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Thomas Gives Police Tip On Stiles

The images of Stiles' alleged sexual assault were released by police three weeks ago.

A flood of tips came pouring in, including one from Chester Stiles' ex-girlfriend Elaine Thomas.

Thomas says, despite this, she was in love with Chester Stiles and even after their relationship ended in 2003 they remained friends.

"This is a man who could show up at my house at 2:30 in the morning and often did.  I'd wake up in the morning and he'd be asleep on the couch or watching TV", Thomas says.

But she says she cannot deny that the man seen in the video sexually assaulting a little girl is the same person.

She tipped off police and waited.

"I was afraid that he would show up at my house and ask for help.  I was afraid that he would find out that I was the one who ID'd him to the police and would show up at my house angry."

When Thomas heard of his capture, she says "I was elated".  But she was surprised by his peaceful surrender.

"I really did not think that it was going to go that easily when they found him.  I thought either he would wind up dead or he would wind up killing somebody else."

Thomas says she knew Stiles to have a dark side, but she never imagined it might show up like this.

"He struck me as a young guy who had a lot of potential that just needed to get on the right path."

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