Michelle Freeman (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
Michael Freeman (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)WASHINGTON -
The nationwide search for a woman accused of producing child pornography is over after two Oregon residents were arrested on federal child exploitation charges.
Authorities say 40-year-old Michelle Lee Freeman and her 39-year-old husband, Michael Serapis Freeman, surrendered to police after they learned that an acquaintance had identified Michelle in photos of a "Jane Doe" that were released by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in August.
Authorities say the Freemans are accused of producing child pornography videos featuring them engaging in sexual contact with two child victims who are both under the age of 10.
The Freemans made their initial appearance in federal court Wednesday afternoon.
The images of the child victims in this case were first discovered by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations in June 2011 during a computer forensics examination of material in a separate child pornography probe. The material was submitted to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's Child Victim Identification Program, the national clearinghouse for child sexual exploitation material. The center determined that the child victims had not yet been identified or rescued.
In June, FBI special agents in Denver conducting an unrelated investigation found additional photos showing the same victims with Michelle. The center has cataloged more than 200 unique images and two videos depicting the victims.
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