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Officials didn't know the woman was pregnant until she was giving birth last month. sutherland faces preliminary charges of sexual assault and vulnerable adult abuse. we have sergeant tommy thompson with us, he's the public information officer for the phoenix police department. sir, thanks for being with us, and tell us how the department was able to identify the suspect and also what's next for him? >> thank you for letting me come and talk to you. so what the process that we went through with the investigation was after we responded to the scene and determined it was a sexual assault and our...

>> sutherland is a licensed nurse at the health care facility here that is involved and had direct access. here is the booking photo that was released by maricopa county sheriff's office just a short time ago. the charges against him. he's been charged with one count of sexual assault and one count of vulnerable adult abuse, and i should point out that the victim's family, she has not been identified, by the way, but the victim's family has put out a statement. this actually came out yesterday, before we knew of this arrest and we say, quote, their daughter is not in a coma. she has significan...

But they were going through and yesterday they got to mr. nathan sutherland and they brought him in and under court order, they obtained a buccal swab or buccal swab which is drn evidence that th they obtained and the crime laboratory were able to successfully identify and match that he was the father of the baby in the sexual assault. >> and can you tell us about the baby? we know the family is caring for the baby. how is the baby doing? >> the baby is doing well, i am told, and one of the things that we keep in mind is this is essentially the newest member of our community here in phoenix an...

Record, who would have been with that patient at what times and for how long. that's what the police chief is referring to as far as good old fashioned horm eed law enforcem. sutherland has been taken into custody. he is right now using his fifth amendment. he is not cooperating. he's been at that facility since 2011. investigators say this investigation is still kondin continuing. we'll wait to hear more. so 800,000 federal workers preparing to miss their second straight paycheck. they should get paid on friday and they won't because congress and the president can't make a deal. the senate ...

An unthinkable crime out of phoenix. police have now arrested a nurse they believe sexually assaulted a woman who had been in a vegetative state for more than a decade and she gave birth to a baby boy last month. cnn's martin savidge has the report. >> authorities in phoenix, arizona, have been working nonstop because they were motivated by how horrific this crime is as you rightfully pointed out. the chief of police made the announcement about the arrest. here's what she said. >> through a combination of good, old-fashioned police work, combing through evidence, talking to people, following u...