Do You Know Me? Please Help Me.

excerpted from Linda Sharp's widely read blog, Don't Get Me Started - PLEASE READ

My morning is typically spent wading through emails from readers with stories happening in their local areas, links to various news sources, light hearted fun stuff, etc.  And I love receiving all of them - so keep them coming.

While I can't write about all of them - there just aren't enough hours in the day - you people really do have a feel for what will strike a DGMS rant on this end.

I know I tend to bang the abused and neglected children drum quite frequently - and that the tone around here can take a decidely less-than-humorous turn - but it is because child abuse in any form is simply intolerable to me.  And ignoring it, or wishing it away, is just not a stance I will ever take.

Another reason I write about these cases is that I don't take for granted the reach of this blog.  It is read by thousands and thousands and thousands daily, from all over the world, and if one person can be affected postively, if one child can be spared further suffering by pulling stories into the spotlight, then I think it is a worthwhile endeavor.

That being said, I hope you will bear with me and not only read this piece, but watch the video.  A child's life is at stake...

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Out in the middle of the desert, about 60 miles west of Las Vegas, sits the town of Pahrump (no rum pum pum jokes, please).

Roughly five months ago, a man named Darren Tuck claims to have found a videotape out in the desert.  He surrendered it to police after another man reported he had viewed it and was moved to action by its contents.

On the tape?  A bedraggled little girl, no more than 4 or 5 years old, dressed in what looks like a leopard nightie.  Her eyes are vacant.  She looks truly like a little girl lost.

 

And there is good reason for the lack of light in her eyes. 

As the tape moves on, a grown man is seen performing all manner of complete and total sex acts on the child.  According to Nye County sheriff's detective, David Boruchowitz, the tape, roughly 30+ minutes in length, clearly shows the adult man performing criminal sexual acts that he says include rape, "everything else, and then some."

Again, she is, at most 5 years old.

If your heart is not breaking at this point, if you are not overcome with the desire to castrate this piece of filth with a rusty kitchen knife, then you should stop reading because your heart is as vacant as her eyes.

Authorities are fairly certain the man who turned it in, Mr. Tuck, did not make the tape, and are certain he is not the man seen abusing the child.  However, he was arrested Sept. 19 on charges of promoting child pornography and possession of child pornography.

Police have taken the step of going public, not only with the story, but with portions of the video (nothing graphic) and still photos, in an effort to identify the child and the human sewage abusing her.

(The video does contain footage of an older girl, however, police have identified her and ensured she is safe and was not physically abused.  They have not been able to link the two children.)

Watch the video, it is The Early Show interview with Officer Boruchowitz, and contains the footage and photos of the child.  Invest the four minutes in this child's life and then pass this link around.  This will bring people directly to this story, regardless of it moving down the page on my blog: http://dontgetmestarted-lindasharp.typepad.com/dont_get_me_started_with_/2007/09/do-you-know-me-.html

The more eyes that view it, the more caring, compassionate, decent people who get involved, the more likely this baby can be found and receive the care, the therapy, the nurturing, and the love she so desperately will need to survive.

To reader Michele - thank you for sending me the information.  And I completely understand why you said you were crying as you typed to me.  My heart is aching and the dam in my eyes has already broken.

Anyone with any information should call the Nye County Sheriff's Office at 775-751-7000.

I cannot embed the video, but please CLICK HERE TO VIEW.  Thank you all.

My morning is typically spent wading through emails from readers with stories happening in their local areas, links to various news sources, light hearted fun stuff, etc.  And I love receiving all of them - so keep them coming.

While I can't write about all of them - there just aren't enough hours in the day - you people really do have a feel for what will strike a DGMS rant on this end.

I know I tend to bang the abused and neglected children drum quite frequently - and that the tone around here can take a decidely less-than-humorous turn - but it is because child abuse in any form is simply intolerable to me.  And ignoring it, or wishing it away, is just not a stance I will ever take.

Another reason I write about these cases is that I don't take for granted the reach of this blog.  It is read by thousands and thousands and thousands daily, from all over the world, and if one person can be affected postively, if one child can be spared further suffering by pulling stories into the spotlight, then I think it is a worthwhile endeavor.

That being said, I hope you will bear with me and not only read this piece, but watch the video.  A child's life is at stake...

~~~~~~~~~~~~

Out in the middle of the desert, about 60 miles west of Las Vegas, sits the town of Pahrump (no rum pum pum jokes, please).

Roughly five months ago, a man named Darren Tuck claims to have found a videotape out in the desert.  He surrendered it to police after another man reported he had viewed it and was moved to action by its contents.

On the tape?  A bedraggled little girl, no more than 4 or 5 years old, dressed in what looks like a leopard nightie.  Her eyes are vacant.  She looks truly like a little girl lost.

 

And there is good reason for the lack of light in her eyes. 

As the tape moves on, a grown man is seen performing all manner of complete and total sex acts on the child.  According to Nye County sheriff's detective, David Boruchowitz, the tape, roughly 30+ minutes in length, clearly shows the adult man performing criminal sexual acts that he says include rape, "everything else, and then some."

Again, she is, at most 5 years old.

If your heart is not breaking at this point, if you are not overcome with the desire to castrate this piece of filth with a rusty kitchen knife, then you should stop reading because your heart is as vacant as her eyes.

Authorities are fairly certain the man who turned it in, Mr. Tuck, did not make the tape, and are certain he is not the man seen abusing the child.  However, he was arrested Sept. 19 on charges of promoting child pornography and possession of child pornography.

Police have taken the step of going public, not only with the story, but with portions of the video (nothing graphic) and still photos, in an effort to identify the child and the human sewage abusing her.

(The video does contain footage of an older girl, however, police have identified her and ensured she is safe and was not physically abused.  They have not been able to link the two children.)

Watch the video, it is The Early Show interview with Officer Boruchowitz, and contains the footage and photos of the child.  Invest the four minutes in this child's life and then pass this link around.  This will bring people directly to this story, regardless of it moving down the page on my blog: http://dontgetmestarted-lindasharp.typepad.com/dont_get_me_started_with_/2007/09/do-you-know-me-.html

The more eyes that view it, the more caring, compassionate, decent people who get involved, the more likely this baby can be found and receive the care, the therapy, the nurturing, and the love she so desperately will need to survive.

To reader Michele - thank you for sending me the information.  And I completely understand why you said you were crying as you typed to me.  My heart is aching and the dam in my eyes has already broken.

Anyone with any information should call the Nye County Sheriff's Office at 775-751-7000.

I cannot embed the video, but please CLICK HERE TO VIEW.  Thank you all.

Comments

[Paula]

WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!! I couldn't sleep last night just thinking about this poor little girl...thank goodness.

Paula

[Christa Miller]

They found her!
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/28/sextape.girl/index.html

[JenniferBrown]

It makes me sick to my stomach to see this. Thank you so much for spreading the word about this little girl. I hope they find her soon, the poor thing. Ghastly things happen right around us all the time. Reminds me how lucky I've been in my life.