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2019-01-10 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Police Seek Male Staffers' DNA At Center Where Patient In Vegetative State Gave Birth
[NPR.ORG] Phoenix police are collecting DNA evidence from all male employees of Hacienda HealthCare, where a patient in a vegetative state gave birth to a child Dec. 29.

Police served the long-term care facility with a search warrant on Tuesday, The News Agency that Dare Not be Named reported. "We will continue to cooperate with Phoenix Police and all other investigative agencies to uncover the facts in this deeply disturbing, but unprecedented situation," Hacienda Healthcare said in a statement.

The care facility had considered conducting its own DNA tests, but its attorneys advised that genetic testing of its employees would violate federal law, the company said, according to The Arizona Republic.

"The family obviously is outraged, traumatized and in shock by the abuse and neglect of their daughter at Hacienda Healthcare," said John Micheaels, who represents the family of the woman, according to the New York Times

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. "The family would like me to convey that the baby boy has been born into a loving family and will be well cared for."

More details were released Tuesday night about the woman's identity. Officials from the San Carlos Apache Tribe in Arizona say the woman is a member of their tribe and confirmed she "has been in a persistent vegetative state and coma for over a decade," according to a statement obtained by local TV station 12News.

On Monday, Hacienda's longtime CEO, Bill Timmons, resigned as police continue to investigate how a woman who wasn't able to consent to sex was impregnated.

The woman had been a patient at the Phoenix facility for years after almost drowning, according to azfamily.com, which broke the story; police declined to provide NPR with details about their investigation. Staff members reportedly hadn't noticed the patient was pregnant until she went into labor.
Posted by Fred 2019-01-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ]  Top

#1 I urge keeping careful tabs on the baby - should start considering countermeasures if he/she shows interest in carpentry.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-01-10 00:53||   2019-01-10 00:53|| Front Page Top

#2 They better upload babies DNA to gedmatch.com, too. Male staffers of course are suspect, but so are any male visitors to the facility whether they were linked to patient or not. The father might even turn out to be a tribal member.
Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2019-01-10 02:28||   2019-01-10 02:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Dear Happy Acres et al,

I, -----, cheerfully, voluntarily submit to DNA testing upon satisfaction of all following conditions:

1. Submission of signed apologies from all relevant parties to all tested employees.

2. Ditto exculpatory press releases ditto.

3. Agreement among all parties as to cash value of tested employees' genetic info, such amount to be placed in escrow, returnable in ten years upon submission of proof that all employees' info has been securely deleted and not been released to any party whatsoever, intentionally, unintentionally, or inadvertently, during that decade.

4. Submission of negative test results for all patient's male relatives and visitors, and for all male others, significant or insignificant, of all female relatives and visitors.

5. Don't start me talkin'...

Yours most sincerely,

Low Man on Totem Pole
Posted by Solomon Theager5043 2019-01-10 02:44||   2019-01-10 02:44|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm guessing the victim wasn't obese. All the staff must have known. How does a baby work its way out with the mother in a prone position? I'm guessing staff must have tried to deliver it but had a problem. Maybe they were going to have the baby adopted? Who would be in a position that they would go to such lengths to protect? Maybe not, but we'll see.
Posted by gorb 2019-01-10 04:53||   2019-01-10 04:53|| Front Page Top

#5 
Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-01-10 12:26||   2019-01-10 12:26|| Front Page Top

#6 Maybe they were going to have the baby adopted? If mother is enrolled in a federally recognized tribe, federal laws affect the adoption process of any of her children. Mother not being competent is another issue that (most likely) federal courts will be involved in.
Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2019-01-10 15:09||   2019-01-10 15:09|| Front Page Top

#7 Come to think of it, patient probably already has a federally appointed guardian, who had the duty of checking on his/her charge periodically and who almost certainly ignored or never even saw the patient during her pregnancy. It's amazing what people can learn to ignore.
Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2019-01-10 15:18||   2019-01-10 15:18|| Front Page Top

#8 He took advantage of her because she was "dead sexy".
Posted by warthogswife 2019-01-10 16:06||   2019-01-10 16:06|| Front Page Top

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