Boston Man Planned to Rape, Kill, and Eat Children

[The Skeletal Atheist]

If you can't already by the title, this article's pretty fucking disturbing
[spoil:3foyrv57](CNN) -- A Boston-area man, who was planning to kidnap children, lock them in a basement dungeon, rape and eat them, should be imprisoned for at least 27 years, federal authorities said in court documents filed this week.

Geoffrey Portway pleaded guilty in May to distribution and possession of child pornography and solicitation to commit a crime of violence, according to court documents. He is scheduled to be sentenced on September 17.

"Portway has pled guilty to some of the most vile and heinous crimes known to our society," federal prosecutors wrote in a sentencing recommendation.

But a lawyer for the 40-year-old defendant told CNN his client "lived in a fantasy world" and there was no evidence he harmed any child.

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Portway went by the moniker "Fat Longpig" during his online chats, according to court documents. It was these chats that put Portway on the radar screen of police.

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When his home in Worcester was searched last year, authorities found tens of thousands of computer images and videos of child pornography and 4,500 exchanges of child pornography between Portway and the people he chatted with online. The images included children being cooked and prepared to be eaten, court documents said. Those photographs are sealed.

Authorities also found a locked basement, court documents show. Photos taken the day of Portway's arrest, and released by prosecutors, show a narrow wooden staircase leading downstairs to a soundproof room.

It was furnished with a metal cage with a circular hole for feeding, a rusted and worn steel-topped table, as well as multiple kinds of metal bondage equipment. A child-sized coffin made of plywood was found on the floor nearby.

Portway's lawyer, Richard J. Sweeney, told CNN that Tuesday's sentencing hearing will be "the proper time to address all the issues addressed by the government." But he added, "There's no evidence at all of Geoffrey being involved with any child or harming any child."

"Geoffrey lived in a fantasy world where he did live-action role playing, did things online unrelated to child porn and cannibalism. A lot of the chats that he had were, in his mind, fantasy," Sweeney said. "When they went out to the other people he was talking to, these other people actually had kids they were taking photos of. Geoffrey did not have any kids he had abducted, though he certainly talked about it."

Photographs reviewed by CNN show handcuffs, rope intended for bondage, mouth gags, and castration tools. A large box of frozen raw chicken, near a handful of disposable scalpels, was photographed by investigators near two industrial-sized freezers.

In the kitchen, a jug of bleach was seen by the doorway, while a red child-sized "onesie" lay on the countertop, amid snacks and disposable syringes. A butcher kit containing plastic gloves, multiple knives and other items was photographed in the sink.

Among a DVD collection, the documents show, were titles such as "Human Beast," "Hansel and Gretel," "The Real Cannibal Holocaust," "The Genesis Children," "Cannibal the Musical," and "Cannibal Ferox," a film with the tagline "Make them die slowly."

Online chats, seized by police, showed Portway call his basement a "dungeon" where he intended to "keep kidnapped children while he sexually abused them and as a place to eventually murder and cannibalize the children."

Two other men who chatted with Portway have already been convicted.

One was a puppeteer who, authorities say, plotted with Portway to kidnap children the puppeteer knew from his work at a local Florida church.

"Portway's collection is truly chilling and demonstrates a real risk based upon which the Court should sentence Portway to a substantial term of years in order to protect the public," prosecutors said.[/spoil:3foyrv57]

Some pretty sick shit. At the very least they guy plead guilty so that society is spared having to go though a lengthy and even more disturbing trial. Here's hoping the sentencing goes well and this sick fuck is locked up for a long, long time.

[spoil:3foyrv57]Though I have no fucking idea what the raw chicken has to do with anything...[/spoil:3foyrv57]

[Solitary]

He must have been an atheist eating small children, a good Christian would never do such a thing. :shock:   :-$      Solitary

[stromboli]

I was gonna say- does he post on the forum?  :(

[Shiranu]

Here's hoping the sentencing goes well and this sick fuck is locked up for a long, long time.

I rather see if he could be treated than tortured, but to each their own.

[Hydra009]

Portway went by the moniker "Fat Longpig" during his online chats, according to court documents. It was these chats that put Portway on the radar screen of police.

Not exactly Mr. Incognito, this one.

[Jason78]

Two other men who chatted with Portway have already been convicted.

One was a puppeteer who, authorities say, plotted with Portway to kidnap children the puppeteer knew from his work at a local Florida church.

