A Texas man lures a 13-year-old girl who was saved only when she saw a good Samaritan having a “help” sign in the back of the car and at the back of the bar to repeatedly rape You'll spend decades.
Stephen Robert Sablan, 63, said he confessed to driving nearly 1,400 miles to California after acquiring the girl at a muzzle in San Antonio in July 2023. A US Lawyer's Office in the Central District of California.
He was sentenced to 35 years on Friday.
Sablan, a native of Cleburn, Texas, invited the girl on July 6, 2023, then drove over 1,000 miles to Long Beach, California.
During the invitation, he sexually assaulted the child and used a firearm to “threate and control” her, authorities said.
At the time, he “had no legal custody or family ties to the victim,” the U.S. Lawyer's Office said.
The teen was rescued three days later. When a good Samaritan called 911, I saw a sign that the teen read “Help me.”
According to July 2023, “A good Samaritan was in the car park when he saw a paper with the words “help me” written on it.” press release From Long Beach Police Station. “They admitted the note and were immediately called 9-1-1.”
Authorities say the girl also blew a mouth to passersby saying “help me” while Sablan was inside the laundromat.
At one point during the temptation, Sablan asked the victim how old she was, and she replied 13, officials said.
He later promised that she could ride a cruise to visit her Australian friends, but she said “I had to do something for him first,” from 2023 According to a July statement US Lawyers' Office.
“[Sablan] The prosecutor said in the memorandum of the verdict. “And in a while [Sablan] Her parents abused her, suffered from a missing child, and feared the worst. The worst was not far from reality. ”
