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Male Nurse Arrested After Woman In Vegetative State Gives Birth To Baby Matching His DNA

Amanda Prestigiacomo

An Arizona man was arrested on Wednesday and charged with sexually assaulting a 29-year-old woman who’s been in a vegetative state for 14 years.

Nathan Sutherland, 36, is a licensed nurse who worked at Hacienda Skilled Nursing Facility and was responsible for caring for the victim at the time of the incident. The woman went into labor on December 29, shocking medical staffers who claim they did not know she was pregnant, reports KABC-TV.

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