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An Albany Park man who prosecutors said admitted to sexually assaulting
a 13-year-old autistic girl he later described as sick in the head was
held without bail Sunday.
Edwin Hernandez, 30, of the 4600 block of North Lawndale, has been
charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault and home invasion for
allegedly molesting the girl who Assistant States Attorney Bridget
OBrien said has the mental capacity of a 2- or 3-year-old.
Hernandez is friends with the girls baby sitter, OBrien said, and met
the victim at the baby sitters home. He learned where the girl lives,
OBrien said, and watched her through her bedroom window at least three
times.
Once, the prosecutor said, Hernandez entered the victims home but was
startled and fled when he heard someone.
But on June 16, on the way home from the Puerto Rican Festival, OBrien
said Hernandez again went to the girls window around 2 a.m., pushed it
open, climbed into the room where she was sleeping and began to molest her.
OBrien said someone heard him and alerted the girls parents after he
left. When her parents entered the victims room, OBrien said, they
found muddy footprints on the window sill and called police.
The prosecutor said police matched Hernandez to DNA found on the victim.
His fingerprints were also found outside her bedroom window.
Hernandez was arrested Friday night in the 5000 block of North Pulaski,
according to police reports.
OBrien said Hernandez admitted to the assault and said he thought the
girl was 10 or 11. He allegedly told police he knew the girl was sick
in the head, and her mind was not right.
An Albany Park man who prosecutors said admitted to sexually assaulting
a 13-year-old autistic girl he later described as sick in the head was
held without bail Sunday.
Edwin Hernandez, 30, of the 4600 block of North Lawndale, has been
charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault and home invasion for
allegedly molesting the girl who Assistant States Attorney Bridget
OBrien said has the mental capacity of a 2- or 3-year-old.
Hernandez is friends with the girls baby sitter, OBrien said, and met
the victim at the baby sitters home. He learned where the girl lives,
OBrien said, and watched her through her bedroom window at least three
times.
Once, the prosecutor said, Hernandez entered the victims home but was
startled and fled when he heard someone.
But on June 16, on the way home from the Puerto Rican Festival, OBrien
said Hernandez again went to the girls window around 2 a.m., pushed it
open, climbed into the room where she was sleeping and began to molest her.
OBrien said someone heard him and alerted the girls parents after he
left. When her parents entered the victims room, OBrien said, they
found muddy footprints on the window sill and called police.
The prosecutor said police matched Hernandez to DNA found on the victim.
His fingerprints were also found outside her bedroom window.
Hernandez was arrested Friday night in the 5000 block of North Pulaski,
according to police reports.
OBrien said Hernandez admitted to the assault and said he thought the
girl was 10 or 11. He allegedly told police he knew the girl was sick
in the head, and her mind was not right.