Man accused of raping 5-year-old appears in court

Summary

Joe Juillermo Fajardo, 26, has no known criminal record according to prosecutors, but Mike Vaughn, a deputy prosecuting attorney, said allegations against Fajardo are disturbing.

 

Story Published: Sep 8, 2009 at 8:05 PM PST

Story Updated: Sep 8, 2009 at 8:05 PM PST

Man accused of raping 5-year-old appears in court

VANCOUVER, Wash. – A man accused of crawling into bed with a 5-year-old boy last Friday and raping him was in court Tuesday.

Joe Juillermo Fajardo, 26, has no known criminal record according to prosecutors, but Mike Vaughn, a deputy prosecuting attorney, said allegations against Fajardo are disturbing.

“The defendant entered an occupied home at night, crept into the bedroom of a 5-year-old boy and preceded to rape him,” he said.

The child’s mother, who declined to be identified, said Fajardo was in her son’s bed and was naked. She said she woke to hear her son’s screams shortly before 1 a.m. Friday.

“I made him get out of bed [and] made him walk to the front door. I opened the front door and told him to get out,” she said.

Fajardo’s sister, Martha, said she is shocked over what her brother is accused of doing. She and her brother live in the same neighborhood as the victim.

She said she can’t make sense of the charges but thinks her brother may have been drunk.

“This is disgusting,” Martha said. “I said, ‘My God,’ what he did, I can’t believe it.”

The KATU On Your Side Investigators learned from immigration and customs officials that Fajardo is suspected of being in the United States illegally from the country of Ecuador.

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