A 20-year-old Honduran man in the United States illegally has been charged with sexual battery on a 14-year-old girl, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday.

• Kevin Mauricio Escobar Munoz was arrested and booked into the Okaloosa County Jail following an investigation by the sheriff’s office.

According to authorities, the victim reported waking up in her Fort Walton Beach home around 7 a.m. on April 21 to find an unknown Hispanic male sexually assaulting her.

• The victim told investigators the assailant covered her mouth with his hand and spoke Spanish. After the assault, she said he hugged her and possibly left through the back door.

A subsequent medical examination of the victim showed positive findings for sexual abuse. On July 11, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement reported that a male DNA profile matching the sample from the victim’s sexual assault kit belonged to Escobar Munoz.

Investigators discovered that Escobar Munoz was living within one mile of the victim’s residence. In addition to the sexual battery charge, he faces a charge of burglary with battery for allegedly forcing entry into the victim’s home.

The Department of Homeland Security reported that Escobar Munoz had been previously deported in September 2022.