Rant #2,305: Bad

I could not even think of a good title for today's Rant, because what I am going to talk about here is probably the most reprehensible story that I have read about in some time, and maybe even ever.

I am sure that you have heard about the comatose woman who has been in a facility since she has been two years of age who was savagely attacked by a worker at that venue, raped, became pregnant, and gave birth to a child.

After looking at DNA evidence, the authorities finally nabbed the suspect, who just happens to be a hospital nurse.

There are just so many questions related to this story that remain unanswered, but whatever the answers are, the whole story is appalling, to say the least.

The woman, of native American ancestry, evidently has been under such care since she was a toddler, having had an accident where evidently she fell into a body of water, was revived, but suffered numerous neurological difficulties.

What her level of well being has been questioned, as she has either been described as not being able to do much of anything, on respirators and feeding tubes, to being able to acknowledge certain things by moving parts of her face, including her eyes.

But whatever state she is in, everyone agrees that the woman was not up to the level to have a sexual encounter, and probably not even up to the level of even knowing what that was.

Giving birth just a few weeks ago, the woman was never looked at as being pregnant by facility medical staff or by her family, which raises lots of questions right then and there.

How could they not know that the woman was pregnant? Sure, some women do not show until perhaps the near end of their pregnancy, but if she was in a medical facility, and was supposed to be seen by doctors and examined, how could they not know that there was something different about her?

Evidently, the last time that she had been fully examined was now around 10 months ago, or before her pregnancy might have occurred, but why was there such a lapse in physical examination?

Maybe that is why two physicians at the facility havr resigned; the medical staff certainly let this woman down with their lack of procedures.

And what about the family? Did they not see changes occurring in this woman that one does not need to have a medical education to see?

Evidently, the woman's main caretaker is her mother, who would visit her on a fairly regular basis.

However, reports are that the mother is not in the best of shape, and among her other ailments, she suffers from some level of dementia or Alzheimer's Disease herself.

Knowing that, why did no other family member take over her care taking duties?

And then we come to the actual incident.

Was the woman actually physically sexually assaulted, or did the woman come in contact with the alleged assailant in another way?

How long was this abuse happening, and did the alleged assailant attack other women at the facility?

And how did he get away with it? Was this some type of inside job, where things were being covered up, including the alleged assailant's dalliances with the woman?

Yes, this is a mystery that beats any Agatha Christie mystery, anything fiction or non-fiction that I could ever remember.

And you just know that there will eventually be a lawsuit that will come out of this, and I just hope that any money that is awarded goes directly for the lifetime upkeep of the woman and her child, and that the child is placed in the right home to grow and prosper.

I mean, the more one thinks about this case, the more it sends shivers up the spine.

How could such a thing happen, and how could the human mind decide to do such a heinous thing?

I don't get it, I simply don't get it ... but you just know that we will be hearing more about this in the coming months and even years.

For one, what do you do with the suspect if he is convicted of his crime? Yes, you jail him, and in my mind, you jail him well beyond any term that a rapist normally gets, maybe incarcerate him for the rest of his born days, without any chance of parole.

And if the state of Arizona cannot do that, then put some type of order of protection on the woman and her child that lasts into eternity, so that these two innocent people never have to deal with this criminal ever again in any way, shape or form.

And I hope the best for that child.

Maybe the child can be the silver lining in this really, really dark cloud, and if nothing else, the child's existence creates someone who can unconditionally love the woman, his birth mother, and watch over her and keep her from harm to the end of her days.

And do a better job of it than the facility or the existing family could ever do.