We are digging into a disturbing case of alleged child abuse against a 5-year-old girl in Palm Beach County.
The child claims an undocumented migrant abused her two separate times in her own home.
Nicolas Jose Francisco appeared before a judge Friday morning.
He is accused of sexually abusing the child and in an arrest report, deputies said Francisco had been working for the girl’s family for more than a year.
Francisco told investigators during that time he gained their trust, including the young girl’s, who accused Francisco of molesting her in the garage and again in the bathroom.
Senior Director of Strategic impact for the Center of Child Counseling, Jibby Ciric, acknowledged,”in sexual abuse cases, in many cases, it’s the people that the child knows.”
In the report, as she sobbed to a case worker, the child said on both occasions Francisco either led or took her into the rooms, fully exposed himself and then touched her inappropriately.
“We deal with that in unfortunately many instances,” said Ciric.