WHy are they showing the face / identity of this poor little girl

[kid a]

Its pathetic to flip to every "news" channel and see this little girl paraded across the screen.
Sad...

[Mr. Ected]

1. The Sheriff Has Asked Them To Stop Showing Her Photos

And to only show the photos of Stiles.

Publicizing this helped find her.

Now they need to turn the attention away from this poor girl.

[kid a]

4. I hope they do that.

[Breeze54]

2. I haven't seen anything yet. News isn't on here yet.

Are her parents with her?

What did they say at the press conference?

[TankLV]

3. It had something to do with trapping the perv...

at least that's what they're saying here in LV...

if somebody know the girl - maybe they can ID the perv...

[stranger81]

5. prurient interest? it's completely disgusting . . . . [n/t]

[Pirate Smile]

6. They did it to find her. CNN is now blurring it. They didn't know if she was

still with the rapist or not. They were desperate to find her and catch him - he is a predatory child rapist.

[Richard Steele]

7. They started showing her pic as a "last resort" to finding her.

They should stop now, obviously.

[Mike Nelson]

8. I thought she was lost?

If she's been found, they should stop showing her picture.

[LisaL]

9. Well, the cat is out of the bag, so to speak.

Since her photos were all over the news and the net, what good is it going to actually do to stop showing them now?

[Bluerthanblue]

16. i can think of 2

reasons for starters-

So that she doesn't have to see herself on tv- or in the media

so that the media has as little ability as possible to continue to violate her for profit.

[LostinVA]

11. They are

[Kagemusha]

13. Yes she has been found, and I agree with you completely.

Time to give it a rest.

[LisaL]

10. Because they showed these photos so the public can ID her.

Obviously they can stop showing the photos now, since she has been found, but isn't it like closing the barn door after the horse is gone?
Those photos were everywhere.

[DaveJ]

12. They should have been more discreet

They should have distributed the photos locally to key law enforcement, security, etc. The way they are doing it, the guy will now change his haircut, shave his mustache, quit his job, and take on a different look. I'm also afraid this is a relative (or maybe even the father) and take the girl with him. Stupid move, IMO.

[LisaL]

14. They already found the child.

If the suspect was still there, I presume police would have removed the child from the situation, so I think there is little danger of suspect taking the child anywhere with him, unless police have absolutely no clue as to what they are doing.

[DaveJ]

19. They found her? Good.

I'm sure the police know what they're doing. Just venting frustration. I have no idea what I'm saying.

[LisaL]

20. Yes, it's being reported the child has been found and is safe.

[Akoto]

15. If I understand correctly, the police asked the media to do it.

They had nothing else to go on, so they released information they normally would not have. Now that she's been found, they've asked that the media discontinue showing images of the girl. CNN had blurred the images out earlier.

[Katherine Brengle]

17. Right? They should never show photos of a minor like that when they are

not/no longer missing.

[LisaL]

18. And what's good that is going to do? Those photos are all over

the net.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

21. It was one thing when they were still looking for her, but now that they've found her

It's just sickeningly exploitive. One thing that needs to be done for that poor little baby is to get her name legally changed so this won't follow her.

[varkam]

22. It's tragic.

Not only has she been exploited and abused by the perpetrator, but now she is continuing to be exploited by the media.