Mother delivers a baby before dying after being shot by husband
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A pregnant woman was able to identify the father of her baby as her alleged killer before dying of multiple gunshot wounds.
Lee, who was eight months pregnant when she died, was fatally shot between two cars outside a Paterson apartment complex after returning from a doctor's appointment.
Neighbors reported hearing multiple shots fired and rushing out to find Lee lying on the pavement, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. When she was asked who shot her, the expecting mother responded, "Quay," the affidavit states.
According to the affidavit, “Quay” is the nickname of the father of Lee's baby, Donqua Thomas.
Lee was rushed to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, where she delivered a healthy baby before dying.
On Sunday, Thomas, 30, surrendered himself to Paterson police. He has been charged with first-degree murder and weapons offenses.
According to police, Thomas allegedly waited in his vehicle for more than 90 minutes outside Lee's apartment complex for her to come home. When Lee returned from the doctor's appointment, she parked next to Thomas' vehicle and got out of the car. That's when Thomas allegedly opened fire and fled the scene, NBC reports.
Investigators say the shooting stemmed from a domestic dispute.
Another tragic case involving a pregnant woman killed by her own lover is one of a 6-Months-Pregnant woman who was found strangled on the side of the road.
The expectant mother, who worked as a nurse practitioner, had already picked out a name for the baby girl she was carrying.
Police allege that a suspect, Goey Charles, dumped the body of Pierre, 29, along the shoulder of the Horace Harding Expressway in Bayside. An MTA bus driver spotted her at around 6 a.m. on Friday, and called 911.
A statement from the Queens District Attorney's Office alleges Pierre was found with a pair of gray sweatpants wrapped around her neck.
Video surveillance from just before 3 a.m. captured the attack on Pierre. It also shows Charles pulling over on the Horace Harding Expressway before attacking the woman he'd been dating for more than a year.
"Charles exited the driver's seat of a 2019 white Dodge Challenger, which is registered in the name of the victim, Vanessa Pierre," the statement reads. "He moved to the backseat where Ms. Pierre could be seen moving on the video footage. And then, soon afterwards, all movement stopped and the victim appeared to lay across the backseat motionless."
More than 90 minutes later, "the defendant is observed exiting the vehicle and then allegedly dragging the pregnant woman out of the car and dropping her body onto the sidewalk."
Adds the statement: "The defendant allegedly left the woman's dying body on the side of the roadway, returned to the vehicle and fled the scene."
First responders arrived and declared her dead at the scene.
Speaking to Newsday, Pierre's sister, Melissa Pierre, said the victim was eager to be a mom.
"Vanessa wanted a family. She wanted kids. She was ready for all those things, and I guess she told him that he wanted those things, and I guess he told her he could give her those things, and they jumped right into it," she said. "My sister has a lot going for her, she has credit. She's a sweet girl. She's very kind. She's loved by everyone."
Charles has yet to go before a judge to plead to the charge he faces, and it was unclear if he had an attorney who could comment on the allegations for him.
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