OKLAHOMA CITY -- An Oklahoma woman said Thursday that police could have stopped a man who is accused of intentionally spreading HIV in the state of Washington.

Anthony Whitfield is accused of intentionally transmitting the disease to four women.

Authorities in Washington accuse Whitfield of having sex with the women despite knowing that he was HIV positive.

All of the women have since tested positive, and three have developed AIDS. A fifth woman who had been involved with Whitfield is waiting on test results to return.

However, an Oklahoma woman said the Washington HIV cases might not have happened if the Oklahoma City Police Department had followed up a report she filed on June 17, 1996.

The woman -- who asked to remain anonymous -- told Oklahoma City affiliate station Eyewitness News 5 that she had a relationship with Whitfield eight years ago when he was living in Oklahoma. She said that Whitfield told her in 1996 that he was HIV positive -- three weeks after her relationship with him ended.

"He was very promiscuous, and when I found out about the extra activities in his life, I stopped seeing him," she said.

The woman told police that Whitfield may have intentionally infected her with HIV, but she did not test positive for the disease.

In the police report obtained by Eyewitness News 5, the woman said Whitfield admitted to her that he was HIV positive. She also told police that there may have been a dozen -- or more -- women affected by Whitfield after his release from the Comanche County, Okla., jail in the early 1990s.

But the woman claims that police did not take her report seriously.

"Not at all, not at all," she said. "If anything we felt like they just weren't listening ... like it wasn't important at all."

The woman said she saw Whitfield for the first time in eight years when she watched Eyewitness News 5's initial report about the cases in Washington and their possible link to Oklahoma.

She said that she is upset and angry that Whitfield may have infected a number of women, despite her attempts to stop him.

"My heart goes out to any woman that has been affected by this man because it shouldn't have been allowed to happen," she said. "To me, it was attempted murder. If I had contracted the disease, it would have been murder in my eyes."

Officials with the Oklahoma Department of Health said Tuesday that Washington health officials warned them that women in Oklahoma may also be infected.

Whitfield apparently fathered two children with two of the Washington victims, and officials in that state are currently running tests to see if the children have HIV. Officials said dozens of women in Washington have called the state health department with concerns that they might have also been infected.

Three of the four women who claim Whitfield infected them were recently diagnosed with AIDS, according to health officials in Washington.

In addition, a fifth Washington woman recently came forward with similar allegations.

Sarah Powers, 19, said she had a sexual relationship with Whitfield in 2003. She is currently waiting on HIV test results.

"The odds of me not having it are slim to none," she said. "I've been involved with him before and after he found out."

Investigators said Whitfield moved from Washington to his home state of Oklahoma after reportedly finding out in March 2003 that he was infected with HIV. The Washington State Department of Health told Whitfield to remain in touch with the agency, but he moved back to Oklahoma.

Oklahoma authorities believe he may have had sex with several women in the state after he returned.

According to the Oklahoma City woman who spoke with Eyewitness News 5, Whitfield may have had HIV long before last year -- and may have infected many other women with the disease.

Oklahoma City police refused to comment specifically on the case. However, they said that Whitfield would have been arrested if probable cause had been found.