John Dupee

John Michael Dupee
Aliases	John Santoro Johnny Connecticut
Relatives	Debbie Dupee (mother) Brandon Dupee 1983-2016 (brother) Lindsay Dupee 1985-2016 (sister) Son Cousin
Affiliation /Occupation	Former package handler
Biographical information
Marital status	Single
Date of birth	December 29, 1974
Physical description
Gender	Male
Height	6'1"
Weight	170 lbs
Eye color	Blue
Hair Color	Brown

John Michael Dupee is a suspected predator caught in the Fairfield, Connecticut sting. He is best known for his adamant denial about his intentions, as well as his tall, skinny, creepy appearance which even made the decoy visibly uncomfortable beyond her usual nervous persona.

Chat with Decoy

40-year-old John Michael Dupee, a former package handler, started an internet conversation on Whisper with a decoy posing as a 13-year-old girl named "Bailey." Dupee also started an internet conversation with another decoy posing as a 13-year-old girl named "Brittany“. During their texts and voice chats, it was established that John preferred the decoy to call him "Boo" while he primarily referred to the decoy as "Baby"". He actually began one of the calls featured on the show by saying, "Hey babeeee!" in a long and drawn out tone.

Hansen Vs Predator Interview

Dupee giving the decoy Snapple, Cheetos, and dark chocolate.

Dupee went to the sting home and had his sister drop him off without telling her why. He brought a plastic bag with him when he entered the sting home. Dupee smugly presented Snapple, Cheetos, and dark chocolate when the decoy inquired as to what he had packed. When the decoy asked what he wanted to do,  Dupee requested a hug and raised his arms. This made the decoy feel very uncomfortable, causing her to bolt right out of the room. Dupee attempted to pursue her, which led Chris Hansen to emerge and call out, "Hey boo." He commanded Dupee to take a seat. According to Dupee, he planned on staying and watch football with the girl. Dupee lied about his age, saying he was 30, and the girl's age, saying she was 14, respectively. Dupee stated that they "hit it off as friends" and that they were "just talking." When asked which team was playing,  Dupee replied with a snappy "Steelers and Ravens." Dupee then acknowledged that he had previously worked for UPS as a package handler. He denied having previously interacted online with an underage girl online. Hansen soon disproved his claim, saying he had the chat logs of his conversations with a different decoy pretending to be a 13-year-old girl named "Brittany." Hansen began to read from the explicit conversation log that Dupee had with "Bailey."

Dupee claimed there "were no intentions made by it" and denied having any condoms with him.  He insisted that he wanted to "hang out" and "get to know her."  When Hansen questioned him about wanting to hold the dummy after they had only recently met, Dupee declared he always gave people a "hello hug."  In spite of having discussed it with the decoy online, he also denied wanting to stay the night with her. When Dupee's phone began to ring, he acknowledged that his cousin had called. Then he acknowledged that his sister had no idea that he was hanging out with a 13-year-old girl. After Hansen asked what his sister would say, Dupee replied that she would probably say, "Don't do anything stupid." As this point, Dupee started to sweat profusely. He maintained that he had only come over to watch football at the house. Dupee declared that he wasn't a "bad guy" and that he erred in judgment. Chris asked a hypothetical question to John: If he were a father of a 13 year old girl, would he be comfortable with this behavior? Flabbergasted at the remark, he nervously replied, "I mean, it depends on that-- I mean, if I'm a good person? Um, you know, like..." Dupee claimed he was only "playing with her" and seeing "where she was" as Hansen continued to read from the chatlog. Dupee kept saying he just wanted to hang out and didn't want to have sex with the girl. After Hansen disclosed who he was and the cameras were revealed, Dupee quickly stood up and headed straight for the garage. He attempted to escape through a curtain, but officers apprehended and arrested him.

