Overview

• A 44-year-old migrant father pleaded guilty on July 11 and was sentenced July 17 to 12 to 15 years in prison for aggravated rape of his 14-year-old daughter at the Marlborough Holiday Inn shelter.
• Forensic DNA testing confirmed he was the biological father of both the victim and her infant with a probability exceeding twenty-three trillion to one.
• The Massachusetts Department of Children and Families has placed the victim in protective care following her removal from the shelter.
• Former manager Jon Fetherston has called on the Department of Justice to investigate alleged systemic oversight failures and abuses in state-run migrant facilities.
• State officials have not verified the man’s immigration status, and immigration authorities have provided no immediate comment.