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Arrest made in rape of Ohio girl that led to Indiana abortion drawing international attention
The Columbus Dispatch ^ | 7/13/2022 | Bethany Bruner, Monroe Trombly

Posted on 07/13/2022 9:50:22 AM PDT by chuck allen

A Columbus man has been charged with impregnating a 10-year-old Ohio girl, whose travel to Indiana to seek an abortion led to international attention following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade and activation of Ohio's abortion law.

Gershon Fuentes, 27, whose last known address was an apartment on Columbus' Northwest Side, was arrested Tuesday after police say he confessed to raping the child on at least two occasions. He's since been charged with rape, a felony of the first degree in Ohio.

Columbus police were made aware of the girl's pregnancy through a referral by Franklin County Children Services that was made by her mother on June 22, Det. Jeffrey Huhn testified Wednesday morning at Fuentes' arraignment. On June 30, the girl underwent a medical abortion in Indianapolis, Huhn said.

(Excerpt) Read more at dispatch.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; US: Indiana; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: fakenews; fuentes; gershon; gersonfuentes; guatemala; indiana; itsfakegetaclue; notfakeshutup; ohio; prolife
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To: Moe-Patrick

I did see that sentence, and, yes, it is cryptic. I suppose they had to avoid making it clear after first mentioning his “last known address” earlier, so as not to risk identifying the child.

It would certainly fit a pattern of live-ins and heartache.


101 posted on 07/13/2022 1:00:39 PM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: chuck allen

I proudly voted YES for Value Them Both here in Kansas. Prayers up.


102 posted on 07/13/2022 1:14:51 PM PDT by Mercat
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To: chuck allen

I would be interested in knowing how the rapist had access to the girl. Was the mom just too trusting or was she willfully ignorant?


103 posted on 07/13/2022 1:15:11 PM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: Mercat

Isn’t that vote scheduled for August?


104 posted on 07/13/2022 1:20:36 PM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: telescope115

Well the rape seems to be true
But not that the girl was denied abortion in Ohio.Ohio allows abortion for rape,
Looks like pro abortionists manipulated this


105 posted on 07/13/2022 1:23:27 PM PDT by RWGinger (LGB)
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To: ronniesgal

“Fuentes? how long has his family been in Columbus? Just curious.”

7 years according to the article


106 posted on 07/13/2022 1:26:20 PM PDT by DEPcom (Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules)
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To: MNJohnnie

You can say that again and again and again and again.


107 posted on 07/13/2022 1:39:34 PM PDT by pas
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To: DEPcom

i was being a smart ass- assumed from the get go that this was a Spanish speaking invader. They make “man from Columbus” sound like an American family.
That culture is pretty liberal on “how old is old enough.”


108 posted on 07/13/2022 1:40:02 PM PDT by ronniesgal (Hot fun in the summertime! thanks rjo.)
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To: chuck allen

I thought the Ohio AG said it didn’t happen?


109 posted on 07/13/2022 1:44:04 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; All

“13-14 year old males can also make little girls pregnant (in this case he is over 20). If that had happened in this case would it be a crime under Ohio law? If such a thing happened would the case information about the rapist be sealed? Note that leftists are not extremely concerned with finding the person who did this.

Isn’t 10 years old for a girl to get pregnant is rare? ( know it’s possible)


110 posted on 07/13/2022 1:48:19 PM PDT by ProudVet97
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To: DoodleDawg

He did. Things changed today.

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - A Columbus, Ohio man confessed to the rape of a 10-year-old Ohio girl who then became pregnant, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced on Wednesday.

Gershon Fuentes, 27, is being held at the Franklin County Jail on a rape charge, according to jail records. He is being held without bond. His next court appearance is July 22.

Yost said the suspect confessed to raping the 10-year-old girl who then had to go to Indiana to get an abortion following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.


111 posted on 07/13/2022 1:59:41 PM PDT by chuck allen
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To: winterystorm
The Ohio AG was referring to the story by leftists of a 10 year old girl who was molested and had to go to Indiana for an abortion because she couldn't get one in Ohio. This supposedly just happened.
112 posted on 07/13/2022 2:01:22 PM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: ProudVet97; DoughtyOne
Isn’t 10 years old for a girl to get pregnant is rare? ( know it’s possible)

I think that is correct. Very rare, but it is just what the abortion faction would like to be true. The argument would be: "If you are against abortion you want 10 year old girls to have babies..." This mantra has been around for at least a half century.

Did the pro-abortion side lie about this particular case? I don't know, but they think it's useful for their cause.

113 posted on 07/13/2022 3:30:45 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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To: gloryblaze

Early voting started today.


114 posted on 07/13/2022 3:47:25 PM PDT by Mercat
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To: DoodleDawg
I thought the Ohio AG said it didn’t happen?

What I read was that at one point he said he had seen no evidence it had occurred. Not quite the same. Now somebody confessed. In my view that makes it likely that it did occur, although there have been cases of coerced confessions in the past, especially when the suspect is poor or ignorant.

115 posted on 07/13/2022 4:05:18 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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To: ronniesgal

oh now I get it.


116 posted on 07/13/2022 4:42:05 PM PDT by DEPcom (Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules)
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To: MNJohnnie

He was trying to throw water on the whole story.


117 posted on 07/13/2022 4:57:29 PM PDT by joesbucks
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To: Mercat
Early voting started today.

Got it!

Yes, my face is red ...

118 posted on 07/13/2022 5:08:47 PM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: MNJohnnie
“Every day that goes by the more likely that this is a fabrication. I know the cops and prosecutors in this state. There's not one of them that wouldn't be turning over every rock, looking for this guy and they would have charged him," he said. "I'm not saying it could not have happened. What I'm saying to you is there is not a damn scintilla of evidence. And shame on the Indianapolis paper that ran this thing on a single source who has an obvious axe to grind."

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2022/07/13/columbus-man-charged-rape-10-year-old-led-abortion-in-indiana/10046625002/

119 posted on 07/13/2022 5:17:10 PM PDT by joesbucks
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; ProudVet97

I’m with you on this.

I’m shocked at what I came up with after just a few minutes
of search. A young Peruvian girl named Lina Medina became
pregnant prior to her fifth birthday in 1933. She gave
birth at 5 years, 7 months, and 21 days. She was an example
of what they term ‘precocious puberty’. No, I hadn’t heard
of it either.

I thought I might find a case of eight or nine years of age,
but found this instead.

To be sure, this is very very rare. Anything under ten
isn’t that usual.

There are instances of pre-teen child abuse where a family
member impregnates a young girl. I didn’t readily find
figures on this category, but I did run into a factoid that
mentioned the CDC has recently termed teenage pregnancies
at the lowest on record. (the last 70 years or so)

I did want to mention that this ten year old’s case we
have been discussing, a man did confess to impregnating
her. (read it on the forum yesterday)

Lina Medina

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lina_Medina

Pregnancy References (pdf)

https://www.oecd.org/els/soc/SF_2_3_Age_mothers_childbirth.pdf

CDC Teen Pregnancy Information

https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-teen-pregnancy


120 posted on 07/13/2022 7:43:58 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which stands.)
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