Baltimore Area [Columbia] -- First-Degree Murder, Second-Degree Murder, First-Degree Assault and Use of a Handgun in the Commission of a Crime
Tjane Charmeise Marshall's live-in girlfriend, Shameka Fludd, was already the mother of two children, and was four to five months pregnant with his child. According to court documents, Marshall did not want his baby. He said that the unborn child would "ruin his life" and that "he was going to do something about it."
He certainly followed up on his threat.
On May 3, 2003, Marshall borrowed a rental car from a friend and attended a party, where he flirted with another woman. Early in the morning of May 4, he left the party and drove to Fludd's apartment, where he shot her in the head, killing her instantly.
Fludd's grandmother Louella Stokes could not contact her that night and called police, who discovered the body. Neither of Fludd's other children was at home at the time of the killing.
Fludd taught at Easton Express Day Care in Laurel for nearly five years and had hoped to save enough money to attend college, her relatives said. She had recently moved into the three-bedroom apartment because she wanted her two children, a 7-year-old boy and a 4-year-old girl, to each have a room.
Marshall was arrested on July 17, 2003, and was charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder, first-degree assault and use of a handgun in the commission of a crime.
"Suspect Arrested and Charged in Murder of Pregnant Woman." July 18, 2003. Downloaded from the Web site of WJZ TV 13 News (Baltimore, Maryland) at http://wjz.com/localstories/local_story_199062842.html on August 21, 2003; Jason Song. "Suitland Man, 27, Charged in Killing of Columbia Woman: Mother of 2 Was Pregnant When She Was Shot May 4." The Baltimore Sun, July 19, 2003; Lisa Goldberg. "Man Indicted in Internet Sex Sting Case: Unrelated Abuse, Murder Suspects Also Face Charges." The Baltimore Sun, August 14, 2003.
Baltimore -- Rape (10 incidents) and Child Sexual Abuse (3 incidents)
The parents of three teenaged girls pleaded guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court to three counts of first-degree rape and child sexual abuse in repeated rapes of the three girls by the father over a period of at least nine years. The rapes were covered up by at least ten abortions. In March 1990, the rapes came to light when the youngest of the daughters wrote on the bottom of one of her high school history tests that she hated her life and wanted to die. The father was arrested two days later and confessed.
Abortionist Julio C. Novoa committed at least five of the abortions at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center.
"Family Horror Comes to Light in Story of Girls Raped by Father." Baltimore Sun, November 4, 1990.
Baltimore -- Forced Abortion and Assault
On November 8, 2000, New York Mets reliever Armando Benitez slammed a door against his fiancee, Stacey O'Neill, during an argument over something that spilled on his shirt at their residence near Baltimore's Inner Harbor. O'Neill stated their relationship worsened when she became pregnant this year and Benitez "forced her to have an abortion," a police report said. Benitez was not been charged, police spokesman Martin Bartness said. The police report indicates O'Neill intends to obtain a restraining order and pursue charges against the 6-foot-4, 229-pound pitcher. A charge, if filed, would be misdemeanor common assault, Bartness said. Physical evidence of an assault has not been found, Bartness said. In the report, O'Neill said she sustained injuries to her hip when she was struck with a doorknob. An investigation revealed the couple has a history of "undocumented violence since the spring of 1999," the report said.
"Baseball Star Allegedly Abuses Fiancee After "Forced" Abortion." Associated Press, December 17, 2000; Steve Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet at http://www.prolifeinfo.org/infonet.html, December 18, 2000; "New York Mets Pitcher Armando Benitez in Domestic Violence Complaint." National Post [Canada], December 20, 2000.
Baltimore area [Chesapeake] -- Vandalism and Destruction of Property
During the night of October 20, 2000, pro-abortionists vandalized 73 crosses planted by Father Thomas Flowers of St. Rose of Lima Church and a local Knights of Columbus council in memory of aborted preborn babies. The crosses, erected at a prominent roadside spot, were all destroyed.
This incident is described in Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights. 2000 Report on Anti-Catholicism, available on-line at the Catholic League's Web site at http://www.catholicleague.org/2000report/summary2000.html.
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