COLUMBIA, OH. (THECOUNT) — Gershon Fuentes has been identified as the suspect arrested in the rape of a 10-year-old girl in a highly publicised case revolving around the Roe v Wade decision.
The young girl made international news after she traveled to Indiana to seek an abortion. She was impregnated by Fuentes during multiple rapes.
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According to reports, Fuentes, who lived in Columbus’ Northwest Side, was arrested on Tuesday after he confessed to raping the young girl on at least two occasions.
According to Detective Jeffrey Huhn, Columbus police were made aware of the young girl’s pregnancy through referral by Franklin County Children Services. The girl received an abortion at an Indianapolis facility, Huhn said, reports thepostmillennial.
The Columbus Dispatch reports that Huhn ” also testified that DNA from the clinic in Indianapolis is being tested against samples from Fuentes, as well as the child’s siblings, to confirm contribution to the aborted fetus.”
Fuentes, who was in the country illegally, will be held on a no-bail order, according to Franklin County Municipal Court Judge Cynthia Ebner.
Ebner said that a high bond was necessary, and that Fuentes is considered a flight risk. Ebner set a $2 million bond for Fuentes, who is being held in the Franklin County jail.
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