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For the first time since a\u00a0patient in a vegetative state\u00a0for more than a decade at an Arizona-based\u00a0nursing facility\u00a0gave\u00a0birth on Dec. 29, the Phoenix Police Department has revealed new details about what led to a sexual assault investigation.<\/p>\n

During a press conference on Wednesday, Sgt. Tommy Thompson disclosed how authorities discovered that a 29-year-old Native American woman gave birth to a child at Hacienda HealthCare.<\/p>\n

On the same day that the baby boy was born, officers responded to a call that an infant had \u201ccoded\u201d and was in \u201cdistress\u201d with troubles breathing. \u201cThe baby was born having issues, that was the nature of the call, that\u2019s what started this on the 29th of December,\u201d Thompson told reporters of how their investigation began.<\/p>\n

The mother, who has been in a vegetative state for 14 years after a near-drowning, was \u201cunable to move [and] unable to communicate, in other words, she was helpless and incapacitated,\u201d according to Thompson.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs far as I know it was a natural birth,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

When asked if the mother had a full-term pregnancy, Thompson said \u201c[she] was quite a ways along.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Both the baby, who is now 11 days old, and his mother are currently recovering at a local hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was not in a position to give consent,\u201d Thompson said of the mother, calling her a \u201chelpless victim who was sexually assaulted.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the woman\u2019s family attorney, John Micheaels, said in a\u00a0statement\u00a0to PEOPLE, \u201cThe family would like me to convey that the baby boy has been born into a loving family and will be well cared for.\u201d<\/p>\n