I've always found puppets creepy.

[AllPurposeAtheist]

Two other men who chatted with Portway have already been convicted.

One was a puppeteer who, authorities say, plotted with Portway to kidnap children the puppeteer knew from his work at a local Florida church.

I've always found puppets creepy.

Local Florida church puppeteers really creep me out a lot more, especially child eating local Florida church puppeteers. :-$

[Smartmarzipan]

Gawd, I was reading about this earlier....did anyone see the pictures of his home? The cage and bondage gear and the little coffin and the...raw chicken he was practicing on with scalpels?

Uhhhh, the whole thing makes me nauseated. I'm glad they caught him before he raped/killed anyone. Sick fuck.

[The Skeletal Atheist]

Here's hoping the sentencing goes well and this sick fuck is locked up for a long, long time.

I rather see if he could be treated than tortured, but to each their own.

I didn't advocate torture anywhere in my post. He obviously has some severe problems, problems that make it better for him to be separated from society for as long as possible.

Gawd, I was reading about this earlier....did anyone see the pictures of his home? The cage and bondage gear and the little coffin and the...raw chicken he was practicing on with scalpels?

Uhhhh, the whole thing makes me nauseated. I'm glad they caught him before he raped/killed anyone. Sick fuck.

Oh, that's where the raw chicken came in.... :vom:

[Shiranu]

I didn't advocate torture anywhere in my post. He obviously has some severe problems, problems that make it better for him to be separated from society for as long as possible.

I'm assuming you are talking about prison.

If you mean an asylum, then I'm an idiot :P.

[Aletheia]

Here's hoping the sentencing goes well and this sick fuck is locked up for a long, long time.

I'm more inclined to painless euthanasia, as there isn't much left to salvage from this individual and keeping him alive poses a risk to society. Rehabilitation is not possible.

It's much akin to having a wolf among sheep. It is in his nature to kill the flock (in this case, the lambs).

[The Skeletal Atheist]

I didn't advocate torture anywhere in my post. He obviously has some severe problems, problems that make it better for him to be separated from society for as long as possible.

I'm assuming you are talking about prison.

If you mean an asylum, then I'm an idiot :P.

I don't favor one over the other in this case. If they think he can be treated and decide that an asylum is best for him that's fine with me, I'm also fine with prison. All that matters to me is that he is kept away from society and monitered. Sometimes it's more about containment than punishment or rehabilitation.

[Jason78]

I'm more inclined to painless euthanasia, as there isn't much left to salvage from this individual and keeping him alive poses a risk to society. Rehabilitation is not possible.

It's much akin to having a wolf among sheep. It is in his nature to kill the flock (in this case, the lambs).

I still hold the belief that there's merit in the scientific study of such individuals.  Who knows how many lives could be saved by figuring out exactly what went wrong in his brain?

[Shiranu]

I'm more inclined to painless euthanasia, as there isn't much left to salvage from this individual and keeping him alive poses a risk to society. Rehabilitation is not possible.

It's much akin to having a wolf among sheep. It is in his nature to kill the flock (in this case, the lambs).

I still hold the belief that there's merit in the scientific study of such individuals.  Who knows how many lives could be saved by figuring out exactly what went wrong in his brain?

This.

Even if you don't care about fixing him there is a lot we can still learn from him. Taking all emotion out of the picture, he is far more useful with his brain on than off.

[The Skeletal Atheist]

I'm more inclined to painless euthanasia, as there isn't much left to salvage from this individual and keeping him alive poses a risk to society. Rehabilitation is not possible.

It's much akin to having a wolf among sheep. It is in his nature to kill the flock (in this case, the lambs).

I still hold the belief that there's merit in the scientific study of such individuals.  Who knows how many lives could be saved by figuring out exactly what went wrong in his brain?

This.

Even if you don't care about fixing him there is a lot we can still learn from him. Taking all emotion out of the picture, he is far more useful with his brain on than off.

I'm extremely in favor of this, actually. Once again my main concern is keeping him away from society. After that goal is achieved, if we can pick his brain then all the better. I sometimes find myself on the side of the death penalty when I see someone doing something especially horrendous, but that's more of a knee jerk emotional reaction TBH. I honestly don't care what happens to the person, but if we can extract some information that could be used to help prevent such things, or even understand such things, then it is better that we keep such horrid individuals alive for study.