It gives me comfort to know for these nasty guys that someone is going to see them and keep them from hurting someone else. “Honestly this is the best kind of therapy for this kind of situation,” she said. Pretty soon, she was posing as a “nerdy, punk teen” on various social media apps. After talking it through with her husband, Hilton emailed Fellows to volunteer. Hilton, too, followed other pedophile hunters on YouTube and a few months ago found Fellows’ Colorado Ped Patrol channel. “I wasn’t saying no, but I wasn’t saying yes.” “There were times where it wasn’t really consensual, but they didn’t ask,” she said. She suffers from depression and anxiety, and she continues to get therapy for the trauma. Looking back, she realizes she was being sexually assaulted. That relationship ended, but Hilton, now 34, said, “I got lost on that loop.” She had sexual relationships with much older men that she met online throughout her teens. “To this day, I freaking regret it because who knows if I’d told her what happened, I could have saved his little girls or some other little girls,” she said. Hilton denied knowing the man and hung up. That man’s wife discovered Hilton’s name and phone number and called. “I’ve always had a passion for this,” he said.Īt 12, Hilton joined an online chat group and soon found herself in a sexual relationship with a much older, married man who had children. He set aside his window-washing business and now runs Colorado Ped Patrol out of his Westminster home, relying on financial support from his followers to make ends meet. After his first catch, Fellows was motivated to do more. He watched other online citizen predator stings and decided during the winter that he would give it a try. That man is in prison, Fellows, 39, said. One of Fellows’ sons was sexually abused by a relative. The pursuit to expose pedophiles and facilitate their arrests is personal for Fellows and Hilton. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close MenuĪndy Cross, The Denver PostColorado Ped Patrol volunteer decoy Celeste Hilton, works on her hair and makeup before taking a selfie and running it through software to make her look like a 13-year-old girl in preparation for a possible “catch” in Westminster on July 28, 2021.
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