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Miguel Gutierrez

Man Charged With Participating In Gang-Rape Of Girl

POSTED: 6:45 pm EDT July 18, 2006

A man is under arrest on suspicion of being one of up to four people who allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl near Noblesville last week.

Miguel Gutierrez, 20, who authorities say is an illegal immigrant from Mexico, faces two counts of rape.


Video: Man Charged With Participating In Gang-Rape Of Girl

Authorities said the 14-year-old was among three girls who visited an acquaintance at a party at a Noblesville area home. At the party, the 14-year-old was given alcohol and was taken to a garage area, where she was raped by up to four people early Thursday, authorities said.

Afterward, one of the attackers forced her into a car and raped her again, authorities said.

"She's been manipulated through the use of alcohol and she (had) multiple males assaulting her. It's got to be a woman's worst nightmare," Hamilton County Prosecutor Sonia Leerkamp said Tuesday.

As of Tuesday afternoon, Gutierrez was the only person to be arrested in the case. Police said the girl identified him in a photo array provided by investigators.

Gutierrez, during an interview with 6News in the Hamilton County Jail on Tuesday, said he was at the party but insisted that the girl incorrectly identified him as one of the attackers.

Gutierrez said he was asleep when the girl allegedly was raped, 6News' Jeremy Brilliant reported.

If convicted, Gutierrez could receive a prison sentence of up to 20 years.

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