Thread: Honduran gets 180 years for raping woman, molesting girl

September 27, 2007

Honduran man gets 180 years in 2 assaults
Illegal immigrant sentenced for raping woman, molesting girl

Jonathan Castillo crossed back into the United States illegally after he was deported last year. Now he is all but certain to die in an Indiana prison.

A judge sentenced the Honduran man to 180 years Wednesday for raping a pregnant woman and molesting a 7-year-old girl he snatched from her bed.

Castillo, 28, pleaded guilty in Marion Superior Court to all charges in both cases. He asked for forgiveness and said he did not want to put his victims through the pain of a trial.

After testimony from the 22-year-old rape victim and the young girl's father, Deputy Prosecutor Anne Harrigan called Castillo a monster who didn't deserve to see the light of day.

Judge Patricia Gifford said the planning of the assaults and other factors outweighed Castillo's remorse.

Both incidents happened this year in an apartment complex on the Far Southside of Indianapolis where Castillo had lived since last fall.

In January, the woman -- who was five months pregnant -- awoke to a masked Castillo assaulting her while her 2-year-old son was in the room.
Four months later, Castillo again put on a mask. He slipped into another apartment from the balcony, took the girl from her bed and molested her in his apartment.

Police arrested Castillo, and he confessed in court to the molestation. Police later connected him to the rape.

"We can't forgive him," the 7-year-old girl's father told the judge, speaking through a Spanish interpreter. His daughter spent two hours in surgery and three days in the hospital to repair her injuries. She is seeing a therapist.
"If God can forgive him, then that is OK. But he should not be in this world harming children."

The Indianapolis Star generally does not identify victims of sexual assault and is not naming the man to protect his daughter's identity.
Prosecutors dismissed a third case accusing Castillo of domestic battery against his former girlfriend, who also testified during Wednesday's hearing.

Call Star reporter Jon Murray at (317) 444-2752.

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