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Detectives Seek Public Help to ID Sexual Assault Victims
| Wednesday, Apr 13, 2016
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Detectives from the Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Bureau are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying potential sexual assault victims in the Santa Clarita Valley.

Early in 2016, Detectives began investigating allegations that the suspects in this case were involved in the molestation of several children at several locations in the Santa Clarita Valley area. On Thursday, March 31, 2016, Detectives arrested the suspects during the service of a search warrant at their residence in Santa Clarita.

On April 4, 2016, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office filed numerous felony counts of Lewd Acts with a Child against Suspect Francisco Avendano, 42. He is currently in custody with bail set at $2,020,000.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office also filed charges of Lewd Acts with a Child against Suspect Jacqueline Wadsworth, 32. She is currently in custody with bail set at $220,000.

Based on information developed over the course of this investigation, Detectives believe that there are other children that may have potentially been sexually assaulted by these suspects during the past ten years.

Anyone who may have additional information regarding this investigation is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Bureau at (877) 710-5273. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call “Crime Stoppers” by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), or texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.
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31 Comments

  1. Jamie J. Ondras says:
    Wednesday, Apr 13, 2016 at

    Trash!

    Reply
  2. Gee Hawd says:
    Wednesday, Apr 13, 2016 at

    Prob living smack on bouquet…….

    Reply
  3. Itzel Rivas says:
    Wednesday, Apr 13, 2016 at

    Rot in hell NO RESPECT FOR PEDOPHILES.

    Reply
  4. Denise Robledo says:
    Wednesday, Apr 13, 2016 at

    Did they work with children?

    Reply
  5. Cesar Contreras says:
    Wednesday, Apr 13, 2016 at

    Lorena Munguia omfggg

    Reply
  6. Patricia Alvarado says:
    Wednesday, Apr 13, 2016 at

    Does anyone have more information???

    Reply
  7. Debbie Dart-Sternberg says:
    Wednesday, Apr 13, 2016 at

    Scumbags!!!!!

    Reply
  8. Mendez Gisselle says:
    Wednesday, Apr 13, 2016 at

    What’s their name?

    Reply
  9. Yanett Alzaga says:
    Wednesday, Apr 13, 2016 at

    Dave Mashburn

    Reply
  10. Mary Villaseñor says:
    Wednesday, Apr 13, 2016 at

    And they lived in front of newhall school

    Reply
  11. Debra A Hill says:
    Wednesday, Apr 13, 2016 at

    Yes we are all angry, but does anyone have any info on them where did they work what age are the children?

    Reply
  12. Critter Miller says:
    Wednesday, Apr 13, 2016 at

    Julie Villanueva is that cisco?

    Reply
  13. Critter Miller says:
    Wednesday, Apr 13, 2016 at

    Yousif Haddad

    Reply
  14. Steve Garcia says:
    Wednesday, Apr 13, 2016 at

    ??

    Reply
  15. Besh St.John says:
    Wednesday, Apr 13, 2016 at

    There are other articles on Facebook. Apparently they had kids and they had other kids sleep over.

    Reply
  16. Mario Baltazar says:
    Thursday, Apr 14, 2016 at

    Bad influenc

    Reply
  17. Brian Moran says:
    Thursday, Apr 14, 2016 at

    My mom used to date this idiot glad she left always knew something wasn’t right about him

    Reply
  18. Sara Meza Cantrell says:
    Thursday, Apr 14, 2016 at

    This happens everywhere even in awesome town, I’m glad there talking about it and not trying to cover it up

    Reply
  19. Johnny Vm says:
    Thursday, Apr 14, 2016 at

    They gonna get it back in prison

    Reply
  20. Jessica Razo says:
    Thursday, Apr 14, 2016 at

    Not knowing she or He was the nasty mess

    Reply
  21. Johnny Vm says:
    Thursday, Apr 14, 2016 at

    Not her its the guy

    Reply
  22. Jessica Razo says:
    Thursday, Apr 14, 2016 at

    Johnny Vm I think I would see him a lot by library!!:o

    Reply
  23. Miguel Ramirez says:
    Thursday, Apr 14, 2016 at

    Yeah I remember that ?

    Reply

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