Illegal immigrant is charged with kidnap of 12-year-old girl who escaped and led police to decomposing and chopped up bodies of his girlfriend and her 14-year-old son
- Jose Paulino Pascual-Reyes, 37, has been charged with kidnapping a 12-year-old girl who escaped and alerted cops to decomposing bodies
- The illegal immigrant has also been charged with three counts of capital murder and two counts of abuse on a corpse
- A motorist spotted the girl on the side of the road and immediately called 911 after picking her up
- She was allegedly assaulted, drugged with alcohol, and tied to bedposts by Reyes during her week-long captivity
- After authorities arrived at Reyes’ mobile home on Tuesday, police discovered two decomposing bodies inside
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An illegal immigrant has been charged with kidnapping a 12-year-old girl who alerted cops to the decomposing bodies of his girlfriend and her son, after she chewed through her restraints.
Jose Paulino Pascual-Reyes, 37, drugged the girl with alcohol and has been charged with three counts of capital murder after police in Dadeville, Alabama, made the gruesome discovery.
He has also been charged with two counts of abuse of a corpse and first-degree kidnapping according to Tallapoosa County Sheriff Jimmy Abbett.
Pascual-Reyes reportedly had been deported from the United States previously, and it is not clear when he is believed to have re-entered the country.
Sheriff Abbett confirmed that Pascual-Reyes is considered a ‘re-entry non-immigrant unlawful presence foreign national’.
Jose Paulino Pascual-Reyes, 37, has been charged with three counts of capital murder, and one count of first degree kidnapping. He has been charged with abuse of a corpse after police found two bodies in his home
The girl was reportedly bound to a bedpost and drugged with alcohol during her week-long captivity. She managed to escape by chewing through her restraining, damaging her braces
The alarm was raised after a driver spotted the girl wandering on 3547 County Road 34 at 8.30am on Monday.
She was reportedly assaulted, drugged with alcohol, and tied to a bedpost during her week-long captivity and only managed to escape by chewing through her restraints, damaging her braces.
Authorities did not indicate whether or not the pair knew each other or how she was taken.
Abbett said that the girl was not considered a missing person at the time the passerby found her, and that she escaped while Pascual-Reyes was at work on a construction site in Auburn.
Reyes was arrested by State Marshalls and the Auburn Police Department after state, local, and federal investigators worked to identify him and he was taken to the Tallapoosa County Jail.
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Officers were led to the mobile home of Pascual-Reyes, where they discovered the bodies of Sandra Vazquez Ceja, 34, and her son, a boy under the age of 14.
She had been on parole pending an asylum claim according to Fox News Digital.
Investigators believe that Ceja had been Pascual-Reyes’ girlfriend, with Abbett praising the tortured girl as a ‘hero’.
The little girl was found walking on the same road Reyes’ mobile home was located and where the bodies were found
The girl, who was not identified by police, was found walking down County Road 34 and was picked up by a motorist, who immediately called 911. After police arrested Reyes, they found two decomposing bodies in his home
According to court documents, investigators believe that Pascual-Reyes killed Ceja by smothering her with a pillow, before murdering her son by hitting and kicking him.
Both bodies were reportedly cut into small pieces at the joints to hide evidence, with Ceja using the address where the bodies were found on court records for a speeding ticket in April.
Sherriff Abbett said that the girl is ‘doing well’ and has been placed in the custody of the state of Alabama through its Department of Human Resources.
It is thought that the girl was abducted around July 24, and was kept captive for ten days.
Court documents also appear to show that Ceja and the boy were killed around the same time as the abduction.
He added: ‘We’re praying for her and making sure she’s going to be safe and provide everything that she may need.’
There were other residents in the home when police arrived at the scene on Tuesday, but Abbett did not say whether or not they would be charged too.
Reyes is now awaiting a bond hearing and Homeland Security is helping the local department with the investigation.
Capital Murder is a Class A felony, carrying with it a potential ten years to life sentence or even a possible penalty of death.
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