Mexiroach Arrested For 2008 Rape Of 91-year-old Woman

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Suspect in rape of 91-year-old Monroe Co. woman nabbed in Mexico
By Hayes Hickman
Published Wednesday, January 13, 2010

A Mexican fugitive wanted for the rape of 91-year-old Monroe County woman was arrested by Mexican federal authorities Tuesday, after some 22 months on the run, Tellico Plains Police Chief Bill Isbell announced today.

Francisco Barbosa-Sanchez, 37, was captured at a relative’s home in San Louis, Mexico and now is in custody in Mexico City, awaiting extradition, Isbell said.

Barbosa-Sanchez faces charges of aggravated rape and especially aggravated burglary in the March 5, 2008, attack. He had been in the United States illegally, staying with his brother in Tellico Plains while doing construction work, authorities said. The brother lived in the same trailer park as the victim.

Police say the woman awoke that night to find a man holding a pillow over her face and beating her.

“He left her for dead,” Isbell said. “This was a brutal rape.”

Barbosa-Sanchez was linked to the crime by DNA evidence, police said. Authorities later found a car the suspect borrowed from a girlfriend parked at a Houston bus station and determined that he had bought a bus ticket back to Mexico.

The police chief credited Mexican authorities, the U.S. Marshals Service, FBI and others for the collaborative effort to locate the fugitive.

Despite local and international warrants issued against Barbosa-Sanchez, it still could take up to six months to extradite him back to Monroe County, Isbell said.

The victim, however, is still living and has since relocated to Ohio to live with her grandson.

“He says she’s doing great, physically and mentally,” Isbell said. “So if need be, she’s capable of testifying.”

More details as they develop online and in Thursday’s News Sentinel.

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