A Volusia County nursing home accused of slowing down an investigation concerning the possible rape of 75-year-old woman who was a patient there.

The alleged victim is a 75-year-old woman suffering from dementia and now, according to Daytona Beach Police Chief Mike Chitwood, a sexually transmitted disease.

“[The 75-year-old woman] even with dementia was complaining or stating that someone was having sexual relations with her and she was pregnant," Chitwood said. "We then came to the nursing home on July 3, acting under the color of law and said, hey we need to know who has access to the patients room, we need her medical records, we need to start doing interviews and we were told no."

The nursing home in question is the Daytona Beach Health and Rehabilitation Center on Third Street near Nova Road in Daytona Beach.

News 13 has learned the Agency for Health Care Administration has fined the nursing home several times, including this year for 16,000 for failure to give adequate and appropriate care.

“Time is of the essence. Everyday that has gone by the potential of another victim happens and the potential for collusion and to get your story together and thwart the investigation grows," Chief Chitwood continued.

"Now we’re 15 days behind the eight ball and now you have then holding a press conference saying, ‘oh we conducted an investigation and we say nothing happened. That’s not legal. You can’t do that," Chief Chitwood explained.

News 13 reached out to Daytona Beach Health and Rehabilitation Center’s Attorney Rick Harris for additional clarification. He answered our phone call but he declined to comment on the investigation. 

Meanwhile, Daytona Beach police officers wore body cameras on Friday while trying to get the nursing home to hand over medical and employee records to see who has been in contact with the 75-year-old woman.

However, Chief Chitwood said the nursing still has not complied, so his department is filing a formal complaint with the Office of the Inspector General, who oversees nursing homes in Florida.

“Either way you have to cooperate with us. You just don’t conduct your own investigation, you don’t thwart law enforcement," Chitwood said. "That’s not what happens.  So as far as the nursing home is concerned, I am going to make sure that I use every power I have to bring the state and the federal government down on top of them for violating the law."