FCI-Marion inmate known as “Beetlejuice” sentenced to additional prison time for producing hand-drawn child sexual abuse material

BENTON, Ill. - A district judge added 224 months of additional federal imprisonment to an FCI-Marion inmate's sentence after he admitted to producing hand-drawn child sexual abuse material while incarcerated.

Christopher L. Collins, also known as "Beetlejuice", 42, pleaded guilty to two counts of Production of Obscene Visual Representations of the Sexual Abuse of Children and one count of Possession of Obscene Visual Representations of the Sexual Abuse of Children. In March 2025, a corrections officer at FCI-Marion located 11 hand drawings depicting adults sexually assaulting children. The images depicted drawings of children approximately 6 to 12 years old. According to court documents, Collins admitted to creating the obscene drawings and providing them to other inmates at FCI-Marion.

"Christopher Collins is a serial child sex offender who continues to produce images of his grotesque fantasies of adults raping young children," said United States Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft. "We are determined to add as much prison time as the law allows to his already lengthy sentence to ensure he never has access to children in the community ever again."

Collins is currently serving a 240-month sentence in the Bureau of Prisons at FCI-Marion. Collins has two prior felony convictions. In 2008, Collins pled guilty to one count of possession of child pornography in the Southern District of Iowa. And in 2019, Collins pled guilty to two counts for receiving child pornography and possession of obscene visual representation of the sexual abuse of children in the Southern District of Iowa. The district court ordered Collins' new sentence to run consecutively to the undischarged time on his 2019 conviction.

"Collins' actions demonstrate a continued pattern of exploiting children, even while incarcerated. The FBI remains committed to identifying and disrupting all forms of child exploitation, whether committed in our communities or from within prison walls," said FBI Springfield Field Office Special Agent in Charge Ryan Presley. "We will continue working with our partners to ensure that those who create or circulate materials that exploit children are held accountable."

"Inmate Collins' actions are disgraceful and show a vile disregard for the safety and dignity of children," said BOP Director William K. Marshall III. "I commend the staff at FCI Marion for their vigilance and thank the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Illinois for its unwavering pursuit of justice. The Bureau of Prisons will never tolerate predatory behavior toward children and will always ensure offenders face the full consequences of the law."

FBI-Marion and the Bureau of Prisons led the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney David Sanders prosecuted the case.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys' Offices and CEOS, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit Justice.gov/PSC.