ORLANDO, TORONTO and TOKYO, May 16, 2005
'Disney World Girl' Found, Safe
Search For Young Web Porn Victim Covered U.S, Canada; Took 3 Years
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Play CBS Video Video Internet Porn Girl Rescued The search for a young Internet porn victim covered the U.S. and Canada and lasted three years. The Early Show has the story and an interview.
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Sgt. Matt Irwin, detective with Orange County, Fla. Sheriff's Dept., left, and Sgt. Paul Gillespie of Toronto Police Service, field questions at news conference in Orlando, Fla. (AP)
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"So it looks like it went on for a number of years," Smith observed. "Can you see her getting older (in the series of pictures)?" Smith asked.
"We do," McGarry responded. "We even have pictures of her younger than that."
More than half the pedophiles arrested by Toronto police in the past year have had the so-called Disney World girl's pictures on their computer hard drives.
In February, authorities took the unusual step of releasing pictures of hotel rooms where the girl had been abused, with her figure removed so the focus would be on identifying the crime scene.
When the trail went cold, detectives even released a photo of a girl believed to be a material witness.
And tips that resulted led to police identifying Disney's Port Orleans resort as one scene of abuse, McGarry says.
Police now know the "Disney World girl" is safe. The FBI arrested her abuser two years ago in Pennsylvania.
But, Smith continues, there are an estimated 50,000 more victims, still unidentified, caught in the cruel web of child porn.
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