An Alabama woman held in jail for 17 months is eight months pregnant, and her family and attorney are demanding an investigation into how it happened.
Latoni, 26, was arrested and charged with capital murder in connection with a fatal robbery in 2017. She has not been convicted. According to reports, she revealed her pregnancy last year when she learned about it.
Her attorney, Mickey McDermott, told CBS 42 that she was being held at Coosa County Jail until she discovered she was pregnant, and that she was then moved to another jail for reasons that were not explained to him. Her brother, Terrell, told the station she has no recollection of any sexual encounter and was not pregnant when she went to jail.
Latoni’s family and attorney believe she may have been sexually assaulted by someone at the Coosa County facility, possibly at night while she was unconscious after taking prescribed seizure medication. These are their claims, and no investigation findings had been announced. McDermott also pointed out that under Alabama law, an inmate cannot legally consent to sex. He said no investigator had sat down with her to ask what she knows.
Terrell told CBS 42 that his sister should never have had to go through this. He also said the family is preparing for the arrival of her baby boy and considers his birth a blessing.
The Coosa County Administrator’s Office and the Coosa County Attorney had not commented on the allegations at the time of this report.
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