louis conradt was born january 30, 1950, in terrell, texas. conradt graduated from the university of texas at austin and received his law degree at texas tech university school of law. he was the kaufman county, texas, district attorney for more than two decades before giving up his seat to make a failed run in 2002 to be the 86th state district judge, losing to republican howard tygrett. afterward, he became rockwall county's chief felony assistant district attorney. conradt lived in terrell, about an hour southeast of murphy, where perverted-justice, working in conjunction with "dateline", had set up shop to conduct its predator stings. records show that conradt was single and lived alone.