PAHRUMP, Nev., Sept. 27, 2007

Cops Looking For Little Girl On Sex Tape

Second, Older, Girl Identified; Public's Help Sought In Finding 4-5-Year-Old

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(CBS/AP)  Nevada authorities have identified the second girl found on a videotape that shows sex acts by a man on a girl around 4 or 5 years old.

"We've ensured that she is safe and that she is well. We've ensured that she did not suffer as a victim at the hands of that perpetrator, as did that little girl," Nye County sheriff's detective David Boruchowitz said on CBS News' The Early Show.

The younger girl still has not been found. The second girl is estimated to between 10 and 12 years old.

"We did confirm that she is a resident here, although, as far as we can tell, she has no ties to that little girl," Boruchowitz told co-anchor Harry Smith.

"It appears to be some kind of peep show" of the older girl, Boruchowitz said earlier.

Authorities are still searching for the younger girl and the man in the videotape.

"We have no idea where he's from, where she's from, and no idea who they are or where they are," Boruchowitz said earlier in the week.

The tape, a little longer than 30 minutes, clearly shows the adult man performing criminal sexual acts that Boruchowitz said included rape, "everything else, and then some."

"There is nothing in her eyes. It's like her soul has been taken, her spirit has been taken," Sheriff Tony DeMeo said. "We want to find this girl. I know everybody else out there wants to find this girl."

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"This poor little girl, she's probably going to be going through - well, she obviously has been through hell," Ed Smart, whose daughter Elizabeth was abducted in 2002, said on CBS News' The Early Show. He is now part of an organization called The Surviving Parents Coalition.

Elizabeth Smart was found nine months later, and her kidnappers arrested. Smart hopes this little girl will be found, too.

"I know that somebody out there knows where she is or something about her and can help identify her," he told Smith. "And it's just critical that we find her."

The older girl did not appear to have been sexually abused on the tape and the footage appeared to have been shot from a different room, Boruchowitz said.

Investigators are also examining whether the two segments were filmed with the same video camera, he said.

A 26-year-old Pahrump man, Darren Tuck, surrendered the tape to Nye County sheriff's investigators Sept. 8, after another man reported seeing it, Boruchowitz said.

Tuck told detectives he found the videotape in the desert outside Pahrump more than five months ago, although Boruchowitz said the tape didn't appear to have been exposed to weather or elements.

Boruchowitz said investigators don't think Tuck made the tape. Tuck was arrested Sept. 19 on charges of promoting child pornography and possession of child pornography, felonies. The top charge carries a possible sentence of up to life in prison.

Tuck was released without bail, pending arraignment Nov. 26 in Pahrump Justice Court, a court official said.

"Right now, my understanding is he's cooperating with the district attorney's office," Boruchowitz said on The Early Show. "At the time of the investigation, he chose not to talk with us any further once he gave us his initial story."

Pahrump is a small town 60 miles west of Las Vegas.

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by fedupredneck September 27, 2007 8:46 AM PDT
I have downloaded a PDF flyer from the Nye Couny Sheriff''s Dept and have mass e-mailed it to everyone I know.Everybody who has e-mail should do the same so we can find this girl and the POS responsible.This guy is sick and that little girl needs our help.
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by cherylvarney September 27, 2007 9:01 AM PDT
My fear is, now that you have shown that this child and predator are on video and released to the public, the child may be in greater danger. I understand the more eyes looking for this child the greater chance of finding her. What if he panics and does something to her so that she will never be seen?
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by yoopermom September 27, 2007 9:04 AM PDT
Good idea fedupredneck. Thank you for the suggestion. I am doing the same. This poor little girl. I hope they find her soon!
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by bwebb81 September 27, 2007 9:10 AM PDT
How can this have been happening to that little girl?Where are her parents or grandparents? Don''t people understand that children are a gift from God,to be protected and cherished they are our innocence!! That is no man in that picture,that is a evil monster and I pray to God that somebody comes foward to help that little girl.As I tell my grandchildren they are Angles, God''s gift to Us. As all children are,why can''t people see that or understand? Somebody please do the right thing for this girl and come foward and help her now!!
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by maggiem228 September 27, 2007 9:27 AM PDT
Great Idea fedupredneck I will do the same as well. This is a herendous situation for this little girl. I Can not even call the adult person in this video a man he is a sick MONSTER. My heart just aches for this little girl and I pray that she will be found. I will do anything I can to help catch that MONSTER! I thought the MONSTER looked alot like Kenneth Freeman whom was featured on AMW and was captured in May of 2007.
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by antoniof123 September 27, 2007 9:27 AM PDT
I only read the story and I am sick to my stomach I wish this POS was here now I would blow him away and sleep really good at night. Maybe feed him to the sharks would be better at least that way nature would be helped a little.
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by mypatch September 27, 2007 9:28 AM PDT
I wish these people that (where the parents are of these children )to GROW UP. The man in the film may and can be her parent. Some of these children are adopted from Russia or other foreign countries where the rules are not as strict as ours and these predators can take a child and so whatever they want. I hope they catch this animal and put him away forever.
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by slim1h2o September 27, 2007 9:38 AM PDT
This has got to be the 1st time I have agreed with every single poster here, thus far. May God be with this little girl, and a safe return! Hopefully it''s not too late!
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by nothappyatall September 27, 2007 9:38 AM PDT
"Don''''t people understand that children are a gift from God"

