A Washington County man was sentenced Friday to 99 months in prison for sexually abusing a cognitively-delayed child, according to a release from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO).
In 2012. WCSO detectives launched an investigation after a cognitively-delayed child reported being sexually abused by Luis Bautista, 35.
The abuse occurred when the child was in elementary school. Bautista was renting a room from the child’s family at the time of the abuse.
Bautista was indicted in April 2013 by a Washington County Grand Jury for multiple sex crimes. His whereabouts were not known at the time, and a nationwide warrant was issued for his arrest.
In June 2016, Bautista was located and arrested in San Francisco, and extradited to Washington County.
Bautista was convicted during a June 2017 trial in charges of second-degree sodomy, second-degree unlawful sexual penetration and second-degree sexual abuse.
On Aug. 18, 2017, Bautista was sentenced in Washington County Circuit Court to 99 months in prison.
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