuckling, admitting that he had a background as a former police officer with years of service.
Trivia
Dow is one of six suspected predators in the Texas sting that have died; others are Louis Conradt , Stanley Kendall , Timothy Gilliam , Timothy Knowles , and Edward Hollingsworth V .
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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Media
Sources
- 1William Dow on MegaphonePublic episode metadata matches the publisher RSS recording by title, release date and exact enclosure identifier. Reviewed publisher title/description names this profile as the subject of the recording.
- 2William Dow on SpotifyPublic episode metadata matches the publisher RSS recording by title, release date and exact enclosure identifier. Reviewed publisher title/description names this profile as the subject of the recording.
- 3William Dow (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.
- 4William Dow: occupation informationThe profile infobox lists these occupations. Undated roles do not establish current employment.
- 5William Dow: legal outcome (revision 13025)William Dow was arrested during the Murphy investigation. The charges from that operation were subsequently dropped.