Fbi Says Buried Tapes Reveal Sierra Vista Man Having Sex With Children

[ZukiSuzuki]

He thought he buried his past but now it may be coming back to haunt him. An 81-year-old man is in jail after what a neighbor found in his backyard. Walter Stevens is accused of making child pornography videos. Investigators say a neighbor found the graphic and disturbing tapes buried outside his home in Sierra Vista, tapes that show him in sex acts with children overseas.

What FBI agents told us is sickening and horrifying. Neighbors we spoke with are astounded that their elderly neighbor, Walter Stevens, is facing charges for sex tapes. Investigators tell us some of the tapes date back more than 40 years. But what disturbs neighbors most is hearing that Stevens is accused of using children in those tapes.

"He offered to help anybody on the block here that needed help with anything, he was like that," says Neighbor Craig Weiland.

That's the Walter Stevens the quiet Sierra Vista neighborhood is acquainted with. Neighbors are in disbelief after hearing about video tapes showing Stevens engaged in sex acts with children.

"I was flabbergasted to hear somebody like that was here," says Craig.

The tapes were discovered literally out of the ground. Back in August of 2006, the FBI says a resident found the tapes near a septic tank that had been uncovered by rain. Authorities believe Stevens stashed the tapes there more than 20 years ago.

Before putting the tapes in the septic hole, Stevens attempted to destroy them with a magnet. The FBI was able to identify Stevens by sending those tapes to their lab in Virginia.

Investigators say Stevens made two of the videos over a ten year period when he lived in Japan from 1965 to 1975. The tapes show him engaged in sex acts with Japanese girls as young as five. Other footage was shot between 1975 to 1980 while Stevens lived in Korea. Investigators say those images showed him having sex with 11 to 13-year-old Korean girls. Other video was made in 1980 to 1986, showing Stevens in Thailand having sex with a 13 to 14-year old Cambodian girl.

Craig and his family have lived in the neighborhood for three years. He often keeps tabs on child predators online to protect his 13-year-old daughter.

"There's a couple that we know of that live in this general area but to have one four houses down from you and not know nothing about it. It's scary," says Craig.

Stevens made his first appearance in federal court Wednesday. If convicted, he could face ten years in prison and lifetime probation.

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[TonyLeung]

sickening

[PeaceBlondie]

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