177 The Creek Kings Case – With Mark Williams

177 The Creek Kings Case – With Mark Williams

What happens when modern poaching meets social media fame? Ohio Wildlife Officer Mark Williams

shares the story of the Creek Kings case, an investigation that exposed years of illegal deer hunting

hidden behind a successful YouTube channel. What began with a park visitor finding hunting equipment

in a metro park quickly grew into a massive digital investigation involving trail cameras, cell phone data,

deleted evidence, fake hunting locations, sponsorship money, and some very ambitious trophy hunters.

Mark takes us through the case from the first clue to the final sentencing and explains how technology

helped both the offenders and the officers who caught them.

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