Man denied paternity of pregnant woman's child, pushed her to have an abortion before killing her

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Tameisha Price, Paris James and Jerry Scott

Background: Tameisha Price (GoFundMe). Insets, apical to bottom: Paris James and Jerry Scott (Lucas County Jail).

Two Ohio men person been convicted of sidesplitting a large pistillate with whom 1 of them was acceptable to person a kid — but claimed helium was not the father.

A assemblage successful Lucas County successful Toledo recovered 37-year-old Paris James and 28-year-old Jerry Scott blameworthy of aggravated murder, aggravated burglary and tampering with grounds among different charges successful the decease of Tameisha Price and her unborn kid who was to beryllium named Malaysia, prosecutors said.

Price, 34, was 8 months large and conscionable weeks from giving birth.

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James, the begetter of the baby, planned the killings and Scott helped him transportation it out. The men murdered Price astatine her location connected Norton Place successful Toledo connected Jan. 24, 2024. Cellphone information showed that aft sidesplitting Price and the kid the men tried to ditch the weapon successful a marsh, but a parkland ranger aboriginal recovered it during a search, prosecutors said.

According to warrants obtained by local ABC affiliate WTVG, James told investigators helium was "disputing his imaginable paternity of the child." The Toledo Blade reported that prosecutors introduced substance messages betwixt James and the unfortunate successful which helium besides denied paternity and wanted her to person an abortion. Other substance messages reportedly showed that James said helium would instrumentality attraction of the babe financially.

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Additional texts revealed conversations with different antheral whom James initially tried to prosecute to termination Price, but helium turned to Scott erstwhile that program fell through, the Blade reported.

James' woman Shatwiya Triplett, who was besides large astatine the clip of the murders, is facing an obstruction complaint for allegedly lying to investigators that James was with her astatine the clip of the murders. Her lawsuit remains ongoing.

Sentencing for James and Scott is scheduled for July 28. They look up to beingness successful situation without parole.

"We anticipation this verdict brings a measurement of bid to the families of Tameisha and Malaysia, and I anticipation their memories everlastingly unrecorded successful their hearts," Lucas County Prosecuting Attorney Julia R. Bates said successful a statement. "We are grateful for the jury's work successful what was a marathon lawsuit that required cautious information of elaborate cellphone data."

Price near down 2 sons who were 16 and 13 astatine the clip of her death.

"Tameisha was a loving, caring and giving daughter, sister, mother, and friend," a GoFundMe page stated. "Tameisha loved the Lord. She was an astonishing psyche whose emotion profoundly impacted the lives she came successful interaction with."

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