Victim found.
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AP) -- Nevada authorities say they have found a little girl who was shown being sexually assaulted in a homemade videotape.
Chester Arthur Stiles, 34, is being sought as a "person of interest," police say.
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"We found the victim. She's safe," Nye County sheriff's Detective David Boruchowitz told The Associated Press. The girl was with family members and Nye County sheriff's officials Friday.
Nevada authorities said Friday a registered sex offender may have been the one who raped the young girl in a horrific homemade videotape, and said they want to talk to him in hopes he can lead them to the child.
Chester Arthur Stiles, 37, was being called a "person of interest" in the search for a girl with haunting eyes who authorities believe was 4 or 5 years old when she was raped and sexually assaulted in the video, Nye County Sheriff Tony DeMeo said.
The girl is called "Madison" on the tape, and it is "possible" that the man seen assaulting her is Stiles, DeMeo said.
He said investigators were led to Stiles by tips after photos drawn from the videotape of the girl and her attacker were distributed widely.
"This is breaking our hearts," DeMeo said. "She shows no emotion during the brutal assault -- no crying, no emotion, nothing. You look in her eyes, her spirit is missing. That's the emotional part of this."
Stiles, whose last known address was Las Vegas, also was wanted on an unrelated warrant alleging lewdness with a minor under 14 years of age, police said. DeMeo added that Stiles is a registered sex offender, but he could not provide more details.
The Associated Press generally does not identify or release photos of suspected victims of sexual abuse but is doing so in this case in the interest of the girl's safe recovery.
Boruchowitz said investigators determined that the video of the attack was recorded over the video of an 11-year-old girl recorded in October 2005 through a window of a Pahrump home, DeMeo said.
Investigators identified that girl, now 13, after releasing photos drawn from the video and matched her to records of a "peeping Tom" report at her home. No one was found outside the girl's home when deputies arrived, and the girl wasn't assaulted, authorities said.
A 26-year-old Pahrump man, Darren Tuck, surrendered the tape to Nye County sheriff's investigators September 8 after another man reported seeing it, Boruchowitz said. Tuck was arrested on charges of promoting child pornography and possession of child pornography, both felonies, and released without bail pending an appearance November 26 in Pahrump Justice Court. The top charge carries a possible sentence of up to life in prison.
Tuck told detectives he found the videotape in the desert outside Pahrump more than five months ago. Nye County Sheriff's Detective David Boruchowitz said investigators don't think Tuck made the tape.
Tuck's lawyer, Thomas Gibson of Pahrump, has characterized Tuck as an innocent middleman who should be credited for giving the tape to authorities.
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AP) -- Nevada authorities say they have found a little girl who was shown being sexually assaulted in a homemade videotape.
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"We found the victim. She's safe," Nye County sheriff's Detective David Boruchowitz told The Associated Press. The girl was with family members and Nye County sheriff's officials Friday.
Nevada authorities said Friday a registered sex offender may have been the one who raped the young girl in a horrific homemade videotape, and said they want to talk to him in hopes he can lead them to the child.
Chester Arthur Stiles, 37, was being called a "person of interest" in the search for a girl with haunting eyes who authorities believe was 4 or 5 years old when she was raped and sexually assaulted in the video, Nye County Sheriff Tony DeMeo said.
The girl is called "Madison" on the tape, and it is "possible" that the man seen assaulting her is Stiles, DeMeo said.
He said investigators were led to Stiles by tips after photos drawn from the videotape of the girl and her attacker were distributed widely.
"This is breaking our hearts," DeMeo said. "She shows no emotion during the brutal assault -- no crying, no emotion, nothing. You look in her eyes, her spirit is missing. That's the emotional part of this."
Stiles, whose last known address was Las Vegas, also was wanted on an unrelated warrant alleging lewdness with a minor under 14 years of age, police said. DeMeo added that Stiles is a registered sex offender, but he could not provide more details.
The Associated Press generally does not identify or release photos of suspected victims of sexual abuse but is doing so in this case in the interest of the girl's safe recovery.
Boruchowitz said investigators determined that the video of the attack was recorded over the video of an 11-year-old girl recorded in October 2005 through a window of a Pahrump home, DeMeo said.
Investigators identified that girl, now 13, after releasing photos drawn from the video and matched her to records of a "peeping Tom" report at her home. No one was found outside the girl's home when deputies arrived, and the girl wasn't assaulted, authorities said.
A 26-year-old Pahrump man, Darren Tuck, surrendered the tape to Nye County sheriff's investigators September 8 after another man reported seeing it, Boruchowitz said. Tuck was arrested on charges of promoting child pornography and possession of child pornography, both felonies, and released without bail pending an appearance November 26 in Pahrump Justice Court. The top charge carries a possible sentence of up to life in prison.
Tuck told detectives he found the videotape in the desert outside Pahrump more than five months ago. Nye County Sheriff's Detective David Boruchowitz said investigators don't think Tuck made the tape.
Tuck's lawyer, Thomas Gibson of Pahrump, has characterized Tuck as an innocent middleman who should be credited for giving the tape to authorities.
