Sheriff: We Want Sex Abuse Suspect Alive

(CBS/AP)  As the man who gave police a videotape showing a young girl being sexually abused was about to be arraigned, sheriff's deputies continue to look for the man they believe actually committed the abuse.

Authorities hope to find Chester "Chet" Arthur Stiles, 34, soon.

"I believe that Chester Arthur Stiles has some additional information that he can provide, some light on maybe other activity that has taken place, and maybe in this jurisdiction, Clark County, and other states as well," Nye County, Nevada, Sheriff Tony DeMeo said on CBS News' The Early Show Monday. "I believe that he's a link to a very dark side of our society, so I want him, I want him alive."

Stiles has a long criminal record, including charges for assault and battery, resisting arrest, contempt of court, and grand larceny, reports CBS News Early Show national correspondent Jeff Glor. Stiles was once an animal trainer for the famous team of Siegfried and Roy. He's told friends he was in the military, and police believe he's armed and dangerous.

"He's a survivalist type, he can live without water or electricity, doesn't bother him a bit," said Nye County District Attorney Bob Beckett. "He's a martial artist, he claims to be a black belt, he's very paranoid, very handy with weapons, and he always carries a knife on him."

Meanwhile, prosecutors are set to formally charge Darrin Tuck, 26, with possession of child pornography and possibly promoting child pornography on Monday.

Tuck had been on probation for desertion and failure to pay child support, but his probation was revoked, authorities said. Officials were unable to arrest him Friday night because he could not be found.

Tuck has told authorities he found the tape in the desert, but authorities said he possessed it for as long as five months before turning it in. He was arrested earlier this month in the case and released without bail pending a court appearance.

The 3-year-old girl in the tape was located after authorities on Friday released information they would not normally disclose in order to get tips from the public, including a picture, DeMeo said. The widespread media attention led someone to call the girl's mother, who contacted police but did not know about the assault, authorities said.

CBS affiliate KLAS-TV reports it was the mother of one of the girl's playmates who recognized her.

Investigators who found the little girl report that she seemed a very happy 7-year-old, reports Glor. Her mother was completely unaware of the events that took place on the tape four years ago.

Both cried as they talked with detectives, however.

The videotape was made at a Las Vegas residence that did not belong to the girl's family, officials said, though her mother recognized furniture seen in still images of the tape.

Stiles is "a several tier-away family friend," said Det. Dave Boruchowitz.

Modern police science put investigators on Stiles' trail.

"That was information that the FBI and Metro (Las Vegas police) had once they able to enhance the video. They gave us the information," DeMeo told Early Show co-anchor Julie Chen.

Initially, DeMeo's office released photographs of the little girl and her first name.

"We felt that his (Stiles') name and the first name of the young girl, which we're not mentioning anymore, would be the key to identifying this girl," DeMeo said. Now that she has been found, neither DeMeo's office nor the news media are using the name and photographs.

[lauriesarno]

The babysitter or Tina Allen (girlfriend of Stiles for 10 yrs) is/are the culprit here. Tina Allen says stiles ''''fooled everyone'''' and ''''we are all his victims''''. she also goes on to say that he''''s very violent, punched her in the jaw, and when another friend of hers filed charges against Stiles claiming he groped and french kissed her 6 yr old daughter (in 2003), Allen refused to believe it. It''''s NOT the single mother''''s fault for being a single parent, it''''s Tina Allen''''s fault for not being more cautious about the people she brought into her life, and ultimately the innocent lives around her. She repeatedly chose to ingnore the many red flags stiles was waving just to follow her delusional dream of finding a perfect man to take care of her and her kids. She should also be arrested. she also has yet to speak to police about what she knows of Stiles - rather she goes on national news programs, makes herself look like a careless, self-centered, idiot, and then gives little info to the people who can apprehend him. Unbelievable that she claims she''''s a victem of Stiles. She''''s only a victim of her own stupidity.

[Krazcarl]

Yes it''s surprised me that the mom has skated on this.Theres more to this story and we have few facts.

[grammawhamma]

The mother DID drop the ball and I can''''t believe she didn''''t notice ANYTHING about her daughter (after her being so "brutally raped and the most hideous thing they have seen," according to police) on her genital area. Come on. I have a three year old and I see her vaginal area every day, while changing her, bathing her, in the bathroom. The mom really needs to be looked at. What a lousy mother.


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Posted by GMK5 at 12:28 AM : Oct 02, 2007


Exactly!! I said the same thing in a post on this story yesterday and got ripped a new ****** for being judgemental against the poor mother. There were signs this happened to this poor child...and anyone with half a brain would have seen them!!

[gmk5]

A correction. Stiles girlfriend''s son was living with Madison and her mother. That is the connection.
Again, because marriage doesn''t matter and men come in and out of children''s lives, they are hurt. The whole "mother''s boyfriend" is the worst thing to happen to young children. The worst.

[gmk5]

According to CNN, this is how the guy got access to the child: The molester''s adult girlfriend had a son or daughter living with their girl/boyfriend in an apartment. The little girl and her mother lived at the apartment too. The woman brought the molester there and that is how they met. I suppose the girl was left at the apartment with no supervision but with this molester. His adult girlfriend knew nothing about it. I DO blame the mother. No young girl should be left with a strange adult male. The mother DID drop the ball and I can''t believe she didn''t notice ANYTHING about her daughter (after her being so "brutally raped and the most hideous thing they have seen," according to police) on her genital area. Come on. I have a three year old and I see her vaginal area every day, while changing her, bathing her, in the bathroom. The mom really needs to be looked at. What a lousy mother.

[jetranger7]

Now we know why Seigfried & Roy was attacked by a Tiger several years ago,, this guy was training those tigers, Hummmmmm, makes ya Wonder ????? What a Sleaze Ball Degenerate Low-Life Dispicable piece of Scum !!!

[Krazcarl]

Wouldn''t you know a child molester would PLAY the tough guy angle his entire life is a con. I''m still curious how he got access to this child as for vigilante justice I don''t think we want to kill him we want to torture him and give him a taste of his own medicine. The creep made the vidio himself or with an accomplice don''t see what kind of a gold mine of information he would be he''d just implicate himself.Another thing for those of us that have been around sometimes a womans tears are there to hide the guilt.

[bm6005]

The worst thing anyone could do is not bring this animal directly to law enforcement. Anyone who goes after "vigilante justice" is not helping at all, and in fact, is making it horribly worse.
Posted by coder12

Sorry coder; he needs to be eliminated!! We have the highest prison population in the world at the cost of close to $100k/year/prisoner. Save money on this guy!

[azmka]

Although it would be most satisfying to have our own vigilante justice, it is still better to leave it to the cops/courts.

Once that video is shown in court, that sick freak will be left to fend for himself in prison. He may be a monster to a little child but something tells me he won''t be all that intimidating to his new pals in prison. (I''d love to get that on video as a warning to other perverts as to what awaits them)

[klthomas1]

i''m not blaming the mother in no way, but how did that man have access to that child??? i know the sheriff may want him alive, but this scumbag needs some street justice. someone needs to do to him EXACTLY what he did to that baby. a 3 year old! they need to catch this piece of garbage, soon!