you're the child's Dad yeah she hasn't
seen me in a very long time so she kind
of freaked out and said where's my mom
you're not my dad what's Mom's name
might be Isis might be Katrina you're
trying to get a kid to come with you
somewhere that is not where his parents
are that's not acceptable here or
anywhere but he said hi and I said do I
know you yeah the kid was probably very
confused are you attracted to kids well
they're beautiful creatures yeah I'm
attracted to
kids be entertained we figure out what's
going on okay perfect that's a good idea
thank you on Tuesday August 3rd 2021 a
parent worst nightmare shockingly comes
to life when a strange man tries to lure
a 10-year-old child onto a nearby boat
terrified the young girl attempts to
flee from the man and approaches a few
employees working at coural Lane Idaho
Paras sailing the child quickly hides
behind the workers and shakily tells
them of the horrifying ordeal to which
the owner Benjamin Rodriguez discreetly
dials 911 however the disturbing
nightmare is far from over as police
soon come face to face with their
deranged suspect who will go on to make
one of the most shocking confessions
ever caught on tap when authorities
arrive on the scene Benjamin frantically
makes his way to an officer wasting no
time and divulging The Twisted Tail this
girl that's over there the girl's crying
com us saying this guy's cl to take it
this guy claims it's his daughter the
girl has not going with it which over
with another off yeah I don't know
another officer so I'm getting the
picture of this guy's trying to take her
so I'm like we'll still try to find a
parent right all right so I'm walking
trying to play along cuz I know it's
like not adding up so we head over to
the grass cuz he's he's like I I'm good
I'm good I can go I can go so he goes
some random girl that's the kid's mom
hey Miss are you missing a kid no I
don't know kid I this guy the guy's like
well I don't know what to tell you but I
got to go and I'm like no buddy I'm with
you here you know I'm leaving here
trying to take this girl and the girl
came to us trying to get away from this
what's mom look like oh I forget okay
well how do you know the mom I'm I'm her
husband well we haven't been married in
three years we're not quite married
we're not actually going to get married
but we might and it's like this freaking
blue sense man officers quickly learn
that the man in question is 42-year-old
John Marshall Randolf as they approach
their suspect it's blatantly clear that
absolutely nothing is adding up how
however their questions will be answered
soon enough how did you come across the
child you said she was down down there
by the parisel right I don't think so
okay take your hands out of your pockets
for me thank you I don't know I had I
had a friend shot in the face because
somebody had their hands in their
pockets so you know we can continue this
okay or you can pay attention to what
I'm I'm asking you and telling you okay
thank you now you came across child down
by the Paras selling thing right so what
happened
next I don't remember
you don't remember mhm okay have you
been drinking today no you took her or
you brought her to somebody I didn't
bring her she was running down by
herself running down by herself okay
yeah and
um we came up here and she was down on
the dock still I thought like I thought
she was still in the dock but I don't
know he says that she's not where did
where did you see her I'm going to be
out the to us parking lot by the beach
came up to us so you took the child to
the Paris saing people no ran down there
okay so how did you get involved in this
I just saw the child run down there okay
did you try and stop the child or
anything M child just ran down there she
said I
was well I remember saying I'm her dad
cuz that's true um you're the child's
Dad yeah she hasn't seen me in a very
long time okay so I apologize um but
we're supposed to do a visitation um
with her mom and see the the kid you
know and um so it like the first time
seeing long time and so she kind of
freaked out and said where's my mom
you're not my dad I'm sorry it probably
wasn't the best way to like have a first
visitation but she found her mom and on
the grass over there and he saw that
yeah the kid was probably very confused
despite Jon's explanation for his
disturbing actions he will soon twist
his words into another attempt at
clearing his name however police are
about to learn that Jon is not who he
claims to be in fact he's hiding a most
disgusting secret and he won't be able
to conceal it for much longer just had
of curiosity why would you just show up
and be like hey I'm your dad know she
exchanged like I met her the par over
there okay so you met her over there
uhhuh and the kid was there and can you
take your hands out of your pocket for
me please oh yeah sorry thank you that's
all right um and then when you met her
and the child who's the mom
actually what's Mom's
name might be Isis might be
Katrina might be
okay I don't
remember the little girl with you over
there when when you contacted them at
the
bench yes okay and then so did she take
off running at that point um yeah okay
and then she ran that's when she ran
down the the dock
there yeah
okay John right now uh I'm going to
detain you okay all right you're not
underr at this point but you are being
detained okay so we figure out what's
going on okay perfect that's a good idea
thank you John is oddly chipper for
being detained and his strange demeanor
makes for an all the more disturbing
investigation however this would only be
Amplified when police have a chance to
speak with the victim who turns out to
actually be a 10-year-old boy despite
what John claims it's heartbreaking to
hear the child relive the TR atic
experience basically um he was over
there and I was jumping off the dock and
getting back on and he was talking to my
brother and I don't know what they were
saying but he said hi and I said do I
know you and he said something about me
growing super fast like he saw me when I
was a baby and he said he grow super
slow and then he high-fived me and we we
were walking down and he wanted he said
he owned all those boats and then he
wanted me to go on boat with him and
then he wanted to do the parale with me
and then I went to these people and he
also said that he was my mom's
husband and I was he was I was his son
then he said something about like we
