Uncle: Nephew Jumped On Girl

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Uncle: Nephew Jumped On Girl

35-year-old Worthington resident Josue Fraga, who's charged with two counts of 2nd degree murder and criminal sexual conduct against his two-year-old niece Samantha, says he didn't do it.

By Drew Sandholm

A Worthington mother of four, Khammany Phetsavong lives across the street from where Police say 35-year-old Josue Fraga abused and raped his two-year-old niece Samantha.

"What if he did something to my kids, you know and everything is running through my mind," said Phetsavong.

In a complaint filed in Nobles County Court against Fraga, police say the toddler had a temperature of 84 degrees when Fraga brought her to the Worthington Regional Hospital last week. She was unresponsive and pronounced dead 45-minutes later.

Doctors spotted signs of sexual abuse, so they called the COPS.

When police interviewed Fraga, he said he woke up in the middle of the night and saw Samantha's three-year-old brother do a "knee-drop" on her. The doctor who performed the autopsy on the girl says that conflicts with the type of injuries he found in the autopsy.


35-year-old Josue Fraga allegedly abused the toddler in this mobile home.
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Phetsavong is trying to explain all this to her kids. She said, "All my kids are shocked, like 'he's a nice guy, mom.' I said, 'Well, you know, you never know.'"

Fraga will appear in Nobles County Court on Friday, March 28, 2008.

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