Mark Alan DeakinsThe FBI wants to get in touch with victims of a Chattanooga man who was indicted on charges of sexual exploitation of children by a federal grand jury this week in Knoxville.
Mark Alan Deakins, 61, of Chattanooga, was indicted for allegedly victimizing, photographing and filming young children from the 1990s through June 2021.
The FBI wrote in a report this week that Deakins’ victims were most likely boys between the ages of 7 and 17.
“It is believed there could be more than 20 victims throughout the Southeast,” the FBI wrote.
Deakins is being held pending trial in U.S. District Court in Chattanooga. The indictment alleges that Deakins sexually exploited a child under the age of 12 from June 2018 through September 2018.