22-Year-Old Washington Man Accused of Second Child Rape

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WENATCHEE — A Moses Lake man was arrested on suspicion of child rape after detectives overheard an alleged confession to sex with a 14-year-old. The alleged admission was made during a call from jail, where the man is being held on unrelated child-rape charges.

Detectives with the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office believe 22-year-old Alexander I. Lopez-Cantu had sex with the alleged victim following a party in September at a remote campsite south of Wenatchee, according to a probable cause affidavit filed Nov. 29 in Chelan County Superior Court.

Lopez-Cantu was 21 at the time and the alleged victim had recently turned 14, according to court documents. The alleged victim spoke with investigators in November about the incident, according to the affidavit.

Lopez-Cantu in October was charged in Douglas County Superior Court with third-degree child rape in a separate case in which detectives believe he had sex with a 15-year-old girl. That case is scheduled to go to trial March 8 in Douglas County Superior Court.

While he was jailed, Chelan County detectives -- suspecting Lopez-Cantu in the 14-year-old girl’s case -- listened to a phone call in which Lopez-Cantu allegedly discussed and admitted to having sex with the 14-year-old girl.

Lopez-Cantu was arrested on suspicion of third-degree child rape. He’s being held at Chelan County Regional Justice Center.