SouthEastSleuth
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An interesting article that examines how often women who are pregnant are the victims of homicide. This article mentions several high profile cases, as well as some that are still under investigation - Janet's murder is mentioned.
Excerpts:
"Pregnancy is supposed to be a joyful, happy time for families but tragically this isn't always true. High profile cases like the murders of expectant mothers Laci Peterson & Lori Hacking shone a harsh spotlight onto this issue. The most shocking fact of the Laci Peterson & Lori Hacking cases weren't that they were murdered as such but that it slowly emerged that the murderer in each case was the one closest to each woman who should have protected her & her unborn child."
"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that between 1991 and 1999 that 617 injury-related deaths of pregnant women, or a whopping 31 percent, were the result of homicide. Shooting, stabbing & strangling were the most frequent means used to kill the women. Of the 4,200 pregnancy-related deaths included in the study reported in the American Journal of Public Health, 1,993 were caused by injury, rather than pregnancy complications."
Here is a link to the entire article:
http://www.livetrialupdates.com/
Excerpts:
"Pregnancy is supposed to be a joyful, happy time for families but tragically this isn't always true. High profile cases like the murders of expectant mothers Laci Peterson & Lori Hacking shone a harsh spotlight onto this issue. The most shocking fact of the Laci Peterson & Lori Hacking cases weren't that they were murdered as such but that it slowly emerged that the murderer in each case was the one closest to each woman who should have protected her & her unborn child."
"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that between 1991 and 1999 that 617 injury-related deaths of pregnant women, or a whopping 31 percent, were the result of homicide. Shooting, stabbing & strangling were the most frequent means used to kill the women. Of the 4,200 pregnancy-related deaths included in the study reported in the American Journal of Public Health, 1,993 were caused by injury, rather than pregnancy complications."
Here is a link to the entire article:
http://www.livetrialupdates.com/