A man from Indiana, Jeremy McBride, 36, was arrested after allegedly confessing to have fired his pregnant wife, Kayla Netherland, from which she was pregnant, because she believed that the child she was wearing was not his. On Thursday, January 23, McBride was accused of attempted murder and feticide, the latter for the intentional termination of Holland’s pregnancy.
According to a sworn statement of probable cause cited by Desire-tvThe incident occurred on Sunday, January 19, when agents of the Metropolitan Police Department of Indianapolis went to a house in the 700 block of pleasant Run Parkway drive north shortly after 6 pm
A neighbor discovered McBride in the bathroom, standing next to Netherland, who lay on the floor bleeding. There was no one else in the house at that time, they reveal judicial documents. The agents who arrived at the scene found Netherland suffering from gunshot wounds. They took her urgently to the hospital, where doctors determined that she was 20 weeks pregnant.
Tragically, his son to be born did not survive. McBride was not in the residence when the police arrived, but supposedly called 911 to confess the shooting. He was arrested at 30 minutes. According fox 59, McBride admitted to the police that he had bought a weapon and spent days planning the crime. He practiced to shoot the gun in a shooting field and intended to kill his ex -wife, his son to be born and then himself.
“During the course of the interview, McBride informed the detectives several times that he had gone (to the residence) with the intention of killing K. McBride, killing the fetus that K. McBride carried and then committed suicide,” said detective Ahmad . In the Affidavit. Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears added: “Certainly, what is alleged is that this person did everything possible to carry out what he intended to do.”
Prosecutors also discovered notes written by McBride, expressing frustration for Netherland’s alleged infidelity and his failed relationship. He reportedly He admitted that his anger came from the fact that “he and his wife had not divorced, but she had become pregnant” of the son of another man.
The Holland family shared its devastation with WRTV: “She was 5 months pregnant with her miraculous baby, after several failed pregnancies in the past, and has lost her baby due to this scandalous crime committed against her. It is alive and not paralyzed, thank God. ”
After multiple surgeries, Netherland underwent important medical procedures, including the removal of the left ovary and the fallopian tube. McBride has scheduled its initial judicial hearing on Friday, January 24.