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By: Tommy “Tj” Sotomayor

Detroit mother dies while giving birth to 12th child; grandmother steps up to raise kids

A Detroit grandmother is now taking care of all 12 of her daughter’s children after she died while giving birth last year. Patricia Pouncey said she needs help as she raises the kids.

DETROIT (FOX 2) – A Detroit grandmother has been raising her 12 grandchildren after her daughter died while giving birth in December.

Nakita Washington was only 35 when she died during the birth of her son, Nathaniel, at Harper University Hospital.

“They’re taking it hard. They have good days, and they have bad days,” said Patricia Pouncey, Washington’s mother.

The family is still waiting for the autopsy results.

“If she died naturally, I want to know. If one of them doctors did something, I wanna know that too,” Pouncey said. “I’m hurt, I’m confused.

The Detroit Medical Center released a statement that offered condolences but said that due to patient privacy laws, they can’t discuss this case.

As she waits for answers, Pouncey is raising the children and working to make sure they stay together.

“I already thought about it, and I’m gonna fight to keep them together and keep them with me,” she said.

But she needs help. 

“I’m just stuck right now. I have all 12 of her kids right now with me, so I got to get a bigger house because my house is too small,” she said.

The family also needs a new vehicle after a crash.

“Whatever God sits on your heart to do, because we appreciate everything,” Pouncey said.

but here is the kicker! but in 2012 This same mother of 12 was indicted and convicted!

DETROIT (WWJ) — A jury has convicted three Warren residents on charges connected to an identity theft case that involved more than 100 victims.

The U.S. Attorney’s office said that Kenneth Dixon, Nakita Washington and Jamela Washington obtained personal information from the victims and submitted fraudulent unemployment claims with the state.

The three were charged with use of counterfeit access devices, aggravated identity theft, theft of government money, and conspiracy to commit those offenses.

Federal investigators say the suspects defrauded the state Unemployment Insurance Agency of over $400,000 over a three-year period starting in 2009.

The three face up to 10 years in prison when they are sentenced in September.