'Jealous rage': Man killed pregnant 18-year-old girlfriend during fight about cheating, police say

A antheral successful Pennsylvania is accused of sidesplitting his pregnant teenage woman during a combat astir infidelity and a talented pet.

Robert Tatum, 29, is charged with voluntary manslaughter successful the decease of 18-year-old Lemmarra Bradshaw, tribunal records reviewed by Law&Crime show.

The suspect besides has been charged with recklessly endangering different person.

Tatum and Bradshaw were connected the 7000 artifact of Langdon Street successful the Rhawnhurst vicinity of Philadelphia connected Monday night, according to section ABC affiliate WPVI. Bradshaw was large with her 2nd child, and the mates had been warring much and much recently.

"He punched her successful her look similar 2 weeks ago, and successful little than 24 hours, Lemmarra went backmost to him. He manipulated her," Bradshaw's aunt said. "He's ever successful a jealous rage."

On this circumstantial night, the mates were reportedly warring implicit a hamster that Bradshaw's mother, Michelle Adekola, had precocious fixed to her. However, determination was seemingly different crushed for hostility betwixt the pair: their faithfulness.

Investigators accidental the shots were fired during an statement implicit a hamster – 1 Adekola had bought for her girl past Saturday. But Bradshaw's aunt says the combat stemmed from Tatum's alleged infidelity.

"He was cheating connected her, and Lemmarra is the benignant of person, she'll say, 'If you're gonna bash it, I'm gonna bash it too,'" the aunt said.

Tatum is said to person claimed Bradshaw approached him with a weapon and a screwdriver, and that was erstwhile helium changeable her.

Adekola expressed that the nonaccomplishment of her girl "tore my bosom successful pieces."

"She was carrying your baby, you should person much sympathy towards her. I don't recognize that," Adekola said, per WPVI. "I consciousness similar I didn't support her capable to fto this antheral termination my daughter, and I wasn't determination to assistance her. It makes maine consciousness breached inside."

Tatum was arrested connected Monday, tribunal records show. The suspect appeared successful tribunal for a preliminary arraignment connected Wednesday and is owed to reappear for a preliminary proceeding connected March 30.

Law&Crime has reached retired to the Philadelphia Police Department for much accusation astir this case.

An obituary for Bradshaw states that "Police person described" her decease "as an enactment of home violence, and the idiosyncratic liable has been taken into custody."

"Her decease has near a heavy and achy void successful the hearts of everyone who loved her," it adds. "Lemmarra was a daughter, granddaughter, niece, cousin, and friend. She had a agleam tone and a aboriginal up of her that was tragically chopped short. The nonaccomplishment of some Lemmarra and her unborn babe has devastated our household and our community."