TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) - A Tallahassee woman is out on bond after being accused of knowingly infecting a victim with HIV without informing the victim of her status.
Jesica Martinez, 53, was charged with failure to notify sexual partner of HIV status.
According to a complaint document, the victim's attorney contacted the Tallahassee Police Department back in November 2017 about the incident.
The victim said he had sex with Martinez several times between October and December of 2015 after meeting her on the dating app Tinder.
Documents say the victim didn't learn he was HIV positive until May 2016. The victim said he didn't know where he got it until he was contacted by a friend of Martinez between May and July of 2017.
The friend told him Martinez has had HIV since 1996 and had been infecting people. When investigators interviewed the friend, she advised them that Martinez told her about her status sometime between May and June of 2016.
On March 28, 2018, a search warrant was executed at the Florida Department of Health for Martinez's records. Documents say the records indicated that Martinez had been aware of her HIV status at least as far back as 2013.
Investigators also spoke to other two other victims who said they had sex with Martinez within the last three years and were not told about her HIV status prior to engaging.
They told investigators that they wished to purse charges, though those additional charges have not yet been filed.
A warrant was issued for Martinez's arrest on April 13. Martinez turned herself in the same day. She has since gotten out of the Leon County Detention Facility on a $25,000 bond.
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