December 11, 2019

USA: Missing 11 Year Old Child Surreptitiously Found When Boaz Police Arrested Child Porn Producer Suspect And Wife Accomplice At A Hotel Room In Collinsville, Alabama.


Douglas Brooks Hamilton and Misty Priest (Source: Boaz Police Department/Marshall County Sheriff's Office)

Waff48 News, Alabama local
written by Staff
Tuesday December 10, 2019

BOAZ, Ala. (WAFF) - Boaz police have arrested a child porn suspect.

Police say Douglas Brooks Hamilton was taken into custody at a hotel in Collinsville. He was with a young child who had been reported missing.

He is charged with of production of child pornography.

Police say the child porn did not involve the child at the hotel. There was a different child involved.

Hamilton’s wife, Misty Priest, was also arrested. She is charged with two counts of sexual abuse and one count of production of child pornography.

Police say when they went to arrest Hamilton Tuesday, he was not home. Upon talking to people, they had reason to believe he was evading law enforcement.

Officers then discovered the child was not at school.

Police said after they got information on their whereabouts, the DeKalb County Sheriffs Office responded to the hotel and took Hamilton into custody.

WZDX News published Dec 10, 2019: UPDATE: Boaz Police Department says that Douglas Brooks Hamilton was taken into custody at a hotel in Collinsville, AL and Zane Bradley Priest was found and is now safe.

CBS42 News, Alabama local
written by Erica Pettway
Tuesday December 10, 2019

BOAZ, Ala. (WIAT) — UPDATE (12/10): The missing 11-year-old boy in Boaz has been found safe, according to the Boaz Police Department.

In a Facebook post, Zane Bradley Priest is now safe and a person of interest is now in custody.

Douglas Brooks Hamilton was wanted for the production of child pornography and was said to be in possession of Priest.

Hamilton has now been arrested after being located at a hotel in Collinsville.

No other information has been released at this time. Stay with CBS 42 as this is an ongoing story.


ORIGINAL (12/10): The Boaz Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating Zane Bradley Priest.

Zane Bradley Priest is an 11 year old white male and may be in the company of Douglas Brooks Hamilton.

He was last seen in the area of Brown Street in Boaz, AL at 8:00am on December 10, 2019.

If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of Zane Bradley Priest, please contact the Boaz Police Department at (256) 593-6812 or call 911.



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