Orange County District Attorney, Press Release
For Immediate Release, Case # 10CF3246: June 14, 2013
SANTA ANA — A man was sentenced today to 363 years to life in state prison for the cold case rape of a 16-year-old girl who was walking home from In-N-Out Burger in Santa Ana. Juan Humberto Avila, 36, Santa Ana, was found guilty by a jury March 4, 2013, to one felony count each of sexual penetration by foreign object by force, dissuading a witness by force or threat, and two felony counts each of forcible rape, sodomy by force, and forcible oral copulation with sentencing enhancement allegations for inflicting great bodily injury and kidnapping. Avila has a prior strike from a 1997 conviction for participating in a criminal street gang. Continue reading