AURORA | A second Aurora man is facing life in prison for the brutal kidnapping and gang rape of two women in separate 2011 attacks.
Omar Ricardo Godinez, 17, was convicted Friday of second degree kidnapping, sexual assault and conspiracy to commit second degree kidnapping and sexual assault for his role in the two attacks where women were grabbed off the street, taken to an Aurora home and brutally raped by multiple men.
At sentencing in November Godinez, who was 15 at the time of the attacks but charges as an adult, faces a minimum sentence of 26 years in prison. Under the state’s sentencing rules for sex crimes, he could spend the rest of his life behind bars.
Godinez’s brother, Edgar Godinez-Solis, 31, was convicted last year for his role and sentenced to 35 years to life in prison. Two other men were involved, prosecutors said, but they have not yet ben charged.
According to Arapahoe County prosecutors, the Godinez brothers and two other men kidnapped a 33-year-old woman and a 15-year-old girl in October and November 2011, covered the women’s faces and drove them to an Aurora home where they were repeatedly raped in a basement bedroom.
Each time, the attackers told the woman they would be killed if they went to the police, but both women reported the attacks despite the threats.
DNA evidence linked the brothers to the attacks, prosecutors said.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Cori Alcock and Deputy District Attorney Cara Morlan prosecuted the case. In a statement announcing the convictions, they said: “This is the nightmare scenario that every woman walking alone at night fears. Godinez’s heinous assaults on these two women must not be excused because of his youth. Our brave victims faced Godinez in front of a jury and recounted the horrors of their ordeals. Because of their strength and courage, we were able to achieve justice today. The determination that they showed in cooperating with the police and their own vigilance identifying details during the assault were key factors in the prosecution of this case.”