PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Philadelphia police have made an arrest in the murder of a South Philadelphia woman whose body was found early Thursday morning in the basement of her home.
Authorities say the murder took place inside a home along the 2300 block of South Mildred Street. The 24-year-old victim, identified by police as Tiffany Gillespie , was pregnant.
Police arrested 19-year-old Aaron Fitzpatrick at about noon. They say he shot and killed his pregnant girlfriend during a domestic dispute.
Gillespie was found by her mother, lying in her basement with a gunshot wound to the head. Police say the victim and Fitzpatrick were no strangers to police and they had a very tumultuous relationship.
“They had been arguing over the last 24-hour period. He was upset with the fact that she was pregnant with his baby and he killed her for that,” said Homicide Captain James Clark.
Police say they are waiting for a results from the medical examiner to determine how far along the victim was in her pregnancy when she was killed. At this point, police say Fitzpatrick will be charged with only one count of murder.
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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