Two men arrested Friday are each accused of sexually abusing their own daughters multiple times.
Alex Gloria Reina, 49, and Joseph McKinley Rachal, 73, each face a charge of continuous sexual abuse of a child, according to Bexar County records. Their bail was set at $75,000.
Reina is accused of sexually abusing a female starting when she was in fifth grade, continuing until she was 16, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. Now 19, she recently made the made the allegations to San Antonio police investigators and described multiple assaults including inappropriate touching and sex.
The woman told police that Reina would have sex with her about two times a week, according to the affidavit.
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The affidavit states the abuse occurred in Indiana, where they once lived, and continued after they moved to San Antonio.
Here, Reina continued sexually abusing his daughter, even when others were inside the home, police noted in the affidavit. After recently telling police of the incident, the family said they were concerned for their safety while living in the same house as Reina.
In Rachal’s case, his 6-year-old daughter was talking to a fellow student on the bus when she began describing how he placed jelly on her private parts and proceeded to have sex with her, according to the affidavit.
That’s when the student told her mother, who relayed the information a school counselor. The allegations later reached the Converse Police Department.
Detectives confirmed Rachal was placing a jelly type substance on his daughter before committing sexual acts. She told police that she asked him to stop, but he did not listen.
The girl told investigators the sexual abuse occurred more than once, describing how she was undressed and placed on a bed or couch depending on what room they were in, according to the affidavit.
Investigators noted in the affidavit that the child was very bright, articulate and expressive, and that she knew the difference between the truth and a lie. They added that she was very consistent in her accounts with multiple investigators.
Rachal and Alex were still in jail as of Saturday night. There was no indication that either of the cases of abuse were related.
