Police: Girl shown in sex tape is safe
The girl who was shown on a videotape being sexually assaulted has been found and is safe, officials in Nye County, Nevada, said Friday.
Chester Arthur Stiles, 37, is being sought as a suspect, police say.
"We have found the child, Madison. She's safe. The detectives say she is in good condition," Nye County Sheriff Tony DeMeo said.
The girl, now 7, was shown in a sex video made four years ago, Detective David Boruchowitz said at a news conference Friday night.
She was found Friday with family in Las Vegas.
After attempting without success to find the girl's identity by themselves, police appealed to the news media to show the girl's picture, which CNN and other news organizations did.
Thousands of tips poured in, leading authorities to the girl, Boruchowitz said. Once the child was found, DeMeo asked the news organizations to stop displaying her picture.
Officials said they do not think her mother was aware of anything that went on with the girl.
Chester Arthur Stiles, 37, a resident of Pahrump, Nevada, has been identified as a suspect. Pahrump is about 60 miles west of Las Vegas.
Nevadan Darren Tuck recently gave police the videotape, saying he found it in the desert. Police said the tape was in his possession for at least five months before he handed it over to authorities.
Tuck, who also allegedly showed the tape to others prior to giving it to police, faces a possible 10 years to life sentence for exhibiting pornography and another one to six years for possession of child pornography, said DeMeo.
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