Douglas County child sexual assault defendant sentenced to 100 years to life
Campos got 100 years to life after fleeing Douglas County before sentencing, then was found near the Mexico border.
A Douglas County judge on Friday sentenced Jorge Alberto Campos to 100 years to life, stacking 20-year terms on each of five convictions for sexual assault on a child after prosecutors said he fled before sentencing and discarded his ankle monitor in a dumpster near his home.
Prosecutors said the abuse was part of a pattern against Campos’ girlfriend’s daughter, beginning when she was 11 and continuing from 2021 through 2023. Colorado law treats sexual assault on a child as a class 3 felony when it is committed as part of a pattern of sexual abuse, and those cases are sentenced under the state’s extraordinary-risk provisions, which can carry an indeterminate term up to natural life.
The case began in May 2024, when Castle Rock police were alerted by a nurse at a Castle Rock hospital that a sexual-assault victim was receiving treatment. The girl’s mother initially believed the claims were made up, but the exam found evidence consistent with the allegations. During the investigation, the girl told police Campos warned her not to tell her mother and used an app to control her phone as punishment.
Campos missed the court date where the verdict was to be read, then disappeared across state lines. New Mexico State Patrol later shared information showing him leaving a hotel in Las Vegas, New Mexico, and a Denver-area viewer recognized him on a bus headed for Mexico and called 911. Deputies arrested Campos at a gas station in Chaparral, New Mexico, about 20 miles from the border. Afterward, the district attorney’s office said it had corrected an earlier statement about the ankle monitor alert and was reviewing internal communication after Douglas County Pre-trial Services had emailed about the removal.
Deputy District Attorney Brynn Chase said, “The courage this young woman showed in reporting the abuse and testifying in court cannot be overstated.” For anyone who suspects child abuse or neglect in Douglas County, call Douglas County Human Services at 303-663-6270 or Colorado’s Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline at 844-CO-4-KIDS, and call 911 if a child is in immediate danger.
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