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How does a Northern Irish teen become one of the world's worst online child sex abusers? Victims, families and police share how catfish killer Alexander McCartney was caught.
BBC One Northern Ireland
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Twenty-year-old Alexander McCartney from Northern Ireland is questioned by police after a 12-year-old girl in Scotland reports serious catfishing online.
Nov 11, 2024

A huge discovery on McCartney’s devices triggers an international investigation as the race to identify thousands of victims across the world gets under way.
Nov 12, 2024

Homeland Security discovers an obituary page for a 12-year-old girl in West Virginia. Police in Northern Ireland connect the death to McCartney, opening a manslaughter investigation.
Nov 13, 2024