HIALEAH, Fla. — Authorities say a woman let a Hialeah man watch her 9-year-old daughter while she worked, but instead of caring for the young girl, he raped her ― possibly up to 20 times.
The abuse happened after the girl’s mother let Enrique Dominguez Rodriguez, 48, live with her family in a room at the Casanovas Boutique Motel at 1775 W. Okeechobee Road, according to the Hialeah Police Department.
Police said the allegations came to light after police arrested the girl’s mother for child neglect after “her children were found alone” in the motel by their grandparents. Authorities said they all ended up in a foster home.
After the Florida Department of Children and Families reported the case to police, authorities said they set up a March 19 forensic interview for her with staff at Kristi House, which specializes in treating victims of child sexual abuse.
Police said the girl, now 10, described to the forensic interviewer how Dominguez, who she only knew as “Ricky,” would assault and molest her in the motel.
According to an HPD arrest report, the girl told the interviewer that the incidents happened about 10 to 20 times and they would “hurt her a lot.”
Police said the girl made an unprompted drawing showing what “Ricky” would do to her.
Authorities said the girl’s mother identified Dominguez during an interview on Wednesday, saying she knew him as a regular customer at her workplace and that she let him live with her family after he became homeless.
The woman “said when she found out about the allegations, she began asking and looking for Enrique and discovered he was recently arrested for a fight.”
Authorities said a records check revealed that Dominguez had been arrested in Hialeah on April 11 on a battery charge and that he was still locked up at the Metrowest Detention Center.
He now faces additional child rape and molestation charges.
Records show a judge ordered him held without bond and he remained at the MWDC as of Thursday morning.
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