Bad Bad Teacher

(06/11/08 - Initial BBT Report)

William H. Constable, 54, a former volunteer coach for the sailing team at Nantucket High School in Nantucket, Massachusetts has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison on seven counts of sexual exploitation of children and one count of possession of child pornography.

Constable admitted recording himself sexually assaulting at least 30 young girls, some as young as 5-years-old, during annual trips to Southeast Asia over a 14 year period. The sexual assaults are said to have occurred in Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam.

Constable came to the attention of police when he left a digital recorder behind after staying in a Cape Cod hotel room. A hotel employee discovered the child pornography and called police.

In addition to 25 years in prison, Constable was also sentenced to serve a life term of supervised release, pay a $50,000 fine, and forfeit property used in his crimes.

10/02/08 - William H. Constable Is Deceased

William H. Constable died while incarcerated in the Metropolitan Detention Center Federal Prison
in New York in August.

In the immediate wake of Constable’s death a prison spokesperson indicated that no cause of death was known but that he was not attacked by other inmates.

An in-depth autopsy was conducted and the medical examiner has now concluded that William Constable died of natural causes, associated with heart disease.

As is so frequently the case, this latest information on William Constable came to our attention by way of a tip from one of our many fine readers and for that we are extremely grateful. We had completely missed news of Mr. Constable’s passing.

References:

Child pornographer died of natural causes (10/02/008)

Cause of Constable’s death still unexplained (08/19/08)

Mass. man convicted of child porn dies in prison (08/15/08)

Nantucket Man Gets 25 Years For Child Porn (06/11/08)

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