A PAEDOPHILE who raped and impregnated a severely disabled 13-year-old girl has been jailed for life.
Carlos Carrizales, 61, was convicted last month of a string of crimes including rape and sexual battery of a child.
His victim has cerebral palsy and was described by her mother as “profoundly disabled”.
Doctors learned she was pregnant at a routine appointment after she gained weight, according to reports.
She gave birth to a child with similar disabilities in early 2017 in Florida, US.
Her devastated mother told a court her daughter is unable to understand her relationship with her baby, and did not understand the attack or the pregnancy, local paper The Ledger reported.
Investigators tested the DNA of dozens of male friends and family the girl knew, which led authorities to Carrizales.
Two independent tests showed he was 99.99 per cent likely to be the baby’s father, Assistant State Attorney Lauren Randall said.
The monster was arrested in November 2017 – nine months after the baby was born.
Ms Randall told a jury on Wednesday that the DNA evidence against Carrizales was conclusive.
This is a rooted, solid piece of evidence that goes to the defendant’s guilt
Lauren Randall
She said: “The bulk of the corroborating evidence in this case is the DNA.
“It is strong, it is secure, it is something you can feel confident in resting your conviction on.
“It does not waiver, it does not vacillate. This is a rooted, solid piece of evidence that goes to the defendant’s guilt.”
Jurors took just 30 minutes to convict Carrizales of rape, despite his insistence that the DNA sample was contaminated and he couldn’t be the child’s father because he was never alone with the girl.
Carrizales was sentenced by Circuit Judge William Sites to life in prison – the maximum sentence he could have received.
In February, Florida caregiver Willie Fred Shorter was arrested over allegations he impregnated a disabled woman at a home in Rockledge in January 2015.
The woman was described as having the “mental capacity of a small child” and unable to give consent.
After Shorter voluntarily submitted a DNA sample, results matched with the woman’s child.
Similarly, a nurse at a health care facility in Arizona was accused of raping his 29-year-old quadriplegic patient who later gave birth to a baby boy during a 14-year coma.
Nathan Sutherland, 36, was indicted on charges of sexual assault and abuse in January this year after his DNA was found to be a match to the child.
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