VIDEO.UPDATED: Man Close to Miller Case Charged with Child Porn
Friday, September 30, 2005, 2:31:30 PM CDT
By Dave Franzman
KCRG-TV9(Cedar Rapids – KCRG) -- Casey Frederiksen has been charged with one count of possession of child porn. You may know Frederiksen as the fiance of Noel Miller, whose daughter, Evelyn, was murdered this past July.
Casey Frederiksen will made an initial appearance in U.S. District court at one o'clock Friday.
The indictment alleges that Frederiksen possessed images of children engaged in sexual conduct on a computer in July of 2005.
In a TV9 interview two weeks ago, Frederiksen insisted his computer contained only family photos and memorabilia. He wanted a chance to explain to the federal grand jury.
Frederiksen told TV9, “For the last four years, we had a digital camera. So that was all our pictures of our boys growing up and our daughter. It was all we have left of our memories.”
The U.S. Attorney’s Office would not say if any of the explicit photos of children allegedly on the computer were of Evelyn Miller.
At this point, no one's drawing a connection between this federal child porn possession case and Evelyn Miller's disappearance and death. Frederiksen and Noel Miller have repeatedly criticized the actions of investigators. No one has been charged in the murder.
Floyd County Attorney Marilyn Dettmer is handling the murder investigation. She issued a statement today saying, “even though the cases are separate, it is obvious that the facts of each have an impact on the other. The murder investigation continues to function as a high priority matter by all agencies involved.”
Frederiksen’s sister issued a statement to the media encouraging people to keep an open mind and insisting Frederiksen is not responsible for Evelyn’s death.
Punishment for a single charge of possessing child pornography is a maximum prison sentence of ten years.
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