Keith Killingsworth, 38, of Coeur d’Alene, was sentenced Tuesday to over six years in prison for possessing sexually explicit images of children, according to U.S. Attorney Wendy Olson.
United States District Judge Stanley Bastian ordered Killingsworth to pay $1,500 in restitution to a child in the images he possessed, and to serve fifteen years of supervised release upon his release from prison.
Killingsworth pleaded guilty to the charge on September 15 of this year.
According to the plea agreement, between July and December 2013, investigators with the Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force discovered that a computer in Coeur d’Alene, was making sexually-explicit images of minors available on the Internet. ICAC investigators were able to determine the images were being shared from a computer at Killingsworth’s home.
After obtaining a search warrant, ICAC investigators seized a number of computers from Killingsworth’s residence, Olson said. A United States Secret Service forensic examiner later found that one of these computers, found in Killingsworth’s bedroom, contained over 2,000 images and 67 videos, depicting children engaged in sexually-explicit conduct.
“Search terms indicated that Killingsworth was looking for child pornography. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children determined that Killingsworth’s child pornography collection included images of minors from multiple states, including Washington, Indiana, New Jersey, Iowa, Texas, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and a number of foreign countries,” Olson said.
The case was investigated by the Coeur d’Alene Police Department, the Kootenai County Prosecutor’s Office, Boise Police Department, and the United States Secret Service. These agencies participate in the Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, a statewide coalition of local, state and federal law enforcement and prosecution agencies, focused on apprehending and prosecuting
