ANCHORAGE, Alaska—
While in jail, awaiting sentencing for charges related to the possession of child pornography, Anchorage inmate Troy McKenzie continued to self-medicate himself with a mixture of newspaper and magazine cutouts of young children.This day of discovery had been in the making for years. Four years prior, police found countless child abuse images and movies on McKenzie’s computer.
"The officer that was sanitizing his property… found about 373 pictures," according to Anchorage
Correctional Complex Sgt. Ken Killian. Killian, who testified at McKenzie’s April sentencing.
Alaska Cyber Crime Prosecutor Marika Athens also questioned an Alaska Internet Crimes Against
Children (ICAC) detective on the witness stand. "Was that all the child pornography that was on the
computer?," Athens asked.
"No. I stopped at 475," the ICAC officer responded.
McKenzie pleaded guilty and is now serving additional time for the crimes, but the U.S. Justice
Department says McKenzie’s case is just one small example to illustrate the fastest growing crime in
America. The Department of Justice estimates that, since 1996, child pornography crime has increased
by 100 percent each year.
“Not 1 More Child”
Fed up with what they believe is a failure to fully fund the fight against child porn crimes, the National
Association To Protect Children, or PROTECT, has begun a nationwide public service campaign featuring
two well-known abuse victims-turned advocates demanding change.
Elizabeth Smart and Alicia Kozakiewicz are the public faces for PROTECT’s ‘Not One More Child’
campaign, which belies “calling children priceless, is just another way we can say we will not allocate any
money to protect them."
