People v. Serrano CA2/3

BACKGROUND

Serrano was charged with sexual offenses committed in 2017 and 2018 against three victims: Charisma P., Evelyn M., and Rachel R. The crimes remained unsolved until 2020, when DNA evidence implicated Serrano in them.

I. Charisma P.

On the evening of April 13, 2017, 15-year-old Charisma P. was at her friend Ariana’s house on Valley Boulevard and Williams Place. When Ariana told Charisma she could not spend the night, Charisma called her boyfriend, who said she could stay at his place. At about 10:00 p.m., Charisma began the 40-minute walk to her boyfriend’s house in Lost Hills. Charisma was on Eastern Avenue when a man approached her from behind and pressed a gun into her back. The man told her to keep walking, removed the clip from the gun to show her that the gun was loaded, and then pressed the gun to her neck. They walked about 10 minutes to El Sereno Park. The man took her to a secluded area at the skate park where he bent Charisma over a wall, unbuckled her

2 pants, rubbed his penis against her vagina, and penetrated her with a finger and then with his penis. The man told Charisma to say she loved him and to call him “daddy.” He lost his erection and…