Sen. Justin Ready

February 21, 2019 | Douglas Tallman

Murder of Pregnant Wallen Prompts Bill That Would Allow Charges When Younger Fetuses Are Killed

Laura Wallen’s September 2017 murder drew national attention. Prosecutors charged Wallen’s boyfriend, Tyler Tessier, with murdering his pregnant girlfriend but were not able to charge him for killing her unborn fetus because it was 14 weeks old. Now, 17 months later, a new bill would allow murder charges for both the victim and the fetus. […]

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