Gerson Fuentes, accused of raping 10-year-old girl who got abortion, held without bond – By Bethany Bruner (The Columbus Dispatch) / July 28, 2022
A man accused of sexually assaulting and impregnating a 10-year-old Columbus girl who traveled to Indiana for an abortion has been ordered held behind bars without bond pending his trial.
Gerson Fuentes, 27, a Guatemalan national, is facing two counts of rape of a child under the age of 13. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without any possibility for parole.
Columbus police Det. Jeffrey Huhn testified about the case before Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge Julie Lynch at a bond hearing on Thursday morning, saying the child had identified Fuentes as the man who assaulted her twice between January and May 12.
Huhn also provided a clearer timeline of the investigation into the case.
