Ohio Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Rape of 10-Year-Old Girl
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Gerson Fuentes, a Guatemalan national, has been sentenced to at least 25-30 years in prison after pleading guilty to raping and impregnating a 10-year-old girl from Columbus, Ohio. Fuentes, who was the boyfriend of the girl's mother, will also be required to register as a Tier III sex offender for life. The case gained national attention due to the girl's need to travel to Indiana for an abortion after Ohio's trigger ban on abortions after six weeks. The girl's case sparked a conversation about child sexual abuse, with over 22,000 children listed as sexual violence victims in Ohio between 2017 and 2021.
- Gerson Fuentes, who raped 10-year-old Ohio girl gets 25-year sentence USA TODAY
- Ohio man sentenced to life in prison for rape of 10-year-old who sought abortion in Indiana NBC News
- Man Gets Life Sentence in Rape of Child Who Traveled for Abortion The New York Times
- Man who raped 10-year-old pleads guilty, given minimum 25-year sentence The Columbus Dispatch
- ‘A hard pill for this court to swallow’: Judge says child rapist in high-profile Indiana abortion case has a chance of parole only because victim’s family ‘begged’ for the sentence Law & Crime
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