San Jose police: 'Horrendous' molester may have had thousands of victims

By Rachel Konrad
ASSOCIATED PRESS
1:31 p.m. June 16, 2005



SAN JOSE – A convicted child molester jailed in California may have committed sex crimes against thousands of victims, police said Thursday after finding computers, notebooks and meticulous, handwritten lists with more than 36,000 boys' names and codes apparently indicating various sex acts.

Dean Arthur Schwartzmiller, 63, is "one of the most active child molesters we've ever seen," said San Jose Police Lt. Scott Cornfield. Characterizing the case as "horrendous," he appealed for help from the public in identifying more of his victims.

With Schwartzmiller safely behind bars – held without bail on one count of aggravated sexual assault on a child under 14 and six counts of lewd and lascivious conduct on a child under 14, with each count alleging multiple victims – police were trying to reconstruct his movements over the past 30 years.

A message left for Schwartzmiller's public defender, Irma Gallardo, was not immediately returned Thursday.

Police also arrested Schwartzmiller's roommate – another convicted child molester. And during a search of Schwartzmiller's bedroom in San Jose, police discovered at least seven multicolored, spiral-bound notebooks, listing in loopy cursive more than 36,000 children's names – apparently all boys.

The names were categorized according to the type of sex acts performed, the age of the victims and other codes whose meaning is unclear – such as an "F" or "X" at the end of the entry. Many of the entries listed in more than 1,360 pages did not include last names, and some appeared to be repeats, making police cautious about estimating how many people Schwartzmiller may have victimized.

"If one-tenth of these numbers are accurate, we're looking at hundreds of victims in a number of states. The reason we want to tell the world about this is because we believe he's been involved in child molestations in a number of countries," said Cornfield.

Police also arrested Schwartzmiller's roommate, Fred Everts, in their San Jose home. Wanted for violating parole in Oregon related to child molestation charges, Everts also was charged with child molestation in San Jose, including at one count involving one of Schwartzmiller's two alleged victims.

Police also seized several computers and a 6-foot-tall server, which is being analyzed by a forensic lab in Menlo Park. Police suspect the machines will contain images of child pornography, and possibly databases of victims.

Cornfield, who is part of a special police unit specializing in Internet crimes against children, said police are trying to determine whether Schwartzmiller was operating a Web site or otherwise using his computers to lure victims.

Although police say Schwartzmiller appears to have spent much of the past 30 years in California, he has also been arrested on child molestation charges in New York, Idaho, Oregon, Arkansas and Washington. Police said he has also lived in Nevada, Texas and Washington.

Schwartzmiller was arrested in Washington state late last month and extradited to San Jose on June 7. He's also wanted in Oregon on felony sexual assault charges involving a minor. He also served prison time in Idaho for child molestation in the late 1970s. He then lived in Brazil, and was extradited from there to Idaho again in the late 1980s, serving more time there, Cornfield said.

Police say Schwartzmiller has used aliases including Dean Harmon and Dean Miller. He apparently gained the trust of victims and parents by working as a home renovation contractor, and it appears that he didn't register as required, so that his history as a sex offender did not appear in the "Megan's Law" databases in California or other states, they said.

Sgt. Tom Sims, a supervisor with the department's child exploitation division, expressed frustration that Schwartzmiller has been able to live out of jail for most of his life, despite multiple convictions for child molestation in several states.

"There's not a lot parents or the public can do in way of Megan's Law if those people don't register," said Sims. "It's as shocking to me as to you. I've never seen anything like this."

San Jose police got involved after Schwartzmiller allegedly befriended at least two boys in San Jose with gifts, invited them to his house for video games and movies, and molested them.

Appearing on the lawn of a police administration building in San Jose, Cornfield displayed several of the notebooks and three mug shots showing Schwartzmiller both clean-shaven and with a mustache, and in all cases with straggly, unkempt hair and deep bags around his eyes. Cornfield looked at a phalanx of television cameras and spoke directly to parents:

"Pay attention to people who enter your life, who show themselves to be overly interested in children, showering them with gifts," Cornfield implored. "You ought to be supervising your kids."

Police are asking victims or anyone with information about Schwartzmiller to call the San Jose Police Department's child exploitation division at 408-277-4102. People who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 408-947-STOP.

He should be slowly tortured to death in the most painful ways possible.

I suggest lowering his body into a vat of sulfuric acid at a rate of 1 foot per hour.

He should be slowly tortured to death in the most painful ways possible.

Although police say Schwartzmiller appears to have spent much of the past 30 years in California, he has also been arrested on child molestation charges in New York, Idaho, Oregon, Arkansas and Washington. Police said he has also lived in Nevada, Texas and Washington.

how do you say "empalar" in english...because that´s what should be done with this sick fuck...

to impale

^^^By the way, that magician is CLEARLY a child molester.

The question is, were YOU one of them??

With 36,000 victims, the odds are one of them is here.

He should be slowly tortured to death in the most painful ways possible.