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An illegal immigrant has been charged with the rape of an unconscious 15-year-old girl.
Hamilton County, Tennessee, sheriff’s deputies arrested Erik Santillan on Dec. 10, according to WTVC-TV in Chattanooga.
The 21-year-old was identified as an illegal immigrant from Mexico.
The victim told police she drank alcohol with the accused at a friend’s house in Ooltewah, Tennessee, on June 20, 2022.
She said she later woke up to find that she had been sexually assaulted, and an examination showed she had internal injuries, WTVC reported.
The victim said she told the woman of the house, Santillan’s aunt, what had happened, but the “aunt was protecting Erik because she was afraid of law enforcement becoming involved.”
The friend also told law enforcement that she saw Santillan raping the 15-year-old.
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