‘Predator’ sentenced to 40 years for assault of child in Linda Vista home

A man who snuck into a Linda Vista home and sexually assaulted a 5-year-old girl was sentenced Wednesday to 40 years and eight months in state prison.

Alejandro Jose Confesor, 24, had pleaded guilty to charges of lewd acts on a child and possession of child pornography stemming from the April 18, 2024 assault, which took place inside a Wellington Street home.

Deputy District Attorney Eric Bodnar called the defendant “a predator” and said, “This case truly is a parent’s worst nightmare.”

Along with prison, Confesor will be required to register as a sex offender.

According to testimony from a preliminary hearing held last year, he entered the home in the early morning hours and abused the child in her bedroom. He returned to the same home three days later around 3:30 a.m. and took items from the home’s garage.

Prosecutors say Confesor has no relationship to the home’s residents.

He was arrested the night of April 21 on Linda Vista Road, less than two miles from the home on Wellington.

During Confesor’s sentencing hearing, the girl’s mother said her daughter has suffered from nightmares and cannot sleep alone anymore.

For a time, she slept with shoes on to allow herself a better chance to kick intruders, her mother said.

The family home has since been outfitted with new locks, alarms and cameras. The girl’s mother said she has gone as far as setting up cans and bottles near doorways to trip up a potential trespasser and alert her to the danger.