A popular Tennessee soccer coach has been arrested for raping young boys after he left his cellphone in a restaurant and employees discovered the horrifying videos as they were attempting to find the owner’s information.
Here’s more from NBC News:
Videos of the rapes of 10 unconscious boys were found on the cellphone of a Tennessee soccer coach after he left it behind at a restaurant, police said Sunday.
Camilo Hurtado Campos, 56, was booked on allegations of child rape and sexual exploitation of a minor, the Franklin Police Department said in a statement.
He continued to be held Sunday on $525,000 bond, Police Lt. Charles Warner said. It’s not clear whether Campos has legal counsel, and the local public defender didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Police described Campos as a popular soccer coach and a 20-year resident of Franklin, a city of about 87,000 people 20 miles south of Nashville. He used the job to lure boys to his home, where he allegedly attacked them, police said.
“…he drugged and then raped them.”
“During off-hours, Campos frequented nearby school playgrounds in both neighborhoods [where he had lived] where he approached kids and recruited them as players on his team,” police said. “After gaining their trust, Campos invited many of the kids to his home where he drugged and then raped them.”
The allegations came to light after workers at a restaurant found a cellphone someone left behind and were able to search through it in an attempt to contact its owner, police said.
They discovered “unconscionable videos,” the police department said, and contacted police, who traced it to the suspect.
Detectives combing through videos and photos on the phone saw 10 victims, two of whom have been identified with the help of local schools, the police department said.
According to police, the ages of the victims range from 9 to 17 and there may still be more victims as there are hundreds of videos and photos on Campos’ cellphone. Police also said that the victims may not even realize they were raped as they were in a very unconscious state.