BCSO is still searching for one of the three accused health care workers.
SAN ANTONIO — A father’s instinct led to multiple arrests in an abuse case. A former Bexar County deputy and health care workers are accused of tying down and abusing a non-verbal autistic patient at a group home.
The alleged acts were caught on video by a camera the victim’s father set up. He said he believes there could be more victims.
He spoke to KENS 5 Monday anonymously to protect his son’s identity. Investigators said the home located off Highland Lake Drive near Converse, is not even designed to be a long-term healthcare facility.
“It’s heartbreaking,” the father said.
He said two years ago, he started noticing his 29-year-old son was experiencing more behavioral outburst. He has severe intellectual disabilities and has been living at Maofu Home Healthcare for seven years.
Just this year, he said he started receiving calls that his son was hurting himself.
“I got a call that he was out of control, that he had been throwing himself and that he had hit and punched himself in the mouth. I received the notification via email,” he said.
In some instances, his injuries would land him in the hospital. He said he started to grow suspicious and decided to set up a camera.
“I would never in a million years, thought that I would see what I saw,” he said.
In one video shared by investigators, you see two men forcing the 29-year-old onto the bed, striking his leg at one point and tying him up with what appears to be bed sheets.
Investigators said in another video, two men are holding him down on the floor while giving him medication by forcing a syringe down his throat.
“People like this should not be in this business,” the father said. “People like Holland should not be in this business.”
The manager of the group home, Anne Holland, received several citations for prohibited occupancy, rendering fire protection system inoperative, unlawful acts and unsafe conditions.
Investigators, along with the father, believe there could be more victims. They suspect, Maofu Home Healthcare is operating multiple homes in Bexar County.
“My son is in a safe spot, however there are other customers in there,” the father said. “There’s customers that may not have family nearby or may not have family at all to look after them.”
Meanwhile, BCSO is still searching for one of the three health care workers. 52-year-old Harrison Odiri is wanted for unlawful restraint and injury disabled criminal negligence.
Odiri reportedly only has a tourism visa and is not allowed to be employed. Immigration authorities have been notified in case he attempts to flee the country.