A convicted pedophile accused of murdering a 9-year-old girl after he kidnapped, raped and tortured her 26 years ago is set to appear Thursday in front of a Missouri judge. Cox, a St. Louis native, has been in federal custody for his role in a 2003 child pornography ring. In 1997, Cox became a ringleader in an international child pornography network known as the "Shadowz Brotherhood." Users who posted a certain number of images could then gain access to even more sexually explicit images involving minors. In all, federal agents found more than 45,000 images and videos of child pornography on his computer.

Source: Fox News August 20, 2020 18:56 UTC