The strangulation death of a pregnant Alsip teen, whose body was found in a Cook County forest preserve near Calumet City last weekend, had been planned out for weeks, Sheriff Tom Dart said Thursday.
Rosemary Newman, 18, was killed last Saturday by her unborn child's father and his current girlfriend, Dart alleged in a statement released Thursday.
Deandre Minkins, 20, and Shante Thomas, 19, have each been charged with one count of first-degree murder and one count of intentional homicide of an unborn child.
They're both expected to appear in bond court Friday morning.
According to the sheriff's department:
The investigation revealed that Minkens and Thomas spent several weeks developing a plan to murder the victim, who was nine months pregnant with Minkens’ child. Last Saturday night, Minkens invited Newman to dinner at a Crestwood restaurant while Thomas hid in the vehicle, waiting for them to come back. The couple returned to the car and as Minkens drove east, Thomas emerged and began strangling Newman. Both Minkens and Thomas then proceeded to beat the victim until she was unconscious. Minkens then drove to a Cook County Forest Preserve near Calumet City, where he strangled Newman to death and dumped her body in the woods.
Newman's body was found by a man walking his dog near Freeland Avenue and Warren Street, in Calumet City.
Her family told the Chicago Tribune that she was excited to become a mother.
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