Utilizing the services of a courtroom interpreter, Miguel Luna, now 37, pleaded guilty to aggravated criminal sexual assault for raping women on the I&M Canal path near Joliet. Judge David Carlson set sentencing for July 16. Luna lived in the 1400 block of Winifred Street in Joliet at the time of his crimes, according to the Will County State’s Attorney’s Office.
Luna has remained in the Will County jail since May 22, 2016. He is being held without any bail.
Will County State’s Attorney spokesman Chuck Pelkie said Luna was accused of assaulting three women on the I&M trail, but charges in one of those case were dropped in exchange for his guilty plea. “The third victim, … recently died, and the charges related to her case were dropped in exchange for his guilty plea in the other two cases,” Pelkie said in a statement Thursday. “It is important to note that the investigation into the third victim’s case is what led police to identify Luna as the attacker in all three sexual assaults.”
According to prosecutors, Luna attacked his first victim on Sept. 6, 2015 between Brandon Road and Larkin Avenue. He jumped off a bike, tackled the woman from behind, dragged her into the woods, and tied her up. He raped his victim during the more than 90 minutes he held her captive, prosecutors said.
Then Luna struck again around 8 a.m. May 21, 2016. That victim was running along the Frontage Road near Interstate 55. That morning, Luna wore sunglasses, a ski mask, surgical gloves as he grabbed the woman from behind and put her into a choke hold, prosecutors say. Luna raped her under the I-55 viaduct.
Ultimately, Luna was captured as a result of a rape investigation involving a third woman. “The defendant, who also knew this woman’s friend, tied up his victim and sexually...
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It is your fine "Law Enforcement" and "Legal" system which enable this. All whilst they try to overturn the 2016 election.
They and their families had better understand what's coming.
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