March 17, 2006
Hospital staffer accused of molesting comatose children and taking cell phone photos of himself in the act
This has got to be the darkest story every on how someone (mis)used a cameraphone.
The Associated Press reports that a respiratory therapist has been accused of molesting brain-damaged, comatose boys and girls, taking cell- phone photos of himself in the act, and posting them on the Internet.
"Wayne Albert Bleyle, 54, is in jail on $5 million bail after pleading not guilty to two counts of child molestation and 24 counts of child pornography. But prosecutor Laura Gunn said Bleyle molested many more patients over the past decade, preying on the hospital's weakest of the weak, including youngsters who would never be able to speak.
Gunn said that when an investigator asked how many children he had abused, Bleyle replied: "How many snowflakes are there out there?"
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