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last Friday and raping him was in court Tuesday.
Joe Juillermo Fajardo, 26, has no known criminal record according to
prosecutors, but Mike Vaughn, a deputy prosecuting attorney, said
allegations against Fajardo are disturbing.
"The defendant entered an occupied home at night, crept into the bedroom of
a 5-year-old boy and preceded to rape him," he said.
The child's mother, who declined to be identified, said Fajardo was in her
son's bed and was naked. She said she woke to hear her son's screams shortly
before 1 a.m. Friday.
"I made him get out of bed [and] made him walk to the front door. I opened
the front door and told him to get out," she said.
Fajardo's sister, Martha, said she is shocked over what her brother is
accused of doing. She and her brother live in the same neighborhood as the
victim.
She said she can't make sense of the charges but thinks her brother may have
been drunk.
"This is disgusting," Martha said. "I said, 'My God,' what he did, I can't
believe it."
The KATU On Your Side Investigators learned from immigration and customs
officials that Fajardo is suspected of being in the United States illegally
from the country of Ecuador.