The Phoenix police Department (AZ) arrested a 36-year-old nurse at Hacienda HealthCare Nathan Sutherland. The man allegedly became the father of the child, which gave birth to 29-year-old incompetent patient of the palliative care center.
Wednesday, January 23, the police chief in Phoenix, Jeri Williams said that investigators arrested Sutherland and charged with 2-m pukto: sexual abuse and abuse of adults in vulnerable situations.
According to the records of the Supreme court of Maricopa County, Sutherland was not charged with any other felonies.
The investigation into this case started on 29 December, when a woman (name withheld), who is in a vegetative state for 3 years, gave birth to a healthy baby. Hacienda employees immediately called 911, telling despetcher that they didn’t know she was pregnant.
«From the moment we first learned about the crime, we are practically without interruption worked seven days a week to solve this case,» said chief Williams.
According to court records, a woman who is a member of the Apache tribe San Carlos, in for 26 years was a patient of the center. John Michaels 0 the lawyer representing her interests, stated that the information that she is not in a coma is untrue.
«She has feelings and she is able to respond to people she knows, especially family,» the lawyer emphasized, adding that her condition was the result of epileptic seizures that occurred in early childhood.
After news about the rape of a female patient Hacienda CEO bill Timmons, Hacienda resigned, and two doctors who cared for her, left the institution.
Sutherland is a licensed nurse who cared for the injured woman. He works in Hacienda 2011. Representatives of the medical center claim that the man was «extensive data validation» before anyone can begin working.
On Tuesday, January 22, police laboratory of Phoenix has determined that a DNA sample taken from Sutherland, matched the DNA of the child. Sutherland was arrested on the same day. Sperling refused to answer questions from investigators during questioning.
This is a 36-year-old Nathan Sutherland, the nurse charged with raping a patient in his care at Hacienda Healthcare. The woman was in a vegetative state for 20+yrs. Sutherland initially refused to give his DNA until he was informed police had a court order. pic.twitter.com/5NhNy4okxu
Is Kari Lake Fox 10 (@KariLakeFox10) January 23, 2019
According to today’s statement from Hacienda, Sutherland was fired «in a time when our steering group learned of his arrest.»
The court set the bail at $500 thousand.
