Leonel Catalan-Torreblanca
Coverage of Leonel Catalan-Torreblanca in the Nexus archive.
- Illegal immigrant charged in decade-long serial rape case had rap sheet, was arrested twice by ICE
Leonel Catalan-Torreblanca, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, was arrested and charged with 30 counts of rape, sexual battery, and other crimes in a decade-long serial case in Indiana. He had prior convictions and was arrested twice by ICE. The case was cracked when his DNA was entered into the FBI's database, leading to his swift arrest.
- Patel touts FBI DNA breakthrough he says busted illegal immigrant in decade-long serial rape case
An illegal immigrant, Leonel Catalan-Torreblanca, is facing 30 charges in connection to a decade-long serial rape case in Marion County, Indiana, after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement DNA collection cracked the case. The series of sexual assaults spanned more than a decade, with the first reported incident in March 2013 and the most recent in January 2024. Catalan-Torreblanca was arrested at a relative's house within four hours after his DNA profile was entered into the FBI's Combined DNA Index System.