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Florida man gets life in prison for traveling to Vietnam to sexually abuse minors

Christopher Edwin Day, 52, traveled to Vietnam to have sexual encounters with Vietnamese boys. Court records say he flew back and forth disguising himself as an English teacher. Some of the boys, according to the DOJ, were lured with promises

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Christopher Edwin Day, 52, traveled to Vietnam to have sexual encounters with Vietnamese boys. Court records say he flew back and forth disguising himself as an English teacher. Some of the boys, according to the DOJ, were lured with promises

Highlights

  • Christopher Edwin Day, 52, traveled to Vietnam to have sexual encounters with minor Vietnamese boys.
  • Court records say he flew back and forth disguising himself as an English teacher.
  • Some of the boys, according to the DOJ, were lured with promises of money and gifts.
  • Homeland Security investigated the case in Tampa and in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
  • It was part of Project Safe Childhood, which was an effort to find child sex abuse started in 2006 by the DOJ.
  • Day pleaded guilty to two counts of travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, the DOJ says.