C.H., a 12-year-old boy, was groomed and forced to appear in pornography by Michael Alvin Krause, his homeschool teacher.
Krause befriended the boy’s mother, Misty Hebert, and grandmother Nancy Hunt, claiming that he had been “a Pentecostal preacher and had helped ‘problem teens’ by home-schooling them.” Hebert pulled C.H. from school after he experienced problems and engaged Krause to be C.H.’s homeschool teacher. Eventually C.H. began living with Krause in his trailer, where Krause took nude photos of C.H.
The abuse came to light when Krause took C.H. on a trip to Wisconsin and Hebert was informed by Wisconsin authorities that Krause had previously been investigated for “possession of child pornography and abuse of two other boys,” the 10- and 11-year-old sons of his former roommate Betty Baum. Hebert entered Krause’s trailer and found computers containing nude photos of C.H. and the two other boys. She turned the evidence over to the Texas authorities.
Krause was found guilty of possession of child pornography and indecency with a child sexual contact. He was sentenced to nine years in prison.
Date: December 8, 2003
Location: Gilchrist, Texas
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| Documents: | Date: |
| Child pornography collector faces prison | 11-15-2005 |
| Michael Alvin KRAUSE v. The STATE of Texas | 07-12-2007 |
| Krause v. Leonard | 02-18-2009 |
| KRAUSE, MICHAEL ALVIN | 08-30-2011 |
