Who is Gerson Fuentes? Undocumented Immigrant Charged With Ohio Child Rape
The man charged with raping a 10-year-old girl who later traveled to neighboring Indiana for an abortion is reportedly an illegal immigrant.
Gerson Fuentes, 27, was arrested on Tuesday after police said he confessed to raping the girl on at least two occasions,The girl identified Fuentes as the one who impregnated her, a detective testified during Fuentes' arraignment in Franklin County Municipal Court on Wednesday. She underwent an abortion in Indianapolis on June 30, Det. Jeffrey Huhn said. He added that DNA from the Indianapolis abortion clinic was being tested against samples from Fuentes to confirm paternity.
Gerson Fuentes, 27, was arrested on Tuesday after police said he confessed to raping the girl on at least two occasions, The Columbus Dispatch reported. He is charged with rape, a first-degree felony in Ohio.Clark Torbett, an attorney with the Franklin County Public Defender's office, had argued it was unconstitutional to hold Fuentes without bond especially when confirmation of paternity remained pending.
Torbett said he also had a place to live that was not the same as the 10-year-old girl. His last known address was an apartment in the city's Northwest Side.
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