Hacienda HealthCare still under investigation after a nurse accused of sexual assault

The detectives are trying to determine if any other patients in a long term care facility in Phoenix were sexually assaulted after a nurse was charged with it. sexual assault and violence against vulnerable adults. Nathan Sutherland, 36, is accused of raping a patient and having her pregnant.

Sutherland, a licensed practical nurse, worked at Hacienda HealthCare, where the woman lived. Now 29, the woman is severely disabled since the age of 3. Other workers from Hacienda HealthCare were shocked when she gave birth unexpectedly last month.

"I was stunned.I was unable to think and believe that this could happen to someone who could not speak for herself," said the police chief. from Phoenix, Jeri Williams.

Williams stated that Hacienda staff members were under a court order to provide DNA samples. Sutherland presented his on Tuesday morning. A few hours later, the correspondence with the baby was confirmed.

"Modern DNA technology will really change the game for us," Williams said.

The chief said that there could be more casualties, but finding them can be difficult because many people in the facility are unable to communicate.

Sutherland continued to work in the facility until his arrest, and the CEO of Hacienda has since resigned with one doctor, another was suspended.

The baby, about four weeks old, is in the care of Apache family members.

"We can not always choose our way of life. enter into this life, but what we can choose to do as a community, is to love that child. And that's what we have the opportunity to do, "said Phoenix Police Sgt Tommy Thompson