Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Pasco, WA: Pregnant Richland woman strangled to death

An autopsy shows a pregnant Richland woman was strangled to death and the nearly full-term fetus also died of a lack of oxygen.

The Associated Press
PASCO, Wash. —
An autopsy shows a pregnant Richland woman was strangled to death and the nearly full-term fetus also died of a lack of oxygen.

The Tri-City Herald reports the autopsy results on 19-year-old Shenay Greenough were released Thursday after Kurtis Robert Chapman made his first court appearance in Franklin County Superior Court.

The 22-year-old Pasco man is accused of strangling Greenough during an argument about breaking up. she had been reported missing Saturday. Her body was found Monday under the Chapman's home.

Chapman is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday on a second-degree murder charge. He's held on $1 million bail.

Franklin County Coroner Dan Blasdel says Greenough was more than 30 weeks pregnant.

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