Investigators Seeking Additional Victims of Sexual Assault NR17063jh

Los Angeles: Detectives from the
Los Angeles Police Department’s Southwest Division, Sex Crimes Unit
are seeking additional victims of sexual abuse of a child by Amador
Valencia Santos, aka “Omar” who was arrested on February 9,
2017.

Santos met the victims through mutual friends and earned their
trust to have their children spend the night at his residence.
Santos groomed the victim’s trust by taking them to the movies,
amusement parks, playing video games and basketball games with
them. Santos showed adult pornography and sexually abused the
victims while they were inside his residence.

Amador
Valencia, 57-years-old, Santos was charged for multiple counts of
288.5 PC – Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child and other sex crimes.
Santos is currently in custody and being held on $2,400.000.00
bail.

The first incident occurred in 1998. Prior to Santos’s arrest,
unidentified children were observed entering his residence.

Detectives believe there may be additional victims of other
unreported incidents and are asking for the public’s assistance in
locating them.

Anyone with information about additional victims is asked to call
Southwest Area Sex Crimes detectives, Detective Segura, at (323)
290-2975. During non-business hours or on weekends, calls should be
directed to 1-877-LAPD-24-7 (1-877-527-3247). Anyone wishing to
remain anonymous should call the L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers at
1-800-222-TIPS (800-222-8477) or go directly to
www.lacrimestoppers.org. Tipsters may also visit
www.lapdonline.org, and click on “Anonymous Web Tips” under the
“Get Involved-Crime Stoppers” menu to submit an online tip. Lastly,
tipsters may also download the “P3 Tips” mobile application and
select the L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers as their local
program.