In re Grand Jury Investigation

A grand jury in Berkshire County is investigating the apparent rape of a twenty-one year old woman who is profoundly retarded and autistic. The woman, who lives with her parents and brother, cannot talk and requires twenty-four *222hour supervision. In the fall of 1996, a physician determined that the woman was pregnant.1 The woman is incapable of identifying the man who caused her pregnancy. Police investigation led to the reasonable belief that either the woman’s father or her brother caused her pregnancy. A State trooper sought to obtain blood samples from each for comparison testing, but, on…