Kingsville Child Pornographer Admits To Online Crimes

A Kingsville man who sometimes posed as a woman online to get young boys to send him explicit pictures of themselves pleaded guilty to producing child pornography, officials announced this week. When authorities searched his residence in December 2017, they found devices that had hundreds of videos and pictures of child pornography on them, according to the plea agreement.

Keith Edward Taylor, 33, of Kingsville, had sexually explicit conversations with boys ages 12 to 15 using the instant messaging app Kik, the plea agreement states. There were at least five victims, who lived in states such as Colorado, Massachusetts, Michigan, Iowa and Texas, as well as internationally, officials said.

In some cases, prosecutors said Taylor sent the boys explicit pictures of women and pretended to be a 30-year-old woman to entice the children to send him sexually explicit videos and photos of themselves. Multiple times he asked them to send nude pictures of their full bodies in front of a mirror. In one instance, he tried to get a victim to send pornographic pictures of the victim's sister, the plea agreement states. Taylor's Kik username was whysoserious03, according to his plea agreement.

He also admitted to distributing and trading child pornography online and in December 2017, he encouraged another Kik user as part of a trade to make his stepdaughter strip while he videotaped it, and they discussed the user having sex with his children, the plea agreement says.

Taylor had about 250 videos and more than 600 photographs depicting child pornography on his electronic devices and storage accounts, officials said. Investigators confiscated two laptops, a cell phone, tablet and SD cards when they searched his Kingsville residence, the statement of facts says. Court records show he lived in the 11700 block of Cedar Lane.

Sentencing is scheduled for 3 p.m. on Nov. 30. Taylor may be sentenced to a minimum of 15 years and a maximum of 30 years in prison followed by supervised release.

He will be required to register as a sex offender wherever he lives, studies and works.

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