dangerous sexual predator after friend, I don't know what to do...

[Endling vas Precious]

Hi SWRP, it's Endling. I've know my best friend S. for about three years now, and for a while I've known her biological father was a pedophile.
He raped her, her mother, and her half-brother when she was three/four, and when he was six and up. Her mother, C., took the children and ran when things got very bad in 1997. He would beat C., and her half-brother, held the family hostage with a hunting knife.
I live on Vancouver Island in Canada, and he frequents asia and canada.
In 1998, before their trail went cold (they were homeless for a while), P. (bio.father) showed up unannounced with a new gf and took the children away for a few days and returned them. S., (best friend), was catatonic for a few days afterwards from what he had done (she was five at the time.)
He showed up a year later again, but she had a new and wonderfully protective stepfather by then he told patrick (bio.dad) to **** off.
Three years ago he phoned on S.'s b-day and demanded to talk with her, but again the stepfather told him to **** off.
Now, he found their facebook and sent S. a friend request and C. a message. I'll post them below. I was able to get the messages by asking the mother under a pseudonym on livejournal.

A few weeks later (probably around August 4-6th) he showed up on their previous property and asked the new owners where they were, they said they moved at the beginning of July, but they didn't specify where. (they're still in the same city).
My friend is mature enough now that she can take care of this if he ever finds her, but I'm still very worried, he's a delusional sexual predator and the police won't do anything.
He still obviously has a facebook account so I'm trying to find it for more info about him, but just holy balls. I'm really in a rut and I want this ****er to leave the family alone, he's been at this for ELEVEN years.
If any of you guys (preferably people I know) know anything about IP adresses etc. (for his location), can you please PM me?
Thanks.

 

[Sovereign]

What do you mean "the police won't do anything"? Get a restraining order.

 

[Keanu]

What do you mean "the police won't do anything"? Get a restraining order.

or show them the screenshot

 

[Lanx]

SIN's right... I'm having trouble believing the authorities wouldn't take this seriously.

 

[Endling vas Precious]

They won't believe them, and C. is too afraid to show them anything from the web, she's been very damaged by this and gets triggered etc. When she phoned the police thirteen years ago, they still wouldn't believe her and threatened to take the children away (I have no idea as to why.)
I've been asking them to contact the RCMP because they're basically the Canadian FBI.
however, you can't get a restraining order against a man who's basically made of smoke. If you've been avoiding someone for that long, chances are you're not going to find them, and they don't want to.

 

[Sovereign]

Canada has the most hardcore child protection laws in the world. I find it incredibly hard to believe that the police would just ignore your friend's call for help. If I picked up the phone right now and said that my father was trying to rape me, they would come in an instant.

No one is a "man of smoke", unless the guy is spider man or something. Call the ****ing police. It doesn't matter if it's from the internet, they take this stuff seriously now.

 

[Brandon Rhea]

IP addresses mean a lot less than people think they do. Just being able to trace the location via a basic IP finder does not mean you're going to get an accurate location. I live in New Jersey, and the location of my IP changes all the time. Sometimes it's in Virginia, sometimes it's in Indiana, etc.

The only thing you can do is try to get Facebook to hand over the IP he used to send the messages. However, I know that Facebook will only do that if there's a court order. It may be different for more extreme cases like this, but I have a feeling they'd need a court order to hand over any confidential information. Even if you got that IP, though, what I said stands. Any specific information, such as who was using the IP and where they actually live, would have to be obtained by the service provider, and that too could require a court order.

Now I'm not an expert, but as a matter of legal practicality I can also tell you that a restraining order only means whatever the person who is being restrained wants it to mean. A piece of paper is not a force field. It can't keep someone away from a person unless that someone chooses to abide by the conditions set forth in the restraining order.

In all reality, though, this isn't something we can help you with. Beyond what I just said, nor is it something you should be asking us. I know that sounds harsh, but this is not the type of situation that teenagers on the internet should be having a hand in.

Please consult your local law enforcement and an attorney for help and advisement with the situation.

EDIT:

Also, tell your friend and her family members to close their Facebook accounts if they haven't already done so.