I have been reading about this since early this morning on various sites. One thing that has been stated is that no one can be forced to give DNA samples (which surprised me), unless there is compelling reason to believe that a particular person was the one that raped her. The other thing that I read, which came from a doctor, is that it is not unusual for a person in a vegetative state to have extreme weight losses or gains. I was also curious about how a person with around-the-clock care could miss her menstrual cycle for so many months, but somebody else said that often cycles can be sporadic. Has anybody heard how old the lady is? I wonder what will happen with the baby. Just kind of thinking out loud.
RBBM for focus
Perhaps LE can ask men to volunteer DNA samples, starting with current and past male employees who worked at the facility in any capacity (e.g., medical professionals, dietary staff, housekeeping) during the time period in question. Excluding potential suspects first would save LE time and money, IMO.
It may seem as though the process would be time-consuming, but in an article (linked below) from 2013, a gentleman who apparently is a criminal investigator for the military says:
“Our facilities take about an hour and a half [to process DNA], depending on certain individuals. There's different facilities that can work a little bit faster and in some cases a little bit slower, but
about an hour and a half for us to get the initial DNA specimens in the system and then get a good file on it. But of course when a crime is committed, individuals are accused, at that point we could take up to, you know, 72 hours or even longer if we need to, just to verify that that is specifically, exactly the individual that, you know, we're looking at.”
And then later in the article, director of public safety from a township police department in Pennsylvania says:
“We're actually in the process of looking into the same type of equipment that the military possesses, where it would give you an hour and a half, a 90-minute turnaround DNA. Right now we submit our DNA to a lab, and we get our, we get our DNA results anywhere from 48 hours to 30 days back, normally about two weeks, which is fine the way we have it.
We're actually looking at equipment now that'll give us a 90-minute turnaround. There's other logistical issues with that for us that the military probably doesn't have to deal with. So right now it's just something that we're looking at, that same equipment.“ (BBM)
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I hope that the Phoenix Police Department has this type of equipment available to them. This sexual predator could strike again at any time, wherever he is today.
By the way, the facility where this happened needs to be shut down, at least for the foreseeable future, IMO:
“Records reveal that the Hacienda HealthCare facility has a checkered past.
Department of Health and Human Services records from 2013 reveal staffers heard a colleague making sexual statements about the residents. The staffer was accused of watching some clients masturbate, and while bathing another client, told a staffer the client was going to have a ‘happy morning.’
Records show the staffer was fired and training policies were updated.
You can read the Arizona Department of Health Services 53 page report here.
Hacienda received a number of citations in late 2017.
Records show a man said he was uncomfortable with staffers walking in and out of his shower space.
Documents on the investigation reveal staffers regularly walked through his shower room to get to other rooms or collect supplies.
A staffer said it had become a ‘bad habit.’“ (BBM)
Woman in vegetative state gives birth at Hacienda Healthcare in Phoenix
All of this is making me physically sick.
