OCONEE COUNTY, S.C. - July 28, 2010 - A man accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend has pled guilty to the charges in court today.
James Baskerville, then 59, shot and killed Karla Benson before shooting himself at the Upstate Pain Management and Surgery Clinic in Seneca in June 2009.
Benson, 29-years-old at the time of the shooting, was 20 weeks pregnant.
Baskerville shot a hole through the roof of his mouth into his head and has to eat with a feeding tube.
Baskerville had been charged with murder and death of a child in utero, but he pleaded guilty to two counts of voluntary manslaughter. Today, he was sentenced to 30 years in prison for each. The sentences are to be served concurrently.
A compilation of daily news articles from around the United States about deaths (including both people and animals) that appear to occur in the context of a past or present intimate relationship, focusing on 2009-present. (NOTE: this blog is limited to incidents that appear in the media and are captured by our search terms. We recognize this is not an exhaustive portrayal of all deaths resulting from intimate violence.) When is society going to realize intimate violence makes victims of us all?
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