A 61-year-old man has been charged with kidnapping and sexual assault in the 1999 attack of a woman who was five months pregnant at the time.
Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey has formally charged Roberto Valenzuela, who was arrested earlier this week and remains in custody, according to a news release by Morrissey’s spokeswoman Lynn Kimbrough.
The victim was out walking late at night in November of 1999 after fighting with her boyfriend, the news release says.
Posing as a Good Samaritan, Valenzuela allegedly offered the woman a ride in his car and then sexually assaulted her, the news release says.
Valenzuela was identified as a suspect through the work of Denver’s Cold Case Project, the news release says.
His bond is set at $250,000.
He is scheduled to appear in Denver County Court on Friday for formal advisement of charges.
Valenzuela has been previously charged with sexual assault.
On Jan. 8, 1986, he was charged in Denver with sexual assault on a child. The disposition of the case was not available.
On Sept. 11, 2000, he was charged with first-degree assault using physical force. That charge was withdrawn, according to Denver District Court records. He pleaded guilty to third-degree assault, a misdemeanor, and to theft. He was sentenced to six months in jail and five years on probation.
