
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, May 18, 1990                   TAG: 9005180863
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: EVENING 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: ALEXANDRIA                                LENGTH: Short

`SNUFF FILM' CONSPIRATOR GIVEN 33 YEARS/ JUDGE SAYS PLANS TO KILL BOY IN PORN

A man convicted of plotting to kidnap, torture and murder a young boy to produce a pornographic movie was sentenced today to 33 years in prison.

U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis told the defendant, Daniel T. dePew, 28, of Alexandria, that he rejected dePew's claim that the plans were "a fantasy."

"There's no doubt in my mind that you intended to go through with it," Ellis said.

DePew was convicted in March on two counts of conspiracy. He faced a maximum life prison term.

In the trial, during which details of violent acts and the lifestyle of sadomasochistic homosexuals were discussed, dePew claimed he was too intimidated to get out of the plot.

A co-defendant, Dean Lambey, 34, of Richmond, pleaded guilty in November to conspiracy and sexual exploitation charges and was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

DePew and Lambey were arrested in August following a six-month investigation that began when undercover police in San Jose, Calif., contacted Lambey through a computer bulletin board he used to advertise his interest in sex with children.

by CNB