Accused child porn suspect found dead in Mexico of unknown causes
Friday, June 24th 2011, 4:00 AM
Moshe Gerstein, an attorney accused of child pornography, was found dead in Mexico.
A Manhattan lawyer was found dead in Mexico City two days after prosecutors unmasked him as part of a kiddie porn-swapping ring, officials said yesterday.
The body of Harvard Law graduate Moshe Gerstein, 35, was discovered June 16. The circumstances of his death were unclear, and his family could not be reached.
Neighbors at a W. 60th St. luxury rental building where investigators executed a warrant on his computer in May said the married Gerstein moved a month ago.
Prosecutors said they found 5,000 images of sexual assaults on kids on the computer. He was nabbed March 11, one of 26 men accused of trading child porn.
He was released on $5,000 bail and faced up to seven years in prison.
News of Gerstein's death was first published in an obituary by his family in a small Massachusetts newspaper, The Republican, and more widely circulated by a legal website, Abovethelaw.com.
A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Mexico confirmed the death.
"Consular officials are aware of the death and have been assisting the family," spokesman Alexander Featherstone told Reuters.
The body of Harvard Law graduate Moshe Gerstein, 35, was discovered June 16. The circumstances of his death were unclear, and his family could not be reached.
Neighbors at a W. 60th St. luxury rental building where investigators executed a warrant on his computer in May said the married Gerstein moved a month ago.
Prosecutors said they found 5,000 images of sexual assaults on kids on the computer. He was nabbed March 11, one of 26 men accused of trading child porn.
He was released on $5,000 bail and faced up to seven years in prison.
News of Gerstein's death was first published in an obituary by his family in a small Massachusetts newspaper, The Republican, and more widely circulated by a legal website, Abovethelaw.com.
A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Mexico confirmed the death.
"Consular officials are aware of the death and have been assisting the family," spokesman Alexander Featherstone told Reuters.
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