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A Michigan man may have intentionally infected hundreds of sexual partners with HIV.

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David Dean Smith, 51, was charged with one count of “AIDS-sexual penetration with an uninformed partner” by Grand Rapids police after admitting that he had unprotected sex with “as many people as he could” during the last three years. Then, on Wednesday, he was arraigned on a second count after police identified a possible second victim.

MSNBC reports:

One of the two possible victims police say they have found so far said in an interview with NBC station WOOD-TV of Grand Rapids that she was diagnosed with HIV in October 2008.

The woman, whom authorities and NBC News are not identifying, said she knew immediately that it was Smith — whom she said she met through an ad on the Yahoo! Personals website — who had infected her. She called him “a predator” and “a sociopath.”

The woman said Smith sent her a text message letting her know that he was going to surrender to police. The message read: “Turning myself into the law, my life is over. Take care. Always love you.”

“It’s something he should have done years ago,” she said. “He shouldn’t get a pat on the head for what he did.”

Smith said at his arraignment Wednesday that he has been undergoing counseling. Court documents show that Smith was admitted to Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services recently because he was “suicidal” and had tried to kill himself at least once.

Smith will face preliminary hearings on both charges in the coming weeks.

Read more at MSNBC.com

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