Kiddie Porn Actress Found Alive, Well

The Edmonton Sun, May 14, 2005

ORLANDO, Florida — A 15-year-old girl who appeared in a series of sexually explicit pictures taken at a Walt Disney World hotel and other locations has been found and is now safe, authorities said yesterday.

In April, police publicized a photo of a girl believed to be a witness in hopes that someone could identify her and the victim.

The unusual move came after police determined some of the assaults took place at a Disney resort in Orlando, Florida.

Two Toronto tipsters identified the locale after Toronto police released digitally altered photos in February that removed the victim's image from various backgrounds that included an elevator, a fountain and a bed in a hotel room.

The girl was located in the Pittsburgh area after officials found a match Thursday in one of several law enforcement databases of child pornography, state and federal officials said.

The girl is not in any new danger and the man believed responsible for taking the pictures is already serving time in a federal prison.

© 2005 The Edmonton Sun.