HORACE LANGFORD JR. / PVT Christopher John Floyd as he appeared during a recent court hearing. Advertisement

On the afternoon of Nov. 20, Christopher John Floyd, 36, in custody on charges from another case, appeared in Pahrump's Justice Court on a second criminal complaint, filed by the state on behalf of John Doe, who was 9 or 10 years old at the time the alleged crimes occurred.

The preliminary hearing lasted approximately four hours and ended with Judge Richard Glasson determining that crimes had been committed and binding Floyd over to the 5th Judicial District Court in Pahrump, where Floyd has the right to a jury trial. The alleged crimes are sexual assault on a minor under 14 years of age, two counts of lewdness with a child under 14 years of age and attempted sexual assault on a minor under 14 years of age.

All of the allegations in this case stem from one night over Halloween weekend in 2003 or 2004.

Floyd did not take the witness stand, but six witnesses appeared for the state. The first was Todd Arms, an investigator for the Nye County District Attorney's Office. He identified a photograph of an orange pill with a Buddha image on it as ecstasy, a controlled substance Floyd allegedly gave to John Doe for the boy's headache on the night in question.

John, who is now 14, frequently visited his grandmother and other relatives but he only made one weekend trip to Pahrump on Halloween. During that gathering, one of his cousins organized a trick or treat contest -- pitting the girls against the boys. "We had a race to see who could get the most candy the quickest," John said.

John got a headache. Chief Deputy District Attorney Kirk Vitto showed the boy the photograph of the pill entered into evidence earlier. "That's the stuff he gave me," said John.

John then detailed the alleged sexual assault by Floyd.

He said Floyd left the bathroom after hearing someone enter the house, but before leaving Floyd told him, "If you ever tell anybody what happened tonight, I will kill everybody you love, and especially your mom."

John stayed in the bathroom for about half an hour after Floyd left, then fell into a drugged sleep on the living room couch, where he woke to Floyd "putting a blanket over me and telling me everything was going to be all right."

However, John told Vitto he was scared and believed Floyd would kill everyone he loved, and "especially his mom." John repeated the exact phrase multiple times during the afternoon.

After keeping silent for years John said he finally told what happened to him because he thought Floyd was going to get out of jail and "kill everybody I love, and especially my mom."

Both judge and defense attorney appeared surprised when Vitto asked for just $250,000 bail for the defendant. However, Vitto pointed out that Floyd was already in custody with $2 million bail on the case that was bound over on Nov. 21 to district court for possible jury trial.

No district court dates have yet been set in either case at press time.