Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Traveling to Sexually Abuse Minors
Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Traveling to Sexually Abuse Minors
International / National: United States / Florida – On May 16, 2022, a Florida man was sentenced to life in prison for traveling from Florida to Vietnam to engage in sex acts with numerous Vietnamese minors he met and communicated with online.
Christopher Edwin Day, 52, of Saint Petersburg, pleaded guilty in February 2020 to two counts of traveling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and two counts of attempting to coerce and entice a minor into illegal sexual activity. According to court documents and statements made in connection with Day’s plea and sentencing, Day traveled from Florida to Vietnam on two separate occasions in 2015 and 2016 to engage in sex acts with minor Vietnamese boys. According to court documents, Day flew back and forth to Vietnam posing as an English teacher, and some boys were enticed to Day with money and gifts, while others were introduced to Day as their English teacher.
The announcement was made by Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg for the Middle District of Florida, and Assistant Special Agent in Charge John Dumas of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Tampa.
HSI agents in Tampa and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, investigated the case.
The case was prosecuted by Trial Attorney Kyle P. Reynolds of the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Candace Garcia Rich of the Middle District of Florida.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006 to combat the epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Project Safe Childhood, led by US Attorneys’ Offices and CEOS, marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the internet, as well as identify and rescue victims. To learn more about Project Safe Childhood, go to www.justice.gov/psc.
Anyone with information about suspected child sexual exploitation can call the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 800-843-5678 or submit a tip online at https://report.cybertip.org.
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