according to perverted-justice members, content from conradt's myspace page began to disappear, leading them to believe that conradt was covering up his tracks. this played a part in the decision of the authorities to pursue a warrant for conradt's arrest. chris hansen mentioned the disappearing page on his blog and on air. "esquire" writer luke dittrich implies that the disappearing page pushed the participants to make an imminent move as, under texas law, individuals may be charged with committing a crime if they participate in sexually explicit chats with persons identifying themselves as children. later investigation by "esquire" revealed that conradt's page had not been touched for months before the sting. perverted-justice members claimed that conradt had other myspace pages but never produced the evidence to prove the allegation. hansen later admitted to "esquire" that he did not remember actually seeing the page.