Man in child-porn tape pleads guilty

CINCINNATI (AP) -- A television news program playing in the background of a child porn video led investigators to the man who made the tape, prosecutors said.
Daniel Ostenkamp, 33, of Cincinnati, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court to eight charges of rape and 11 charges of pandering sexually oriented material. Sentencing will be next month.
The trail started with U.S. Customs stopping an illegal immigrant from Austria while he was in Polk County, Fla. An examination of his computer led authorities to a Polk County man, whose computer turned up photos and videos of Ostenkamp having sex with a 12-year-old boy, according to Hamilton County Prosecutor Mike Allen.
Florida detectives enhanced a television news broadcast playing in the background of the sex tape, saw a story about a crime, and traced that to Cincinnati. Then they called the Hamilton County sheriff's office.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children identified the boy in the tape, said Marty Arthur, a U.S. postal inspector who helped in the investigation. He and other boys led authorities to Ostenkamp, Arthur said.
Though people often are caught possessing child pornography, it's rare to track down whoever made it, Allen said.