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Killer of Mother and Unborn Baby Sentenced to Life in Prison
A Philadelphia man will spend his life in prison without parole after being convicted October 17 of two counts of first-degree murder for killing his girlfriend and unborn baby. Stephen Poaches, 27, strangled five-months-pregnant La'Toyia Figueroa, 24, after she refused to have an abortion, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Poaches avoided the death penalty by agreeing not to appeal the conviction, the Philadelphia Daily News reported.
Poaches killed Figueroa on July 18, 2005. "He asked her, and she said she would not have an abortion," assistant district attorney Carlos Vega ...
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