Springfield Sex Assault Suspect Captured In El Salvador After Decade-Long Pursuit, Police Say

After more than a decade on the run, a 27-year-old man wanted for sexual assault out of Fairfax County was captured in El Salvador, police announced.

David Ernesto Cuevas Maldonado.
Photo Credit: *Fairfax County PD*

Cecilia Levine

05/24/2024 1:49 p.m.

David Ernesto Cuevas Maldonado, of Springfield, fled to El Salvador after sexually assaulting his victim, a stranger, at a home on Commerce Street in Springfield on Oct. 21, 2013, county police announced on Friday, May 24.

Detectives collected evidence from the scene to help identify Maldonado with the help of a DNA profile dating back to 2014, authorities said. He was charged with sex assault and released on bond before fleeing to El Salvador.

Maldonado is back in custody and has been extridited to Fairfax County to face justice.

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