How does a Northern Irish teen become one of the world's worst online child sex abusers? Victims, families and police share how catfish killer Alexander McCartney was caught.
DirectorBen O'Loan
Uncovering a Predator
Nov 11, 2024
Twenty-year-old Alexander McCartney from Northern Ireland is questioned by police after a 12-year-old girl in Scotland reports serious catfishing online.
A Race Against Time
Nov 12, 2024
A huge discovery on McCartney’s devices triggers an international investigation as the race to identify thousands of victims across the world gets under way.
Justice
Nov 13, 2024
Homeland Security discovers an obituary page for a 12-year-old girl in West Virginia. Police in Northern Ireland connect the death to McCartney, opening a manslaughter investigation.
