The Aurora Police Department Internet Crimes Against Children Unit arrested Derald Vandawalker, 51, of Aurora, on November 6, 2025. The arrest followed a nearly two-year investigation into child sexual exploitation. Vandawalker was wanted on a warrant from Arapahoe District Court for 10 counts of sexual exploitation of a child. The investigation began in January 2024 after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children reported a cloud storage account in Aurora with child sexual abuse material.
Detectives received three more cyber tips and found over 150 images from the same account. Police executed a search warrant at Vandawalker’s home on S. Gibralter St. They seized several devices. Forensic analysis found more than 1,500 images of child sexual abuse material. The case is ongoing. Authorities ask anyone with information to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers…