George Zinn, who allegedly fabricated a confession in the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, has been arrested on charges of obstruction of justice and possession of child sexual abuse material, Utah authorities said.
Zinn, 71, was arrested at the scene of the September 10 shooting at Utah Valley University in Orem after shouting, “I shot him, now shoot me.” He later told investigators he faked the confession to help the real suspect—later identified as Tyler Robinson—escape, according to a probable cause statement.
Authorities said an investigation into Zinn led to the discovery of explicit material on his phone, including more than 20 images of children between the ages of 5 and 12. Court records also cite graphic messages in which Zinn admitted to being aroused by the material.
According to court documents obtained by TMZ, FBI agents interviewed Zinn at the hospital where he was taken after complaining of chest pain. During that interview, Zinn admitted to viewing child sexual abuse material and said he was “sexually aroused” by children.
Investigators reportedly found images of underage girls in their underwear on his phone.
First off, I am in no way, shape or form defending the use of child pornography here …
but I have to wonder if the authorities are telling the whole truth. I mean how many paedophiles would only have a few pics on their phone?
Never mind the ‘authorities’ (aka cops) saying he admitted to being aroused by the pics.
It all sounds more than a little sus to me. Time will tell if the charges stand or are dismissed.
I might normally agree, but we are also talking about a guy who just decided to fake a confession to murder on the scene. That was his first impulse. Whatever supposed justification he had for that (which also seems doubtful), it does not fill me with confidence that he is of sound mind and applying reason to his actions. And if he is lucid, it really seems like he’s trying to go to jail. Could be trying to get medical care or something along those lines? If that were the case, that might explain both his fake confession and his small collection of CP in his phone.
This sounds like someone sent him CP and he replied to them saying he liked them.
The relatively low number of images compared to most offenders you hear about doesn’t point to a pattern of sustained offending.
It sounds like this guy is seriously weird.