Bill Conradt

Suicide of Bill Conradt

Louis William "Bill" Conradt Jr., an American local assistant district attorney in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, died by suicide via gunshot on Sunday, November 5, 2006, when Texas police served him with search and arrest warrants stemming from a Dateline NBC – Perverted-Justice online sting of men soliciting sex with children. Perverted-Justice and Dateline conducted their sting, attracting men to a bait house in Murphy, Texas. Conradt was one of the men who solicited the PJ volunteer masquerading as a minor, but did not travel to Murphy. Instead, a group of police, Dateline, and PJ personnel executed inaccurate arrest and search warrants at Conradt's home in Terrell, Texas. After SWAT breached the house, Conradt shot himself. The suicide was another point of contention over To Catch a Predator's three-party relationship between law enforcement, civilian, and the news media.

Data Source : Wikipedia

• Entity:  Event

• Date:  November 05, 2006
• Type:  Suicide Precluding Arrest
• Reporter:  Chris Hansen
• Filmed by:  Nbc Camera Crew
• Participants:  Dateline Nbc, Murphy Police, Perverted-Justice, Terrell Police
• Outcome:  Undisclosed Lawsuit Settled Out Of Court In June 2008 • Cancellation Of New Episodes Of To Catch A Predator
• Wikidata description:  Suicide Of American District Attorney
• Wikidata label:  Suicide Of Louis Conradt
• Wikidata aliases:  Suicide Of Louis Conradt

• Related Topics:  Kaufman County, Texas, Collin County, Texas, Suicides By Firearm In Texas, Internet Vigilantism, Television Controversies In The United States