DNA evidence from male staffers of care home sought after woman unconscious for 14 years gives birth
Police officials in Arizona have begun taking DNA samples from male staff members at a healthcare facility in Phoenix, after a woman in a vegetative state for 14 years reportedly gave birth after being raped "multiple times". Reports state that the staff at Hacienda HealthCare had been giving the female patient round the clock care.
The latest development came as the victim's family said that they were "outraged, traumatized and in shock" at the abuse she had suffered at the facility.
Authorities opened a criminal inquiry into the case on Friday after it was revealed that the 29-year-old patient, who could not possibly have consented to sex, had gone into labor and given birth on December 29, 2018.
Hacienda HealthCare's CEO Bill Timmons rendered his resignation on Tuesday over the scandal as family members of the patients there questioned the safety at the chain of homes, according to the Sun.
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