Report: Ecuadorian Migrant Charged in Sexual Assault of 12-Year-Old Chicago ‘Girlfriend’ He Met on Line
Henry LemaChicago Police Department
Amy Furr5 Jan 2026241
A migrant from Ecuador is reportedly accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old Chicago girl he met online, a place where groomers and pedophiles search for their victims.
Prosecutors alleged 22-year-old Henry Lema victimized the child, whom he later described as his “girlfriend,” inside his home, CWB Chicago reported Sunday.
When the girl’s parents called 911 in the early hours of December 23, Chicago police launched an investigation. Her parents, who said she was missing and they were unable to reach her via phone, were standing outside a home on West Crystal Street. They had apparently tracked her cellphone to what turned out to be the suspect’s address.
The girl finally answered her phone and came outside.
“Officers who arrived at the scene observed hickeys on the child’s neck and detained Lema, prosecutors said in a detention petition. He allegedly gave officers a false birthdate that would have made him 16, but police later confirmed he is 22,” the Chicago report said.
An image shows the suspect in the case:
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