A little more than a year after a 10-year-old girl made national news because she had to travel from Ohio to Indiana for an abortion, the man who was charged with raping her has admitted to his crime.
Assistant Franklin County Prosecutor Daniel Lenert said in court that the victim went to see her primary care doctor on June 22 — just two days before the Supreme Court's decision — complaining of fatigue and other symptoms. The doctor gave her a pregnancy test, which came back positive.
She was about six weeks and four days into her pregnancy, according to Lenert, so she was likely assaulted on or about May 12, 2022, when she was 9 years old. A few days later, Columbus police went to the child's residence and retrieved DNA samples from all the men living there, including Fuentes, according to Lenert.
Preliminary DNA results indicating Fuentes impregnated the girl have since been confirmed, Lenert said.
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