Hunt for the twirly-faced pedophile

Mark Frauenfelder 10:29 am Tue Oct 16, 2007

The hunt is on for the suspected pedophile who took photos of himself molesting children, thinking he could hide his identity by "twirling" his face in Photoshop. (See previous BB story here).

Authorities in Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam are searching for the man [Christopher Paul Neil, a 32-year-old Canadian], who allegedly appears in 200 internet images abusing young boys.

Interpol said the suspect had flown from South Korea to Thailand last week.

Interpol appealed for public help after experts unscrambled digitally-swirled internet photos of the suspect.

The photo on the right above, was taken by a security camera in Bangkok airport last week.

Link (Thanks, Tyler!)

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