Woman has no idea how she got pregnant while jailed for 17 months
Relatives of a jailed woman are questioning how she became pregnant in prison, believing she may have been drugged then raped.
Despite being incarcerated for the past 17 months, Latoni Daniel, 26, is set to give birth to her first child this month, according to Alabama new outlet Al.com.
The inmate became pregnant while at a Coosa County jail in Rockford, Alabama but she says she has no memory of having sex while in prison.
Attorney Mickey McDermott said he believes his client was raped while taking sedatives prescribed to treat seizures.
However, Daniel's brother, Terrell Ransaw, says the US National Guard veteran didn't have seizures before she was jailed.
“It had to happen at night when she was unconscious after she took her medicine, because that’s when they gave her her medicine – at night,” he told CBS.
“She’s giving birth to a child she didn’t plan to have. Nobody asks to be raped or drugged.
“Just because a person is locked up doesn’t mean they’re a bad person or did the crime you say they did.”
County District Attorney Jeff Willis says Daniel's pregnancy was under investigation.
Daniel is accused of being the getaway driver in a fatal shooting and is charged with capital murder.
She was transferred to another jail once her pregnancy was revealed.
with AP
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