Jose Marquina-Bonilla (Dallas County Jail)
GRAPEVINE, Texas - A North Texas man wanted for child sex crimes was arrested this week by police in Dallas.
What we know:
Last month, Grapevine police accused 33-year-old Jose Marquina-Bonilla of being a violent criminal who had sexually abused a child.
Investigators tried following several leads to locate him, but they were unsuccessful.
Marquina-Bonilla was added to the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Texas 10 Most Wanted list because investigators believed he was still in North Texas, hiding with friends or family members.
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Martin Deanda, 43, is wanted for failing to comply with sex offender registration requirements after being convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child in 2023
On Sunday, Dallas police officers took Marquina-Bonilla into custody.
He’s now being held in the Dallas County jail on charges of continuous sexual abuse of a young child and sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14. He also has an immigration hold.
Dig deeper:
According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Marquina-Bonilla's alleged victim is his live-in girlfriend's juvenile daughter.
She was taken to the hospital in June because of abdominal pains. That's when doctors discovered she was about five months pregnant.
The girl told investigators that Marquina-Bonilla had been sneaking into her room at night every week for about a year. She said she "did not want to have sexual intercourse with him but felt compelled to do what he said," according to the affidavit.
What we don't know:
Police did not release any details about Marquina-Bonilla's arrest or what led investigators to the Dallas location.
The Source: The information in this story was provided by the Grapevine Police Department.