Re: FBI: Man made child porn at Bastrop County nudist camp - Star Ranch in Texas

On Apr 19, 2:21=A0pm, Nudiarist <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Apr 19, 4:53=A0pm, Anna <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > On Apr 19, 1:06=A0pm, Nudiarist <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > On Apr 19, 3:16=A0pm, Anna <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > > Yeah, you can say sexual abuse happens in other setting too. =A0But=
 BY
> > > > PERCENTAGE does it happen more frequently at nudist venues than it
> > > > does other places (ie there are many, many schools and churches out
> > > > there but a relatively few nudist venues)
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> > > >http://www.starranch.net/index.htm
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> > > >http://www.statesman.com/news/local/fbi-man-made-child-porn-at-bastr=
o...
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> > > >http://tinyurl.com/y2kzspy
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> > > > SAN MARCOS =97 Federal investigators say they think a man arrested =
on
> > > > child pornography charges filmed himself abusing an underage girl a=
t a
> > > > Bastrop County nudist camp.
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> > > > David A. Diehl , a 48-year-old computer programmer, was arrested in
> > > > Jacksonville, Fla. last week and is accused of producing a series o=
f
> > > > videos that have appeared in more than 100 Internet child pornograp=
hy
> > > > investigations, according to a criminal complaint filed by federal
> > > > investigators earlier this month.
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> > > > Investigators say they think the videos, known as the "tent series,=
"
> > > > were produced in 2000 at the Star Ranch nudist camp in McDade in
> > > > Bastrop County. Diehl was living in Austin at the time, investigato=
rs
> > > > said. The videos show a man in a camping tent molesting a prepubesc=
ent
> > > > girl, the complaint said.
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> > > > FBI spokesman Eric Vasys said the investigation is ongoing.
> > > > Authorities are working to extradite Diehl back to Texas, Vasys sai=
d.
> > > > In Bastrop County, Diehl faces a charge of aggravated sexual assaul=
t
> > > > of a child, a first-degree felony.
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> > > > In August 2009, investigators with the Maine State Police informed =
FBI
> > > > officials that they might have determined the location where the te=
nt
> > > > videos were produced, the complaint said. One video features an Oza=
rka
> > > > water bottle, which is distributed only in the Southeast and Centra=
l
> > > > U.S., and key to the investigation: A segment has the victim holdin=
g a
> > > > novelty $1 million bill.
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> > > > The bill was made in 2000 for the Star Ranch in McDade, the complai=
nt
> > > > said. That year, the ranch hosted the 2000 Southwest Sunbathing
> > > > Association Conference in June.
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> > > > FBI agents interviewed an employee at the ranch who identified the
> > > > victim in the video as a child of longtime members of Star Ranch. T=
he
> > > > employee confirmed that the child attended the conference in 2000, =
the
> > > > complaint said. Records from the ranch indicated that Diehl visited
> > > > several times that summer.
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> > > > In October 2009, FBI agents located the victim, who identified her
> > > > abuser as Diehl, a family friend. The victim, who would now be in h=
er
> > > > 20s, said that starting when she was 8 and until she was 10, Diehl
> > > > molested her and another girl on several occasions at the Star Ranc=
h,
> > > > the complaint said. She also identified herself as the victim in th=
e
> > > > tent videos, the complaint said.
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> > > > Federal investigators didn't release the names of either victim
> > > > because of the nature of the crime.
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> > > > In January , investigators interviewed Diehl's ex-wife, Kerry Jenki=
ns,
> > > > who said she and Diehl began a relationship when she was 15 and he =
was
> > > > 31, the complaint said. She became pregnant, and her parents gave
> > > > permission for the two to marry in 1996. He was abusive, Jenkins sa=
id,
> > > > and was arrested in Georgia and Ohio on abuse complaints, according=
 to
> > > > the federal documents.
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> > > > Before they divorced in 2002, Diehl would tell Jenkins she was "tol=
d
> > > > old for (him) now," the complaint said. Jenkins also identified Die=
hl
> > > > as the man in the tent videos, the complaint said.
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> > > > FBI investigators looked at a video camera that Jenkins kept after =
the
> > > > couple divorced and found a tape of two underage girls undressing f=
or
> > > > the camera, the complaint said.
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> > > > More victims could be identified as result of the investigation, Va=
sys
> > > > said. "We will always look to identify other victims in a suspect's
> > > > collection of pornography."
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> > > > Star Ranch officials declined to comment for this story but said in=
 a
> > > > statement: "We applaud the authorities for their diligence in the
> > > > investigation of this case."
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> > > > The ranch's Web site describes it as "110 heavily wooded acres with
> > > > over two shady miles of roads and walking trails of soft, sandy soi=
l"
> > > > and as a "family oriented club ... dedicated to the nudist lifestyl=
e."
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> > > This article is written with a slant against nudism, as if it were
> > > somehow responsible for the alleged reprehensible behavior by this
> > > man. No nudist venue would tolerate such activity if they had the
> > > slightest clue it was occurring. If he's guilty, they should lock him
> > > up in the same cell as a pederast priest.
>
> > > nudiarist
> > > Diary of a Nudisthttp://www.nudiarist.blogspot.com
>
> > Say you are hungry for a pizza. So you go to a restaurant that serves
> > pizza. Why? =A0Because that's where the pizza is.
>
> By that logic we should prohibit any social contact between children
> and adults in schools, churches, boy and girl scouts,etc. I say lock
> up all the children for their own protection.
>
> nudiarist
> Diary of a Nudisthttp://www.nudiarist.blogspot.com

I certainly believe in regulating such social contact. I don't believe
that Kids should be alone with teachers, or pastors, or scout masters.
There should always be a relatively fair number of people around to
make the interactions "public" and not hidden.