BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Bellingham Police exercised a warrant for the arrest of a young man for raping his 13-year-old cousin last Thanksgiving.
A police report states that the girl and her mother first reported the crime last June.
They said 19-year-old Nelson Funes Garcia was at their apartment for the Thanksgiving holiday when he pulled the girl into a bathroom and assaulted her.
An investigation found evidence to arrest Funes Garcia and he was taken into custody on Monday, November 14th.