So, Mr. Laursen taught 10-14 year old children all day and then goes home and watches child *advertiser censored* bondage videos of a little 10 year old girl. He also had his young daughter living with him. Lord help her. And please scroll down to the other articles I posted.....Mr. Laursen's explanation as to why he did this.
I realize that Laursen's arrest was a while back but he's only recently been sentenced. It's seeming to take about 2-3 years right now for a turn-around, due to the backlog of cases.
"KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A former music teacher was sentenced Tuesday to 7½ years in federal prison for possessing and receiving child *advertiser censored* via the Internet. The sentence resulted from an investigation conducted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
William Harold Laursen, 57, of Kansas City, Mo., was sentenced in the Western District of Missouri Oct. 5 to 90 months in federal prison without parole. Laursen, a professional jazz pianist, was a music teacher at Kansas City Academy in Kansas City, Mo., and at CS-1 Junior High School in Prairie Village, Kan.
The court also ordered Laursen to pay $5,000 in restitution to one of his victims, who has been identified as the subject of a nearly two-hour movie that Laursen admitted to downloading over the Internet on Christmas Eve 2007. The victim, who was 10 or 11 years old at the time, was videotaped while being subjected to multiple acts of sexual abuse by her father, including bondage...."
and
".....Laursen's collection of child *advertiser censored* exceeded 5,000 images and 70 movies. This conservative estimate only includes the files that were still active on Laursen's computer, and marks the point at which the reviewing law enforcement agent stopped counting. Laursen's digital collection is among the largest in the history of child exploitation prosecutions in the Western District of Missouri...."
more at link
And:
http://www.pitch.com/2009-07-30/new...tiser censored*-charges-and-tries-to-explain/
A jazz pianist pleads guilty to child-*advertiser censored* charges and tries to explain
"....In the computer room, the lead agent was asking her father if he ever looked at *advertiser censored*. If he ever looked at child *advertiser censored*. The agents wanted to take his computer back to their lab.
Laursen knew he had child *advertiser censored* on his computer. Most of the images were girls about Jess' [pseudonym for his daughter] age in various states of undress...."
more at link
And another, the unedited letter Laursen wrote:
http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/2009/07...aursen_tells_why_he_downloaded_child_porn.php
Reporter's Notebook: Bill Laursen tells you why he downloaded child *advertiser censored*
"...I have been carrying severe emotional pain for most of my life. This pain that had been left untreated for 40 years has brought me to this difficult place I now find myself. I could finish my letter right here; say I'm sorry and bid adieu. But some friends whose judgment I greatly admire have convinced me that I need to tell this story to people I care about. So here it is:......."
more at link
I realize that Laursen's arrest was a while back but he's only recently been sentenced. It's seeming to take about 2-3 years right now for a turn-around, due to the backlog of cases.
"KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A former music teacher was sentenced Tuesday to 7½ years in federal prison for possessing and receiving child *advertiser censored* via the Internet. The sentence resulted from an investigation conducted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
William Harold Laursen, 57, of Kansas City, Mo., was sentenced in the Western District of Missouri Oct. 5 to 90 months in federal prison without parole. Laursen, a professional jazz pianist, was a music teacher at Kansas City Academy in Kansas City, Mo., and at CS-1 Junior High School in Prairie Village, Kan.
The court also ordered Laursen to pay $5,000 in restitution to one of his victims, who has been identified as the subject of a nearly two-hour movie that Laursen admitted to downloading over the Internet on Christmas Eve 2007. The victim, who was 10 or 11 years old at the time, was videotaped while being subjected to multiple acts of sexual abuse by her father, including bondage...."
and
".....Laursen's collection of child *advertiser censored* exceeded 5,000 images and 70 movies. This conservative estimate only includes the files that were still active on Laursen's computer, and marks the point at which the reviewing law enforcement agent stopped counting. Laursen's digital collection is among the largest in the history of child exploitation prosecutions in the Western District of Missouri...."
more at link
And:
http://www.pitch.com/2009-07-30/new...tiser censored*-charges-and-tries-to-explain/
A jazz pianist pleads guilty to child-*advertiser censored* charges and tries to explain
"....In the computer room, the lead agent was asking her father if he ever looked at *advertiser censored*. If he ever looked at child *advertiser censored*. The agents wanted to take his computer back to their lab.
Laursen knew he had child *advertiser censored* on his computer. Most of the images were girls about Jess' [pseudonym for his daughter] age in various states of undress...."
more at link
And another, the unedited letter Laursen wrote:
http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/2009/07...aursen_tells_why_he_downloaded_child_porn.php
Reporter's Notebook: Bill Laursen tells you why he downloaded child *advertiser censored*
"...I have been carrying severe emotional pain for most of my life. This pain that had been left untreated for 40 years has brought me to this difficult place I now find myself. I could finish my letter right here; say I'm sorry and bid adieu. But some friends whose judgment I greatly admire have convinced me that I need to tell this story to people I care about. So here it is:......."
more at link