Henderson Nevada man dies after arrest tied to child sexual abuse images

A Henderson man who was arrested last month on felony child exploitation charges has died, officials confirmed.

Zachary David Campbell, 38, died Monday in North Las Vegas, according to the Clark County coroner’s office. The cause and manner of death have not yet been released.

Campbell had been arraigned October 21 in Henderson Justice Court on charges of possession of visual child pornography of a person under 18 and two counts of preparing, advertising, or distributing such material, court records show.

Police arrested Campbell on October 16 at a home on Floral Creek Court, near College Drive and Interstate 11. He posted a $10,000 surety bond two days later and was released from the Henderson Detention Center.

Las Vegas attorney David Brown, who represented Campbell, was not available for comment Tuesday.

Investigation Triggered by National Tip

According to a police report, the investigation began after a tip received August 28 from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The organization reported that a subscriber account with Synchronoss Technologies—the cloud storage provider for Verizon Wireless—linked to Campbell had uploaded a video depicting child sexual abuse.

The center had received at least four similar reports since 2022 alleging that Campbell had uploaded abusive content to Synchronoss servers. Another report from Instagram in 2022 alleged that an account associated with Campbell posted a video depicting child sexual abuse.

Investigators obtained a search warrant for Campbell’s Synchronoss data and recovered roughly 63 gigabytes of files, including 44 that were classified as child sexual abuse material, according to police. Among the files were videos already flagged as abusive and multiple images identifying Campbell through his Nevada driver’s license photo.

Police also stated that Campbell had worked with children at a YMCA in an unspecified capacity but did not clarify whether he was still employed there.

Authorities began surveillance of Campbell’s residence in mid-September and executed search warrants on October 14 and again on October 16, when Campbell was taken into custody.

Officers said they recovered Campbell’s Samsung Galaxy smartphone at the scene. Forensic analysis confirmed it was tied to the same phone number and email address connected to the flagged accounts, and browser history showed visits to multiple websites containing abusive material, according to the report.

The investigation remains open pending the coroner’s findings.

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