Pennsylvania man raped 6-year-old girl, infected her with STD while being sexually involved with mother: Cops
WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA: A man has been put into jail after he allegedly raped a 6-year-old child and ended up infecting her with gonorrhea, police have revealed. Daniel Prieto, 38, is currently being held in prison with no bail after a judge declared that he is a danger to society and the community on Thursday, May 21, in Williamsport in Pennsylvania.
While talking to the police, Prieto had admitted that he had sexual relations with the minor girl and had sexually abused her many times when they were alone, up until January this year. The city police affidavit stated that he had also forced the child to perform oral sex on him. The victim had spoken to workers at a child advocacy center and said that Prieto had told her "to keep a secret" because he would get into trouble if she told anyone about the abuse.
The police started to investigate the case on February 8 after the child was reported missing. PennLive reported that she was found around 90 minutes later. The child's mother told the police that she learned in February that she had contracted gonorrhea. She said her daughter also tested positive for the STD after this. During a police interview, the victim's mother surprisingly told officers that she was involved with the accused. She told them the only sexual contact she had in the last few years was with Prieto.
The investigators shared that Prieto had "engaged in at least three separate sexual acts" with the child. Prieto had later confessed that he had forced the child to have sexual intercourse and oral sex. Prieto has been charged with rape of a child, statutory sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault of a child, involuntary deviant sexual intercourse with a child and corruption of minors. He is presently being held in Lycoming County Jail.
We had previously reported another horrific case of child sexual abuse that had occurred in Virginia. On Friday, May 22, 56-year-old Elio Francisco Quiles pleaded guilty to using sex toys on his minor victim before he left a text message to the child's mother and apologized for his crime. Quiles had admitted to aggravated sexual battery and object sexual penetration. The accused had groomed the child and had sexually abused her during her preteen years. He would touch the child improperly and use sex toys on her. The child later reported the attacks and abuse to her mother.
Prosecutor Ryan Frank revealed how Quiles had texted the girls' mother when he had discovered that the victim had reported the assault. As part of the evidence presented by Frank, the mentioned text message showed that Quiles said that he was sorry and that "I wasn’t always the monster I am now". Quiles is due to be sentenced on September 11 later this year. People who read of his crime were left outraged at the monstrosity committed by Quiles and demanded the death penalty for him. One online user commented, "Should be hung, or shot dead" while another wrote, "Hang him high noon at the courthouse lawn."