Rosales is accused of repeatedly molesting the girl when they lived in the same home in Hammond between March 2003 and March 2009. Rosales' initial appearance was scheduled for today before a Lake Criminal Court magistrate, online records showed.
The girl first disclosed the alleged abuse in early 2012, after she was admitted to a mental facility for treatment, court records state. Rosales was charged in June 2013 with nine felonies, including three counts of child molesting.
The girl told police Rosales repeatedly touched her inappropriately when she was between the ages of 4 and 6, documents state. When she was 10 years old, Rosales began forcing her to have intercourse and oral sex, court records allege.
The girl told police Rosales punched her in the stomach or face if she refused to do as he ordered, and he threatened to kill her if she told anyone. The girl's mother told police Rosales' father was deported to Mexico for sexually abusing a female child, records state.
SOURCE: North West Indiana Times
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