Hospice Nurse Caring for 97-Year-Old Woman Noticed Something Unusual. A Ring Camera Allegedly Showed the Unthinkable

A Florida man is under arrest after a woman allegedly caught him on a Ring camera raping her 97-year-old aunt. 

The victim, who has not been named, is nonverbal and bedridden, her niece said, according to an arrest report cited by Local 10.

Timothy Morris, a 66-year-old from Homestead, Fla., was arrested on a charge of sexual battery of a physically incapacitated person, according to Miami-Dade County online court records reviewed by PEOPLE. 

Investigators say the victim is in hospice care, where Morris would often assist with her care, reportedly in the absence of hospice staff, per the arrest report from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office. 

The niece, who is also not named in the Local 10 report, grew concerned after a hospice nurse notified her that they had found an unspecified discharge around the victim’s private area, per the arrest report. 

The victim’s niece installed a Ring camera in the victim’s bedroom. On the afternoon of Wednesday, April 30, the niece was alerted to someone’s presence in her aunt’s room.

When she reviewed the footage from the camera, she allegedly saw Morris raping her aunt, the arrest report said, per Local 10. 

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Morris has pleaded not guilty to his charge, online court records show. He is being held without bond in a Miami-Dade correctional facility.

If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org.