A horrific case of child sexual abuse has caused a huge uproar in La Plata: a 7-year-old boy was hospitalized due to syphilis and his stepfather was arrested for rape.
According to official sources told EL DIA, the minor’s mother only reported the incident when her son was diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease at the Children’s Hospital of La Plata.
The case began on July 8, when the victim’s mother, a 27-year-old woman, noticed that her son was itching in the intimate area. Worried about the condition, she took the minor to a hospital where she was dermatologically evaluated. The results were dire: The boy was diagnosed with an STD, which added to the worry.
The case came to the Office of Crimes Against Sexual Integrity of La Plata, UFI No. 6 of the Judicial Department of La Plata, in charge of prosecutor Juan Menuchi and the DDI, who ordered psychiatric expertise and a series of medical studies.
In this way, the experts confirmed injuries consistent with sexual abuse. This information, along with the minor’s testimony and other evidence, La Plata’s Guaranty Judge, Marcela Garmendia, supported the arrest request, which was issued yesterday when DDI detectives went looking for the suspect and arrested him on 7th and 56 . A few meters from the headquarters of criminal prosecutors.