A Kane County jury has found 68-year-old Gavino Pineda Sosa guilty of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, a Class X felony, stemming from an assault at his Carpentersville home back in 2014. The victim, who was younger than 13 at the time, did not come forward to police until 2025, more than a decade after the attack.
According to the CBS Chicago report on the conviction, Pineda Sosa was supervising the young girl along with other people at his house in 2014 when he took her into a private room and sexually assaulted her. Prosecutors said he held a position of trust in relation to the victim, though they did not specify the exact nature of his relationship to her, according to the station.
The assault reportedly came with a chilling threat meant to keep the child silent. Per the Kane County State's Attorney's Office, as cited by countryherald.com, Pineda Sosa told the girl he would kill her parents if she ever revealed what happened.
A Decade-Long Silence Before Charges
The victim did not report the 2014 assault to Carpentersville police until 2025, prosecutors said, a gap that stretched more than ten years before the case moved toward trial. It's unclear what prompted her to come forward when she did, but the delay did not stand in the way of a conviction once the case reached a Kane County jury this week.
Jurors ultimately found Pineda Sosa guilty of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, an offense classified as a Class X felony under Illinois law, the state's most serious category of felony short of first-degree murder. The same outlet's account of the case notes that he occupied a position of trust in relation to the victim, a factor prosecutors highlighted in building their case.
What Comes Next for Pineda Sosa
Pineda Sosa remains in custody at the Kane County Jail following the verdict. Kane County Judge Donald Tegeler has set his next court appearance for December 15 at 1:30 p.m., when post-trial motions will be heard alongside sentencing proceedings.
As a consequence of the conviction, Pineda Sosa must register as a sex offender for life. The case was reported by CBS Chicago's Adam Harrington, a digital producer who has covered Chicago-area news for the station since arriving there in January 2006.
