louis william "bill" conradt jr. (january 30, 1950 – november 5, 2006) was an assistant district attorney from texas. he was inextricably linked to "dateline nbc's" "to catch a predator", a tv series that conducted sting operations against suspected sexual predators who target children online. local law enforcement conducted a sting operation that identified conradt as a suspect attempting to solicit sex from a person he believed was a 13-year-old boy, and "dateline" cameras recorded the events that followed. conradt shot and killed himself upon encountering swat team members that were serving an arrest warrant at his home for his attempt to solicit a minor in sexual acts.