More like a gift from satan now given the overpopulation and all the problems resutling from it, people have over-run the entire planet destroying much of it in the process, babies are no longer a gift (as if they wever were) they are a BURDEN on the dying planet.
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by heewah September 27, 2007 9:39 AM PDT
I think it would be wise if cbsnews.com and other reputable news sites posted pictures of a number of these children EVERY DAY that policemen are trying to find. Not only would it allow communities to help identify victims, it would act as a deterrent for pornographers if they know that a picture of the child they''re abusing may end up in an online news site for all the world to see (the decent part of the world).
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by pimpson93 September 27, 2007 9:42 AM PDT
people loke that need to die.
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by chicared September 27, 2007 9:43 AM PDT
Im sick to my stomach reading this my god how how can people do this a baby and I think of my own granddaughters as I have stated so many times mandatory castration!!! they are never cured never and when they go to jail and come out some of them now murder for fear of going back to jail so instead of tax payers footing the bill "Castration" no trial,no jail then they are safe and yes where are the parents? or was she adopted for this purpose as if the mother is in on this well she must get the death penalty and if there really is a God then find her
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by nukeem123 September 27, 2007 9:46 AM PDT
Beautiful girl! I hope they catch this POS, cut his balls off, stuff them in his mouth, and then hook a chain to whatever is left and drag him through the streets. ALL FCKING PEDOPHILES SHOULD GET THIS AS WELL!
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by elena711 September 27, 2007 9:50 AM PDT
This is so sad. This poor little girl looks alot like the missing girl in London. I pray they find out who she is and put the sick *** who is doing this to her, away for life...
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by scully152 September 27, 2007 9:55 AM PDT
More like a gift from satan now given the overpopulation and all the problems resutling from it, people have over-run the entire planet destroying much of it in the process, babies are no longer a gift (as if they wever were) they are a BURDEN on the dying planet. Posted by newster1

You need serious mental help if you think childrn are a burden. Sure some people (like yourself) should not have kids and do see them as burdens, but normal people (such as myself and a LARGE majority of parents) KNOW that children ARE a gift. I consider my 3 kids a gift from GOD, but not everyone believes in HIM, which is fine. None the less, like I said, MOST parents consider their kids gifts and a blessing. SHAME ON YOU!!! I hope they find this little girl.
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by Krazcarl September 27, 2007 9:56 AM PDT
All I can say is I hope there guns are fully loaded when they find this piece of trash. I can''t believe people sink to this level I was anti taser yesterday today pro when you find these animals do it for hours. I''m a bleeding heart liberal but even I draw a line here and have no pity some things you don''t have to ask if there wrong these people should be strung up on the town square so every other deviant can see and KNOWS what will happen to them.
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by elena711 September 27, 2007 9:58 AM PDT
Just someone anyone please find her. If it is her perents doing this to her, I hope they burn in hell...
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by muchmargarit September 27, 2007 10:01 AM PDT
Has anyone noticed how much she looks like the little McCane girl that is missing? I know in the story the man said he has had the video tape for 5 months but, he could be lying.
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by lemm5 September 27, 2007 10:02 AM PDT
I''m relieved the FBI & Homeland Security volunteers are in on this case. What''s been done to this little girl is beyond horrific. Showing the nation it will not be tolerated and we will do everything in our power to protect children against this/prosecute it makes me proud of my fellow citizens.

Something I noticed though, as much media attention as this has received, no guardian, school, family or parent has come forward. Pahrump is home/close to several of Nevadas'' legal brothels. Heidi Fleiss even lives around that part of Nevada. I have to wonder if these were checked to see if any one of these ladies knows someone who has a little girl with this description, or has seen either the child or the suspect at some point, maybe knows someone who was turned down for a job at one of the brothels who may have resembled this little girl in adult version? Anything at all. I hope someone comes forward with information on this child. The press releases say she appears to have been a long time victim. This could be why no one has come forward yet.

