A Kenyan Certified Nursing Assistant, Joseph Wakarugi Thurura, 31, of Kent, Washington, was arrested today and has been charged with second degree rape after the 44-year old physically and mentally disabled woman under his care suffered a miscarriage in March.

A DNA test of all the men that came into contact with the woman proved Thurura’s probable paternity by an accuracy of 99.99%.

Thurura cared for the woman at the Integrated Living Services in Kent, Washington. Kent is 20 miles south-east of Seattle, Washington.

Prosecutors are pushing for sentencing beyond the 6-8 year maximum sentence for this type of case. Bail has been set at USD$250,000 and Thurura remains behind bars this afternoon. He will be arraigned July 2nd.

This comes barely two weeks after Fred Magondu was accused of a similar crime in Pennsylvania and about two months after Joseph Njonge was accused of murdering an elderly woman under his care when he worked as a CNA in Washington state.

In a recent interview with Kenya’s Standard newspaper, Njonge repeated that what he had said before that he was innocent. He is in jail waiting arraignment.

Local paper accounts:

Seattle Times

Seattle Post Intelligencer

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