Overview
- He was taken into custody in Cook County on Oct. 17 on a Salt Lake County warrant issued Oct. 1 and remained jailed on Monday, authorities said.
- Utah prosecutors charge John Emanuel Banuelos, 40, with aggravated kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault tied to a June 2018 incident detailed in newly unsealed filings.
- Police records say the victim reported being drugged and sexually assaulted for more than 12 hours, with threats, strangulation and physical assault described in a court filing.
- Investigators say DNA evidence linked Banuelos to the 2018 case about three months ago, providing the key lead that preceded the Utah warrant.
- Banuelos’ separate Jan. 6 case—based on FBI video showing him scaling scaffolding and firing two shots—was dismissed in January under the president’s broad clemency for more than 1,500 riot defendants.