I pray everyone does all they can/gives as much information as they can to find her.
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by elena711 September 27, 2007 10:05 AM PDT
More like a gift from satan now given the overpopulation and all the problems resutling from it, people have over-run the entire planet destroying much of it in the process, babies are no longer a gift (as if they wever were) they are a BURDEN on the dying planet. Posted by newster1
I agree with the other poster... you need some mental help. You need to grow a heart. this a story about a poor little girl and you post how children are a burden. No people who think like you are a burden to this world... Kids are the greatest gift there is. Well this is not about you it is about a sweet little girl, who needs everyones help to find her and get her out of the hell she is now living in..
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by signof4 September 27, 2007 10:08 AM PDT
No wonder muslims call us the ''great satan.'' And before you disagree, think of the ACLU championing the cause of NAMBLA and porn.

We''re just all sooooooo much better off as a country with folks like this looking out for us.
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by ketemkin September 27, 2007 10:13 AM PDT
I don''t agree with you Elena711. This ugly act happens all over the world. Check your history on human trafficing and you''ll find out where is started and where it happens most today...
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by GRPDiver September 27, 2007 10:15 AM PDT
Posted by lemm5 at 10:02 AM : Sep 27, 2007:
Pahrump is home/close to several of Nevadas'''' legal brothels. Heidi Fleiss even lives around that part of Nevada. I have to wonder if these were checked ...

Geez. How stupid. Pedophiles are not interested in adult women. lemm5 is injecting his or her personal bias against prostitution in a case involving child rape. I''m surprised homosexuality wasn''t included. Child rape and prostitution have no relationship to each other.

Regretfully, posting this poor child''s face all over the news is probably going to result in her death because the rapist will probably kill her to keep her from being discovered. At least she will have peace at the feet of God. Blessed are the children ...
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by pwrslm September 27, 2007 10:25 AM PDT
there is no greater offense to righteousness than what harm they have done to this child

this is not a man made crime, its an evil that holds total contempt for what is right
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by bdrlnt4rl September 27, 2007 10:26 AM PDT
They should all die. Hung upside down until they are dead.
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by Krazcarl September 27, 2007 10:30 AM PDT
grpdiver ...What the heck is wrong you I pay no attention to the trolls it makes them feel big hiding behind a keyboard. But we have to find and free her your solution is hide and hope it goes away it WON''T. We will never find her by word of mouth. Please people out there help this girl needs rescue. We need the picture so folks can see who there looking for.
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by johnsole1 September 27, 2007 10:44 AM PDT
Most likely the perpetrator is a relative of the girl or a "friend" of her mother''s or whoever her caretaker is. Hopefully this child will be identified and removed from the situation. As an aside, I am always baffled by what the national news considers worthy of reporting, and what they don''t. We constantly are slammed by the national television networks''s "news" coverage with nonstories about bad decisions certain celebrities with one name make, and about missing anglo girls, but stories with content that may be controversial and thought-provoking are generally ignored.
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by hwy71so September 27, 2007 10:45 AM PDT
These sickos need to be castrated. Sewn shut if they''re women with a hysterectomy.
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by elukacek September 27, 2007 10:57 AM PDT
my god this is terrible and as i type it is happening right now to someone else, how do parents loose their children to these monsters? parents cant trust anyone. Where are her parents. This poor little girl the pain she is going trough and her life will never be the same and true now that her photo has been made public she will probably be killed. if i where ace to face with this monster i would take a knife and cut off his private and put it up his ***.
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by pinkkisses4u September 27, 2007 10:58 AM PDT
My prayers go out to this beautiful child of GOD and to law enforcement that they will be given the direction they need to rescue her from the hell she is living. May the person or people doing these horrifc things to this child BURN IN HELL!!! Please if anyone knows anything about this little girl tell someone! I am glad they published this because regardless she needs to be rescued so she can get the prayers and help she needs to begin the healing process....
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by ecm1980 September 27, 2007 10:58 AM PDT
This is so sad...I pray this girl is found. There is no suitable punishment that we can give that man here on earth, death would be too kind. I am however confident that what God has in store for this man after his death, will be satisfactory.
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by kailumego1 September 27, 2007 11:08 AM PDT
Now this deserves the "DEATH PENALTY"....

There are not enough words to describe how despicable these monsters are, they all need to be executed...
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by kailumego1 September 27, 2007 11:09 AM PDT
"PAINFULLY"
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by kailumego1 September 27, 2007 11:14 AM PDT
This piece of "human excrement" could be her father, WHERE IN THE HELL IS THE MOTHER, I hate stories like this one, but I know it''s a painful reality.

