published: Thursday, January 14, 2010

Police: Illegal immigrant raped 76-year-old

MILLARD K. IVES



UMATILLA - A 76-year-old grandmother is in stable condition after she was allegedly raped by a man that had been tasked with her supervision.

A Marion County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman said the woman is in the hospital awaiting surgery.

Juan Cahuich-Santiago, 29, was charged Tuesday with sexual battery on a special condition victim. The illegal immigrant was being held at the Marion County Jail on Wednesday on no bail.

The alleged attack occurred Saturday, late afternoon or early evening, in a Umatilla area home in east Marion County where Cahuich-Santiago lived with the victim and her family. The victim is unrelated to Cahuich-Santiago.

According to the sheriff's spokeswoman Jenifer Fisher, the woman's family was grocery shopping and she had been left under Cahuich-Santiago's supervision.

When the family returned, they found Cahuich-Santiago sleeping and the grandmother lying sideways on a recliner with her clothing not fitting properly.

According to an arrest affidavit, the victim had a bump on her forehead, bruises on her knees and her pony tail was pulled out. The woman could not stand at that time, which she could before the family left for groceries.

And, a used condom was found in the garbage.

"It is a piece of evidence but DNA testing takes four to six weeks so we cannot absolutely confirm it was used by him or on her at this time," Fisher said.

Cahuich-Santiago initially denied attacking the woman, but later confessed that while alone with the victim, he had been watching dirty movies, before approaching her. The report adds he admitted that the victim is incapable of saying no, and is unaware of her surroundings.

He said he placed her back in the recliner when he was done.

Santiago is in the country illegally, but Fisher said any effort to deport him wouldn't start until after he is tried here for this crime.


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