Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams and Mayor Thelda Williams were scheduled to provide an “important” update Wednesday morning on the investigation into the rape of an incapacitated woman at a Hacienda HealthCare facility.

A news conference was scheduled for 8 a.m. at Phoenix police headquarters.

The woman gave birth to a boy Dec. 29. Staff members told a 911 operator that they had not known she was pregnant. 

According to court records, the woman, who is a member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe, has been a patient at Hacienda for 26 years. The records say the woman is “not alert” and needs a “maximum level of care.”

In the weeks since the 911 call calling for help after the child’s birth, police and state agencies have launched investigations and the director of the facility resigned. Investigators obtained DNA from male workers at the facility.

Hacienda HealthCare also hired former Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley to conduct an independent investigation into patient safety.

Two physicians responsible for caring for the woman no longer are providing services at the Phoenix nursing facility.

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