Posted on 04/29/2005 2:27:55 PM PDT by Graybeard58
Edited on 04/30/2005 3:42:31 AM PDT by Lead Moderator. [history]
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Detectives on Wednesday released a photograph they hope will help them identify a girl seen in a series of sexually explicit pictures that were taken at a Walt Disney World hotel and other locations and have circulated over the Internet for the past three years.
The newly released photo is of another girl who investigators do not believe was sexually exploited.
But the backgrounds of the images of the two girls have enough similarities, including furniture and exercise equipment, that detectives believe they may have been in the same place at the same time, said Sgt. Matt Irwin, a sheriff's detective.
The second girl's image was included in a collage found on the Internet that included the sexually exploited girl, who detectives believe has been sexually abused almost daily for the past several years and has appeared in 200 explicit photos.
Orange County Sheriff Kevin Beary said the photo was being released "in hopes that if a citizen can identify her, it will greatly increase the chances of successfully identifying the perpetrator and recovering the victim."
Detectives do not know who the girls are or where they live, but they believe one of the images of the sexually exploited girl was taken at a Walt Disney World hotel several years ago, when she appeared to be about 9.
"Our hearts go out to the victim and her loved ones as we do everything we can to support law enforcement in its investigation," Disney spokeswoman Kim Prunty said in a statement.
The image made public Wednesday shows a grade-school-age girl with black bangs, a lime-colored halter top and cut-off blue jeans. She is seen holding a pink electronic game.
Authorities are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the girl, who was described as a material witness.
Child-porn investigators in Toronto discovered the pictures of the abused girl on the Internet and released some of them after digitally removing the victim in hopes of determining where the photos were taken. Clues from some of the photos suggest she may live in the northeastern United States or southeast Canada.
They still haven't released the picture of the victim they are looking for but this little girl (pictured) knows who she is.
I would suggest that if you have children or grand children about this age that you ask them if she looks familiar.
Who knows? That simple act could possibly bring an end to the horror the victim is suffering.
$5000 sounds like a pretty low rent reward all things considered.
Child-porn investigators in Toronto discovered the pictures of the abused girl on the Internet and released some of them after digitally removing the victim in hopes of determining where the photos were taken. Clues from some of the photos suggest she may live in the northeastern United States or southeast Canada.
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Canada is only reaping tje Liberal Socialism she has sowed, and not her children are paying the Price!
I remember reading about this. The Police would search a child pornography collection and the same picture of the same little girl kept comming up. It was heartbreaking, she'd get older and older.
Does anyone know how long ago the little girl on the couch was photographed in this picture? How old would she be now?
I understand a 1993 Harley-Davidson motorcycle was seen in the porn shots. That's another big clue.
Pretty sick stuff - hope they figure out who this is pretty quick.
Michael Jackson?
Yep. Someone close enough to the girl to take her to Disneyland, anyway.
It's more likely that another child about the same age would recognize her. I see kids in the neighborhood but don't pay any particular attention to what they look like but this girls class mates see her every day.
I'm saving the larger picture you posted and as my grand kids visit I will show it to them.
Yeah...what you said/typed. What language is that?
It's Frieday...sorry...
FMCDH(BITS)
Another child her age, or parents of her friends. Something, I hope.
Does anyone recognize the childs toy? toy life cycles are pretty short and that could help narrow the time of the picture.
She looks like a million other girls in the northeast. Couldnt they crop out a full face shot?
Probably only if she had a brother. Friggin' bastards all...
In Coker v. Roberts the United States Supreme Court held that the death penality cannot be imposed for any offense which did not involve the death of a human being. These types of crimes show that elite judges have no concept of justice despite their title.
I was thinking the same thing. I can't place it, myself. It looks like the sort of thing a little girl might play with, though - my daughter's not really old enough for handheld game-type things, but maybe someone here recognizes it.
It's too bad it's not a full face shot - it'd be easier to identify her if she were looking straight into the camera instead of at her toy.
To me it looks like some sort of childs pocketbook or small purse?
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