together for a million years did the guy
say anything to you dude what did he
said um he just kept on calling me he
literally let me pick what
was the two brothers were swimming near
the docks at Independence Point in
cordelane Idaho when John creepily began
to talk to the children but the brave
10-year-old immediately knew what to do
and quickly asked for help from Benjamin
and his employees here Benjamin gives a
detailed recollection of those shocking
moments captured by the security camera
the kid and that dude Yep this kid's
trying to get help this dude's trying to
convince him to not get help right so
we're getting we're winding up for the
day yep getting things done and uh this
is his last chance trying to convince
this kid did not you here comes the kid
comes over here and they're like hey do
you have any questions thinking they're
you know parasol customers or something
and this kid's now crying and he comes
over to me and he's like he said that's
not my dad and yes I'm his dad he just
got up from a nap he's groggy he's he
thinks like this when he wakes up from a
nap and we're just like what the crap
he's like well you guys can you guys can
leave or you guys can stay here I'm
gonna go and I'm like Riley you stay
here with this kid I'm gonna go follow
this guy while Benjamin refused to let
Jon out of his sight until police
arrived his employee Riley Estus helped
the child find his mother stoked I hope
that guy was like I hope they get a lot
of dirt on
him get that creeper out of here man as
the sickening investigation continues
we'll learn that Jon does in fact have a
bit of dirt on him so to speak however
in no way does it compare to his
upcoming confession that will stop
authorities dead in their tracks back at
the police vehicle John tells an officer
that he works close by but authorities
could have never guess the suspect's
profession where's your office at in
that building Diamond Building over
there the 250 okay what office what is
it I'm a lawyer lawyer yeah how long you
been there at that office a little over
a year over a year I moved in in
junee 2021 yeah it's like a month ago
shockingly John is telling the truth he
informs the officer that he opened his
practice the law office of John Randolph
in Spokane Washington back in 2015
although he recently moved to Idaho only
one year prior to his current encounter
with police according to several reviews
Jon is held in high regard as an
attorney even winning a client's Choice
Award in 2020 however there's a side of
the lawyer that hasn't made its way into
the light just yet but this will take a
drastic turn in just a matter of minutes
what brought you over here um I went
through a divor for the right how long
were you
married this time we've been married
before what yeah how long were you
married
before another officer is a bit
suspicious of John and questions him
further about his law practice been in
this office here for about month
since show you my office it's got
swimming pool and like uh um salwat
swimming pool jacuzzi passports a
parking garage um I got a big leather
couch and art all over the office and
stuff like that what do you do for work
I practice law law yeah right on what do
you like civil criminal I don't do
criminal much because it's kind of weird
like criminals according to his website
John practices personal injury General
litigation and family law I ironically
it now looks like he may be the one who
needs an attorney and for a most
sickening reason so the boy you were
following you own these boats right here
you own any boat yeah all them you own
all of them M okay did you ask that boy
to go on the boats with
youat to be honest maybe yeah yeah I
think so okay why would you ask him to
go on a boat with you he's my stepson I
thought you were saying that it was a
girl though I don't remember I'm sorry
we are G worry about this did you did
you want to go par sailing with him
too yeah that would have been F well did
you say that probably okay why would you
why would you ask him to go par sailing
with you is this fun it's like this big
parachute you go up into the air and you
look down the lake It's amazing And
there's Crystal Waters look like
diamonds well that's not your son oh is
it okay I'm sorry or daughter okay
sorry that's not you don't tell me sorry
that's your fault you're trying to get a
kid to come with you somewhere that is
not where his parents
are that's not
acceptable here or anywhere you were
guys like talking and call charl
Charlie do you even have a steps
on you been diagnosed with any manat
illness we diagnosed withal alert taking
any medications for that not currently
are you supposed to be taking any
medications no my doct apparently Jon is
allegedly hiding a rather tumultuous
past a woman who would like to remain
anonymous asserts that the suspect is a
Time Bomb you don't know when
he's going to relapse just wait until he
unveils his most sick and twisted
confession do you come down here often
yeah do you talk to kids often no why
did I
it's my birthday it's your birthday yeah
are you attracted to kids no really well
they're beautiful creatures huh yeah
what I can't hear you yeah I'm attract K
you
are you watch
child no just attracted to kids what
makes you attracted to them they're
beautiful creatures of God following his
disturbing admission Jon was arrested
and charged with one count of child
enticement however according to Idaho
law because the charge is a misdemeanor
offense a suspect can only be placed
under arrest if at least one of two
conditions are met either an officer
must witness the alleged crime or the
suspect has a Warren on account of these
conditions an officer contacted the
mother of the child along with Benjamin
Rodriguez and the two then placed Jon
under citizen arrest the 42-year-old was
then booked into the coutney county jail
according to police documents JN would
go on to make another bogus claim this
time saying that he believed the child
to be his son from the future thus why
he wanted to take him parasailing yet it
would only be another failed attempt at
explaining his monstrous actions an
update provided by a local news source
approximately one week after the
incident reported that John pleaded
guilty to disturbing the peace as a
result he served one day in jail and was
ordered to pay a $1,000 fine although it
appears that Jon is still working as an
attorney currently