LAS VEGAS — Nevada police released the name of a person of interest Friday in connection with a child pornography video, which showed a man performing explicit sex acts on a younger, still unidentified girl believed to go by the first name Madison.

Chester Arthur Stiles, 37, is wanted for questioning in connection with the sex tape, believed to have been made between 2003 and January 2005.

"We're not going to stop regardless until this girl is rescued," Nye County Sheriff Anthony L. DeMeo said at a press conference. "Until we find out her disposition."

Stiles is wanted on a previous Las Vegas warrant for sexual assault and lewdness with a minor under 14 years of age, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Web site.

Officials also released what they believe to be the first name of the unidentified girl, Madison, who appears to be 4 or 5 at the time of the filming.

"The most important thing right now we're looking for is the identity of the female, get her help, find out who she is and get her help, and see that what we can do is resurrect her life," DeMeo said. "It's a very sad situation she finds herself in."

Earlier Nye County Sheriff's Detective David Boruchowitz told FOX News that tips from the public have been vital to the case.

"We're working several extremely hot tips," he said.

On Thursday, cops said they had found an older girl who appeared in the tape "safe and well."

The girl who was found, who detectives earlier said they believed was 10 to 12 years old, was not sexually abused and "never suffered as a victim at the hands of the perpetrator as the first girl has," Boruchowitz said.

The part of the video showing the older girl was shot in Nye County, a rural county near Las Vegas, Boruchowitz said. Details were not disclosed, and no additional information about the identity of the girl or the circumstances of how she came to be on the video was made public.

But Boruchowitz said investigators feared the younger girl was in danger. Sheriff's detectives were also seeking a man whose image was seen on the video.

Boruchowitz earlier characterized a segment of the tape showing the older girl as "some kind of peep show" filmed from a different room. Investigators were examining whether parts of the tape showing the younger girl were filmed with the same video camera, he said.

Detectives grappled with going public, Boruchowitz said.

"Unfortunately we really had no choice and decided that for this girl's safety based on the situation that we know for a fact she was in at one point — and for all intents and purposes we assume she's still in — that we had to act and that the public was the only option," Boruchowitz told FOX News.

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 later was arrested on charges of promoting child pornography and possession of child pornography, both felonies, and released without bail pending an appearance Nov. 26 in Pahrump Justice Court. The top charge carries a possible sentence of up to life in prison.

Tuck told detectives he found the videotape in the desert outside Pahrump more than five months ago. Boruchowitz said investigators don't think Tuck made the tape, but he did show it to someone else.

"Exhibiting pornography in the state of Nevada is a life sentence," DeMeo said.

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

The Associated Press generally does not identify or release photos of suspected victims of sexual abuse but is doing so in this case in the interest of the girl's safe recovery.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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I saw this on Nancy Grace last night . Its disturbing and I really hope they find this sicko and the little girl so she can be helped .

It was on channel three news here last night.
They said the girl was being abused (but not how),
they also believe her life may be in danger.

I have been praying since last night that they find that
poor little girl safe.
I hope they catch the sickco in the video tape with her.

Sick discusting %%$%$@^&#%&^!$&'s...

"exhibiting pornography in the State of Nevada is a Life sentence" DeMeo said.

NO that is NOT TRUE. Growing up and living in NEVADA for over 33 YEARS I am ROTFLMAO at that comment.
If in fact PORNOGRAPHY IS ILLEGAL and the penalty IS A LIFE SENTENCE I must RUN to my telephone, call up one of my oldest and dearest FRIENDS of MANY YEARS and tell him this. He owns a porography store outside of VEGAS to this day.

ROLLING ON THE FLOOR LAUGHING MY ASS OFF AT THIS ONE!!

NOT FOR THE CHILD. But SOMEONE needs to get their FACTS CORRECT prior to telling stories.

Barbie I think the article meant child pornography ??

DeMeo needs to get HIS FACTS Straight. I am outraged by the fact that some SICK PEDOPHILE has done this but DeMeo needs to be a BIT MORE CLEAR on his comments. thats all

I'd love to hear the 'death penalty is bad' crowd explain how this guy deserves anything other than a .45 to the back of the head.

exactly boatermatt!!!

This is pitaful!!! We tried to figure it out this morning watching the news (over & over)
They kept sayin the lil gurl was found safe..

Well I hope so, jjezzzzzz its been 4 yrs.

They kept saying she had been found healthy & happy!!

Why would anybody let a person take their kid off some where?




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Hunt for rape-tape suspect shifts to Vegas
Chester Arthur Stiles was last seen in city two weeks ago, police say
The Associated Press
Updated: 2:28 p.m. PT Sept 29, 2007
RENO, Nev. - The search for the suspect in the videotaped sexual assault of a little girl was shifted Saturday from a rural county to Las Vegas, where the man was last known to live and where it's believed the chilling tape was made.

Chester "Chet" Arthur Stiles was referred to Friday as a suspect as the FBI and Nye County investigators concluded that he was the man seen on the tape molesting a 3-year-old girl.

The girl, who is now 7, was found safe in Las Vegas with her mother, who was unaware of the assault, Nye County sheriff's Detective David Boruchowitz said Friday in Pahrump.

Stiles, 34, has lived in Pahrump, 50 miles west of Las Vegas, but his most recent address was in Las Vegas and that is where he was last seen, two weeks ago, Boruchowitz said at a news conference Friday night.

Suspect has long criminal record
Las Vegas Metro Police gave little information about the investigation Saturday.

"We have assumed the lead on the sexual assault case. We are conducting an ongoing investigation but have no further details," Bill Cassell, the department's public information officer, said tersely.

Stiles also is wanted on an unrelated state warrant issued last year charging lewdness with a minor under 14 years of age and on a federal fugitive warrant.

Nye County District Attorney Bob Beckett said Friday that a Las Vegas attorney reported he had been told by a client that Stiles was a knife-packing survivalist who vowed that police would never catch him alive.

Nye County Sheriff Tony DeMeo said Stiles was a registered sex offender, but he did not provide details.

Las Vegas police have said Stiles had a string of arrests dating back to 1999 on several charges, including assault, battery, resisting a police officer, auto theft, leaving the scene of an accident and contempt of court. He was convicted in 1999 of carrying a concealed weapon and in 2001 of conspiracy to commit grand larceny, according to Clark County District Court records.


Mother unaware of tape
The little girl's mother knew nothing about the case or her daughter's involvement until somebody told her they had seen the child on television, Boruchowitz said. "It was very sad for her to find this out."

The girl 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, authorities said.

Authorities said the videotape was made at a Las Vegas residence that did not belong to the girl's family, though her mother recognized furniture seen in still images of the tape. She also recognized Stiles in a photo released by police.

The Associated Press and msnbc.com are no longer identifying or releasing photos of the girl because she is a suspected victim of sexual abuse. They did so earlier in the interest of her safe recovery.


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