INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — A 37-year-old Kansas man has been convicted of raping a patient at a hospital in Missouri.
Chukwuemeka Emmanuel, of Overland Park, was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree rape after a bench trial. He was charged in 2019 after a patient at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence reported she was raped in her hospital bed after she asked Emmanuel for help. Emmanuel worked at the hospital as a “float nurse” hired through an outside agency.
He was fired after the accusations were made. His sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 27.
