Hanson County man dead after confrontation with 'pedophile poaching' internet personality

Donald Letcher accused of engaging in pedophilia before committing suicide Tuesday

Alex Rosen (left) of Predator Poachers confronts Donald Letcher (right) on front steps of his home in Epiphany, SD. Letcher took his own life moments later. (@iFightForKids / X)

A 60-year-old South Dakotan is dead after barricading himself in his home and committing suicide following a viral confrontation with an online celebrity who accused him of being a pedophile.

Donald Letcher, 60, died Tuesday in the small community of Epiphany — along the border of Hanson and Miner counties — after an interaction with Texas-based Predator Poachers’ founder Alex Rosen. The organization showed up to accuse Letcher of sending sexually explicit messages to the group while they pretended to be an underaged girl.

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