(Click image to enlarge.)Alleged Canadian pedophile Christopher Paul Neil has been arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
Showing the Thai affection for legal theater previously seen when John Mark Karr was arrested, police paraded the 32-year-old Neil before the press after his capture in Nakhon Ratchafima, a town located 130 miles from Bangkok. He looked like an unhappy, accused pedophile version of the electronica star Moby.
Neil may have been in the process of securing new victims, according to a report published online by CNN International. He was reportedly staying with a boyfriend, a Thai transvestite who goes by "Ohm."
The True Crime Weblog may have been one of the first online publications to make Christopher Paul Neil's MySpace addresses public. Those have since been taken offline, but rudimentary mirrors of both Neil's profile and his weblog can be seen here:
http://mirror.huffsblog.com/cpasianeilmyspace.htm;When the main profile page was saved, one of Neil's remaining friends was indeed a 25-year-old male using the screen name "Ohm." His page is still up: http://www.myspace.com/ohm335.
http://mirror.huffsblog.com/cpasianeilmyspaceblog.cfm.htm.
The London Times Online says that it was through his connection to Ohm that Neil was ultimately tracked and captured:
Thai police tracked down Ohm's real name and monitored his mobile phone calls, finally tracing the pair to a rented property in Nakhon Ratchasimam where they were both held.According to CNN, Thailand may have first dibs on prosecuting Neil. He will then be extradited to Canada to face prosecution there.
