Friday, January 11, 2019

San Carlos Apache leader 'horrified' by incapacitated tribal member's pregnancy at facility


The chairman of the San Carlos Apache Tribe in southeastern Arizona says he is horrified and wants justice served for the incapacitated tribal member who became pregnant while a resident at a Phoenix nursing facility.

The tribe says the patient is a 29-year-old woman. She gave birth to a baby boy while still in the Hacienda HealthCare facility on Dec. 29.

"On behalf of the tribe, I am deeply shocked and horrified at the treatment of one of our members," San Carlos Apache Chairman Terry Rambler said in a statement. 

"When you have a loved one committed to palliative care, when they are most vulnerable and dependent on others, you trust their caretakers. Sadly, one of her caretakers was not to be trusted and took advantage of her. It is my hope that justice will be served."

Officials with the San Carlos Apache Police Department say they will assist the Phoenix Police Department in any way possible to find the perpetrator.

Phoenix police first became aware of the situation when they responded to a report of an infant who had coded at Hacienda de Los Angeles, 1402 E. South Mountain Ave.  at 3:42 p.m. on Dec. 29.

When officers arrived, they found an incapacitated woman who had delivered a baby. Both were then transported to a local hospital, a police report says. A sexual assault investigation is ongoing, police say.

The woman's family released a statement through Phoenix lawyer John Micheaels this week, saying the baby boy was born into a loving family and will be well cared for.

In its statement, the family said they are "outraged, traumatized and in shock" and not emotionally ready to make a public statement.

Phoenix police on Tuesday served a search warrant on the facility to get DNA samples of male employees.

Authorities say the woman who gave birth had been a resident at the facility for many years. AzFamily.com, the CBS affiliate that broke the story, has reported that the woman has been in the facility since a near-drowning more than 10 years ago.

William Timmons, a longtime top executive with Hacienda HealthCare, resigned Monday.

Detectives are appealing to the community for assistance in identifying the perpetrator. Anyone with information can contact the department's violent crimes bureau at 602-262-6141. To remain anonymous, contact Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS (480-948-6377) or 480-TESTIGO (480-837-8446) for Spanish.

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San Carlos Apache leader 'horrified' by incapacitated tribal member's pregnancy at facility

See Also:
Facility CEO resigns after woman in vegetative state gives birth; new allegations emerge

Patient in vegetative state gives birth, sex abuse investigation underway: report

2 comments:

Steve said...

Everyone is horrified. Everybody knows she had to have been raped time and time again. Who did it? Maybe many different rapists.

Kathy said...

Maybe even someone in AGs office. There is a reason AG refuses to investigate these abuses with disabled and elderly. One of their own maybe?