I''m sick, I can''t imagine the "HELL", this child went through, what is wrong with this "WORLD", where are the mothers, the real mothers, if this child''s mother knew of this and stood by and did nothing she should be executed right along with her worthless trash of excrement...
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by lexi34 September 27, 2007 11:22 AM PDT
Dear GOD, Someone just stop this please knock on every door, find that baby. Where are the parents?
Was this child reported missing before this?
I hope the cops bust in there and kill him. Has any one come foward with any information about knowing this baby. I want to gut that guy so bad!
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by newsreader4 September 27, 2007 11:27 AM PDT
Unfortunately, if the mother was alive and loved her daughter, she would have come forward by now. If this girl is found, she has a long road ahead of her. I can''t begin to imagine the kind of life she is living, or if she could ever overcome it.
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by yoopermom September 27, 2007 11:51 AM PDT
I am wondering about this other child. The 10 %u2013 12 year old they mentioned at the beginning of this story. You would think she (or he) might have some information about this little girl. Or was this child on a different part of the tape? The story did not make it very clear.
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by mediamomma September 27, 2007 11:55 AM PDT
Go to the Nye County Sheriff''s office website, downloand the PDF flyer and email it out to everyone in your address book. This girl needs to be found. May God be watching out for her until the authorities can find her and hang the man who is doing this to her.
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by cfavazzo September 27, 2007 12:07 PM PDT
I WANT TO HELP HER!! I am a 26 year old widow who cannot have children of my own. I immediately started crying when this story aired this morning, I know her pain and want to heal her. I live in SC; and have family in Las Vegas. When and if she is found, how would I go about adopting this sweet baby? Untill then all my prayers will be going out to her. PLEASE FIND HER!
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by pam1sadge September 27, 2007 12:07 PM PDT
This is one of the worst stories I''ve seen in the news lately. Unfortunately, the man who is causing her hell on earth is probably her father. Million dollar question . . . where is the mother? She is probably either dead, doesn''t care or is the one shooting the video. I pray for this little girl and hope that if she is still alive and out there that she is found soon and can one day have a normal life. Is that even possible based on what her life has been thusfar? Af for the man in the video, he needs to be eliminated from society all together. I hope he does whatever it takes for the police to shoot him on sight. Evil perpetrator.
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by cfavazzo September 27, 2007 12:30 PM PDT
If the second girl has been identified; where is she? Does she know anything? Why is this case not getting more coverage? I am so sick of OJ and the rest of the political *** covering the news; ie FOX news; do you have your head in a hole?? This little one needs ALL our help!!! Nevada; hello, go door to door. Someone knows!!! Offer a reward! I am about to get a flight out and start knocking on doors myself. If I caught that SOB he would wish he had never been born!!
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by seaslew September 27, 2007 12:32 PM PDT
I''m too am ready to take a flight out there, this is BS they need the AMBER ALERT for this baby
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by ladyephesus1 September 27, 2007 12:33 PM PDT
Cfavazzo,

I am with you on this girl. I hope she is found.
Stay in contact with the police in Nye County and the adoption agencies. I will pray for you and her.
She is going to need someone special to help her get on with her life once she is found. Poor baby.

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by cfavazzo September 27, 2007 12:33 PM PDT
....And if no one comes foreward; his family should be prosecuted for protecting him. His mother recognizes him; I am sure. They are all garbage.
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by cfavazzo September 27, 2007 12:35 PM PDT
RIGHT ON!! Where is the AMBER ALERT????
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by seaslew September 27, 2007 12:41 PM PDT
cfavazzo this is so BS no AMBER ,, if she would have been snatched off the streets they would, this is like AFTER she was snatched what he has done to her, except im sure its been going on all her little life .. its just makes me SICK ,... i cant stop thinking about this baby, i have a 3 year old and 7 year old grandgirls,, , and i jsut cant imagine what he has done to her
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by sugarmice-2009 September 27, 2007 12:42 PM PDT
the person who did this better hope the cops find him before anyone else does because he is history - this is soooo horrible - HOW could anyone do anything like this to such an innocent child... She looks so helpless and scared. Why? Why? PLEASE everyone if you can''t help look, pray - somehow sometime (soon we hope) these prayers will be answered and she will be rescued... My heart aches for the pain she has to endure - this monster needs to be stopped and disposed of appropriately (and that does not mean trial/jail)....
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by sofi2hot September 27, 2007 12:45 PM PDT
i cried here at work reading this.. if someone should find her.. they should immediately take her from the monster who has her mother or father who ever, and get her to safety. i could not imagine my children having to endure such cruelty and degrading treatment.. this guy should be hug by his bal*lz and tormented by all for his actions.. and the mother should be sent to a prison where the women there have no regard for the sanctity of life who will treat her as she has allowed this monster to treat her child.. i only hope that there are not more children there being abused and i pray that this child is found and healed. godspeed little one.. our prayers are with you.
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by lexi34 September 27, 2007 12:52 PM PDT
God Bless you mediamomma! that''s just what I was thinking!
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by cfavazzo September 27, 2007 12:52 PM PDT
Now that the other girl has been identified, does she have any info on this perv? Where was she when she was video taped? Where is her mother? What does she know? I am absolutely livid about this case!
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