Prince William police have extradited Jose Abel Zelaya Ascencio from Lumpkin, Ga., and charged him with rape and burglary with intent to commit rape.
On Oct. 22, police received a 7:30 a.m. call to investigate the sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl at a home in the 7500 block of Alleghany Road, northeast of Manassas Park, said Officer Erika Hernandez, Prince William Police spokeswoman.
Police reports show that a man broke into the house and went to the girl's bedroom and tried to rape her while she slept, Hernandez said.
Police collected evidence at the crime scene and sent it to the lab for testing, Hernandez said.
On May 6, police obtained warrants for Ascencio's arrest after DNA test results came back tying the 32-year-old Ascencio to the crime scene, Hernandez said.
Ascencio, formerly of 9908 Lomond Drive, was being held in Georgia on illegal immigration charges and was scheduled for deportation to El Salvador on May 9.
He was arrested on the immigration charges shortly after the rape was reported, Hernandez said.
Ascencio was extradited to Prince William County on May 18 and is being held without bond at the Prince William-Manassas regional jail pending a hearing in Juvenile Domestic Relations Court, Hernandez said.
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