Justice may be on the horizon for the family of an Arizona woman who gave birth after she was raped while in an incapacitated state. The Phoenix Police Department announced on Wednesday that it had made an arrest in the Hacienda HealthCare surprise…
Justice may be on the horizon for the family of an Arizona woman who gave birth after she was raped while in an incapacitated state. The Phoenix Police Department announced on Wednesday that it had made an arrest in the Hacienda HealthCare surprise birth case, disclosing that a 36-year-old nurse was being held because his DNA matched that of the newborn.
The woman’s story caught the nation’s attention a few weeks ago after she unexpectedly gave birth on Dec. 29. Aides at Hacienda HealthCare, a Phoenix nonprofit that cares for people who are chronically ill or have disabilities, said they had no idea she was pregnant until she began giving birth (a medical exam performed on her eight months earlier showed nothing usual, per The Arizona Republic). The baby boy survived and a police sergeant said Wednesday that he is in good health, per The New York Times.
The male suspect had worked at Hacienda since 2011. He’s currently being held in a Phoenix jail under charges of sexual assault and vulnerable adult abuse.
