Abused girl in video found

las vegas -- A girl who was videotaped being sexually assaulted has been found and is with relatives and sheriff’s officials, authorities said Friday.

Chester Arthur Stiles, who was being sought for questioning, is now considered a suspect but remains at large, Nye County Sheriff Tony DeMeo said.

Stiles was tied to the family by a “several-tiered friend connection,” Detective David Boruchowitz said. The girl was 3 when the tape was made and is 7 now, he said.

The crime took place in Las Vegas, where the girl was found, DeMeo said. “The mother was not aware of anything that went on with this young girl,” he said.

Widespread media accounts of the case led to the crucial tip that helped find the girl, Boruchowitz said. Volunteers screened 4,000 to 5,000 tips from around the world, DeMeo said.

Police released information they would not normally release in such crimes, such as a photograph of the girl, DeMeo said.

Stiles, 37, whose last known address was in Las Vegas, is wanted on an unrelated state warrant on a charge of lewdness with a minor younger than 14 and a federal charge of being a fugitive, DeMeo said.