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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Do you know who the girl in the videotape is? If so, please contact the Nye County Sheriff's Department. (CBS)
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"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.Nye County Sheriff's Office775-751-7000
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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Tell your children to watch out for each other. Older brothers and sisters need to watch out for their younger relatives.
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Our court system and judges are a joke. They just set the dangerous free to prey on us.
With a lot of talk about worthless rehab that only makes money for worthless therapists and psychiatrists that have no clue as to how to cure these people.
Second, where were the parents? How did no one notice this child was missing?
NEVER give up on an endangered child. NEVER. Now we can all look for this animal and protect other babies. KEEP LOOKING FOR THE SCUMBAG
Interesting insights. Thank you for the feedback.
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Posted by crzmeat at 04:41 PM : Sep 27, 2007"
crzmeat - thanks, but I have only done what I need to do and what I need to do for my child to survive and grow into a stable, well adjusted adult. Through all the adversity, we have overcome somehow. It takes a lot of strength and a lot of counseling. I don''t think that either of us will ever be out of counseling. No parent can ever imagine what it''s like to know your child has had this happen. The anger will never go away and stories like this one make it rise to the surface. I cried myself to sleep last night praying for this little girl and remembering what happened to my child. Every parent''s worst nightmare. Unimaginable. I have a well adjsuted child now considering what has occured and I am grateful every day that my child rises above all that has happened. I think the person that deserves the kudos the most is my child. I wasn''t the one that had to go through it. I just had to be the support.
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