Franklin Police Department
Camilo Hurtado Campos
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Police say they have arrested a “popular” Tennessee soccer coach after videos were found on his cell phone depicting unconscious boys being raped.
Camilo Hurtado Campos is being held in Franklin, Tennessee, on charges of rape of a child and sexual exploitation of a minor with additional charges expected to be filed, according to a Sunday news release from at the Franklin Police Department.
Police said they were alerted after Campos left his phone at a restaurant and employees checked the device, looking for information about the owner in order to return it.
“What they found, instead, were dozens of indecent videos and pictures of children, and so they called the police,” authorities said in a news release.
Authorities investigated and found hundreds of disturbing images and videos on the 63-year-old’s phone, according to the release. Police said Campos “recorded himself raping unconscious boys between the ages of approximately 9 and 17.”
So far, the rapes of “at least 10 children” have been found on the phone, and detectives were able to identify three of the victims, according to police.
“Five others that we did not know also arrived. We are nowhere near the end of our review of the evidence in this horrific case,” Franklin police said in a tweet Monday.
Detectives say the victims may not have known they were raped because they were in an unconscious state.
Campos has lived in the town of Franklin, south of Nashville, for the past two decades.
The soccer coach allegedly frequented school playgrounds where he would approach and recruit kids to play soccer, many of whom he would later invite to his home after gaining their trust, authorities said in the release.
Franklin police are still trying to identify the remaining children and would like to hear from anyone who was associated with Campos.
Campos’ bond was set at $525,000, a spokesman for the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office said.
It is unclear whether Campos has retained legal representation.
