Her ex forgot his computer. That’s how Fremont woman found the ‘pedophile manual,’ police say

FREMONT — Prosecutors have charged a man with possessing child pornography after his ex-girlfriend told police she found a digital “pedophile handbook” on his computer, court records show.

Kaden Peper, 22, now faces a single felony charge of controlling child pornography. It all started when Peper allegedly left his computer in his ex-girlfriend’s car then called to inform her of the mistake, authorities said.

The woman discovered a file labeled “pedophile handbook,” described by police as a multi-page document describing child sexual abuse and how to be a pedophile. There were two other folders labeled “pics,” and “vids” but she wisely didn’t open those, police say.

The woman brought the computer to the Fremont police department. Investigators in turn arranged a pretext call between he