Woman May Have Exposed 100 Sex Partners To HIV
POSTED: Tuesday, February 14, 2006
UPDATED: 2:59 pm EST February 14,
2006
A woman in Missouri who was charged with knowingly exposing her boyfriend to HIV may have had as many as 100 sex partners, according to the girl's mother.
Angela Harris, 26, of St. Charles was charged with three counts of recklessly exposing a 42-year-old man to HIV infection.
An investigation into the woman began when a relative told police that Harris was having sex with her boyfriend and exposing him to the virus, according to an Associated Press report.
Harris' mother has also been cooperating with investigators because many of her daughter's sexual partners don't know her secret, the report said.
Police are urging men who had contact with the woman to come forward to be tested.
Harris discovered she was HIV-positive when she suffered a miscarriage at age 14, police told a newspaper.
Harris' boyfriend did not test positive, but if he does, the charges may be upgraded.
She has already passed HIV on to at least one of her four children, according to the report.
Harris was being held on a $75,000 bond.
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