July 29, 2005

ANOTHER MISSING PREGNANT WOMAN?



PHILADELPHIAPhiladelphia police were intensively searching the area of Cobb's Creek Park Thursday for clues to the whereabouts of a pregnant woman missing since early last week. LaToyia Figueroa, 24, is five months pregnant and has a 7-year-old daughter. She was last seen on July 18th walking from a friend's house after going to a doctor's appointment with her boyfriend, the father of her unborn child. Her father, Melvin Figueroa, told FOX News he was worried about her disappearance. "Something's foul, something's wrong because LaToyia is not the type of person to do this," Figueroa said.

LaToyia's father also elaborated on his daughter's relationship with her boyfriend. "Two months ago, she was coming out of her house at 57th and Spruce to go to work, and a young lady pushed her. The young lady turned her around and kicked her in the stomach," said the elder Figueroa. "Since then she's been having problems with her boyfriend's ex-girlfriend," he added. "I think he's using the two ladies against each other, and it's not right." Police said LaToyia's boyfriend was cooperating with investigators.


Stephanie Stephenson, LaToyia's cousin, who raised her after LaToyia's mother was murdered, told FOX News she knew the couple was having problems. As far as Stephenson knew, t
here was no violence involved. “She did make me aware of the situation [with her boyfriend], it is a possibility," Stephenson said. "I am not ruling out a lot of things. I have concerns and anything is possible." Stephenson added that she did not trust the boyfriend because "there's just something about him."


When asked about reports that her boyfriend was the last person to have seen her, her father said, "Yes, the young man says he dropped her off at 52nd street. Then he came back and said something else. I don't know — he's got so many different stories." Her cell phone h
as gone quiet since that day and her bank has not recorded any transactions on her account, officials said.


Christine Lewes, a childhood friend and high school classmate, said LaToyia was very responsible and had never missed shifts at her restaurant job until her disappearance. She is 5-foot-2 and 130 pounds, and African-American. Anyone with information about her disappearance can call 215-686-3183.


Michelle's Opinion

It’s sad to say, but the reality is the number one cause of death for pregnant women is MURDER. Yep, that’s right…murder. What kind of society do we live in where a man would kill a pregnant woman? The symbolic nature of pregnancy is one that all cultures have embraced since the beginning of time.

However, it seems within the last 10 years, violent crimes against pregnant women are on the rise.


The most recent addition to the ‘Journal of Sociopaths’ is the cunning and conniving Scott Peterson. As you all know, he was tried and found guilty of the murder of his pregnant wife, Laci. Laci was 8 months pregnant with a baby boy they named Conner. Laci was only 27 years-old. After 4 months, her body washed ashore along the San Francisco Bay. Baby Connor was found along the rocks some distance away from Laci. Will we ever know the truth about his motive?


Another notable psychopath is former pro football player Rae Carruth,. He was convicted of plotting the murder of his pregnant girlfriend, and was also found guilty of "using an instrument with intent to destroy an unborn child." His girlfriend eventually died from gunshot wounds, but her baby was delivered by Caesarean section 10 weeks early and survived. Two good things come out of this scenario. (1) Thank god that not every black athlete or entertainer is found innocent; and (2) the baby survived. That child’s mother will live on through that miracle child.


Oh! I don’t forget the good-old MENTAL PATIENT, Mark Hacking. He is the man who lived two lives…he told everyone, including his family, that he was a college graduate and had been accepted to medical school. His career path would take him to psychiatry. He even swindled his
way into claiming he was a doctor at the hospital he worked at by holding group therapy sessions with some of the patients. Shortly before Mark and Lori's departure to North Carolina for his supposed medical “schooling”, Lori finds out she is pregnant. She is thrilled beyond belief. However, weeks later she is dealt with the blow of finding out that her husband is an imposter and a pathological liar. Hacking recently plead guilty to the murder of, Lori Hacking, who was also only 27 years old. Her body was eventually found in a landfill many weeks after her disappearance. Her body was so decomposed that the medical examiners could not verify whether or not she was pregnant.



1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Wow what happened to men who dont want to be fathers just disappearing and leaving the women to tend to the pregnancy and child rearing alone...sad, I know but at least that way 2 lives are saved and there is no murder investigation going on for the next year...