Police interview

Dupee would begin to cry when he signed away his right to remain silent. He acknowledged at the police station that he visited the sting home to meet with "Bailey." Dupee clarified that he mostly discussed a variety of subjects with the decoy. He repeated his claim that he was only planning to watch the Steelers and the Ravens football game with the decoy.  He said the girl looked like she was 17 in her profile picture. Dupee claimed he initially didn't think the girl was 13 and that he hugged everyone he encountered for the first time. Dupee insisted that they would only watch the football game together and not engage in any sexual activity. The investigators then started reading the chatlog.  They urged Dupee tell the truth, saying they didn't believe that he was not intending to have intercourse with the decoy.

Dupee asserted that he had been "single and lonely" and that he "hit it off" with the young girl. Dupee was informed by a female investigator that it was disgusting and dangerous for a 40-year-old man to be hanging out with a 13-year-old child who was home alone. Dupee claimed that he would have told the girl that they couldn't have sex. He claimed that his sibling would have picked him up again. The male investigator became impatient and declared that there was only one reason a grown guy would be at a girl's house: sex. Additionally, the female investigator noted that Dupee went for a hug right after entering the sting home. Noting that it was extremely unsettling for a grown man to act that way toward a young child. The male detective described Dupee's lies as "bullshit" and pressed him to tell the truth. Dupee admitted to being on bail for a prior offense as he continued to sob. 

Legal consequences

Dupee was charged with three felony counts: criminal attempted second degree sexual assault, attempted risk of injury to a minor, and enticing a minor in an obscene performance. Dupee appeared before state Superior Court Judge Robert Devlin in March of 2016 and entered a plea of guilty to all three of the felony counts he was up against. People in the audience, many of whom were also waiting to appear before the same judge, made lewd comments and catcalled Dupee during his hearing. Judge Devlin stopped the plea hearing because they were being too loud and ordered some of them to leave. Dupee was scheduled to be sentenced on May 13 of that year, and he could have spent up to four years behind bars. Dupee's sentencing date was changed however, and on August 12, 2016, he was sentenced to eight years in prison suspended after serving three years. He was also sentenced to ten years of probation and had to register as a sex offender for ten years.

Incidents while in prison

In December 2016, while Dupee was still serving his sentence, a Maine police chief expressed her worries to a Connecticut state trooper about Dupee's 33-year-old brother Brandon Dupee being under the influence because of his driving. When the trooper smelled marijuana coming from Brandon's vehicle, he asked for him to stop. The Norwalk police were contacted after the officer reported Brandon's slow, labored movements, slurred speech, and apparent disorientation. The officers reported that Brandon failed the criteria after performing a standard field sobriety test. According to reports, a police K-9 notified officers to the presence of drugs in the driver's car. The amount of marijuana found inside the car, according to the authorities, was less than four ounces.

Brandon allegedly "refused by conduct" to consent to a breath test while at the police station. He was charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence and possession of a controlled substance of less than four ounces of marijuana. To post his bond, he called his 31-year-old sister Lindsay Dupee. At 12:25 a.m., he was freed after securing a $500 bond by a bondsman. Brandon's license was seized and the police informed both of the siblings that Brandon's driving privileges had been suspended. A little more than an hour later, Brandon decided to take the wheel of a 2010 Honda Accord and quickly swerved off the road, striking a tree. Both siblings were both pronounced dead on the scene and had to be mechanically extricated after.

Release

Dupee was released from prison on July 24, 2018. Following his release from prison, Dupee ended up homeless and was last seen at a homeless shelter in Connecticut. In October 2021, Dupee was arrested once more for breaking the terms of his probation related to the drug charge and the sting charges. From October 2021 to June 2022, Dupee remained imprisoned. Dupee is now currently free on bail and was due back in court on September 14, 2022, for another hearing. He has since been residing in a shelter for recovering addicts.

Trivia

• He can be viewed on the RSO list here.

Links

• Hansen Vs Predator: Former Mail Carrier String - Crime Watch Daily
• John Dupee Uncut
• John Dupee Police Interrogation