Jon Velasco of KCMO is charged with the
reckless infection of another with HIV,
according to on-line court records from
Jackson County.
A man allegedly deceived a 30-year-old
woman into believing that he was not
infected with HIV, when in fact he knew he
was. Jon W. Velasco was charged on
Wednesday with one count of recklessly
infecting another with HIV, a class A felony.
Suspicion into Velasco began when the
woman’s mandatory HIV screening for her
employer came back positive in February of
this year.
Court documents state that the woman
contacted police on March 15 and said that
she had engaged in unprotected sex with
Velasco on several occasions between
August of 2012 and the time she tested
positive in February. She told police that
Velasco was the only person she had
sexual contact with between her testing
dates.
Furthermore, she stated that Velasco had
to know that he was infected because he
had previously been incarcerated and HIV
tests are mandatory for prisoners. When
Velasco was released from prison in August
of 2012 he had told the woman that he was
not infected.
However, records from the Missouri
Department of Health and Senior Services
revealed that Velasco tested positive on
April 30, 2012. Additional records from the
Western Reception Diagnostic Correctional
Center showed that he received HIV
counseling and information from
correctional center staff after a separate
positive test on June 27, 2012.
When the woman initially confronted
Velasco after her positive HIV test, he
persisted with his assertion that he was not
infected. She talked him into getting tested
together and the pair went to a ‘free clinic’
where they both tested positive for HIV.
When Velasco learned of the clinic results
he reportedly broke off the relationship
with the woman.
Velasco declined speak with detectives
about the case without a lawyer after his
arrest on Tuesday. He’s now being held in
detention on a cash-only of $100,000,
online court records don’t currently
indicate his next court date.
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