Richard Dwyer was an electronics store owner, pedophile, and a producer of child pornography. He is the prime suspect for a host of crimes relating to the false imprisonment and sexual abuse of Maria Recinos.
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Richard, the proprietor of an electronics store, managed to purchase nine-year-old Honduran national Maria Recinos after she was kidnapped while she and her mother were crossing the border to enter the United States. Initially content to use the girl for his own pleasure, he began sharing her with like-minded friends and filming her in order to make money. Using his knowledge of electronics, he was able to create a virus that made his location untraceable from cops.
Eventually, Maria managed to get hold of a cellphone and called 911 while Richard was away. She was connected to Manhattan Special Victims Unit, where Detective Olivia Benson attempted to locate her. Richard returned just before Benson was able to trace Maria's calls and knocked her out with chloroform, intending to bury her alive. Unluckily for him, SVU deduced the location of his electronics store and arrived just as he was leaving after burying Maria. Due to Maria giving a description of him, Benson detains him after seeing his glasses with Fin revealing he has the same name as the kidnapper.
Brought to his store, he refused to cooperate or confirm involvement even demanding his lawyer for his "harassment". However, he unintentionally exposes himself (as his shoes still had mud on them) and he got his nose broken for attempting to assault Detective Benson. Richard watched in horror as the detectives found burnt wood in the mud and deduced where he buried Maria and ran to rescue her.
Maria was found in an empty lot across the street and was revived. Richard was subsequently sent to prison for first-degree kidnapping, child pornography, unlawful imprisonment, child molestation and attempted murder. (SVU: "911")