MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (KGO) — The person accused of sexually assaulting greater than 60 males within the South Bay is anticipated in court docket Monday to face prices.
Thirty-five-year-old Franklin Enrique Sarceño Orla has been introduced again to Santa Clara County after investigators say he fled to Guatemala.
The Mountain View Police Division mentioned a number of victims accuse Orla of drugging them. Crimes date again to 2018.
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The victims say they’d share drinks with the suspect, mysteriously move out, and get up injured at his dwelling. Some had particular reminiscences of being assaulted.
Police say they’ve proof that Orla additionally took video recordings of lots of his unconscious victims.
ABC7 Information spoke with Captain Scott Nelson with the Mountain View Police Division.
“Actually only a sense of doing justice for the victims – they’re actually – you recognize, with out the victims having the braveness to return ahead on this case he might’ve continued to do what he was doing,” Nelson mentioned.
We spoke with authorized analyst Steven Clark.
“The massive query is, how did this serial sexual predator go undetected for thus lengthy? How do we’ve got so many victims on this case,” Clark mentioned.
In line with court docket paperwork, prosecutors are charging Orla with sexually assaulting a minimum of 19 native males.
“The truth that he is HIV constructive, might add enhancements to the precise crimes he dedicated if his victims then turned HIV constructive. That may be thought-about nice bodily damage,” Clark mentioned.
Orla might be arraigned Monday on 43 felony sexual assault prices.
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