Fugitive
Schillaci was seen boarding a Greyhound Lines bus and heading for California. Schillaci crossed the Mexico – United States border illegally and remained in Mexico until he was captured and deported, although he traveled within the country.
Schillaci was seen in Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico in March 2000. Before U.S. Marshals could arrive, Schillaci had fled, leaving behind allegations of improper sexual relationships with children in the town. It was believed he was working in a pediatrician's office in 2000. At the time, Schillaci had used several aliases including Jon Willis, Christopher Keegan and Cody Keegan.
Schillaci gained an online following in underground pedophile community and was described as a kingpin in the world of child pornography. His networks helped him to avoid capture twice and gave financial support by donating money to his PayPal account. Using an alias Dylan Thomas (after the Welsh poet), he operated as a DJ for an internet radio show, The Dylan Thomas Show and became a webmaster of BoyChat in 2003. BoyChat is an internet forum for "boylovers", people who discuss their sexual attraction to young boys.
Schillaci was living in Guadalajara, Jalisco from approximately February 2003 until September 2006 under the alias Dylan Natchitoches Pierce. Erick Anderson Lowell was one of his aliases as well.
In 2004, Gregory Alec Phillips, a convicted sex offender from Tennessee, flew from Thailand to Mexico to meet a man he knew as Dylan Thomas. Phillips lived with him for approximately 30 days. Although Phillips later claimed he never witnessed any sexual interactions, he stated that "Thomas" engaged in sex with young boys because "there were little boys in and out of there all the time". After his return to the United States, "Thomas" had asked Phillips to check on the status of "Thomas'" own outstanding warrants.
In 2005, as a part of a story filmed during People v. Jackson trial, Dylan Thomas, a spokesman for the pedophile community, was interviewed by NBC News correspondent Josh Mankiewicz in a Mexican beach. Producers had agreed not to reveal his face or name. The interview never aired.
Schillaci was profiled on the television program America's Most Wanted and he was added to the list of FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives on September 7, 2007. He replaced another sexual predator, Richard Goldberg, who was captured on May 12, 2007. Schillaci is the first fugitive from New Hampshire to have been added to the list. The FBI offered a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading to Schillaci's capture and considered Schillaci extremely dangerous.
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