An Upstate New York teenager has been charged with murdering his 14-year-old girlfriend as a result of she advised him she was pregnant and he “wanted nothing to do with her baby,” in line with prosecutors.
The teenager, now 17, was charged with second-degree homicide greater than two years after his then-girlfriend, Samantha Humphrey, was pulled from the Mohawk River, in line with an indictment unsealed Wednesday.
Humphrey, from Schenectady, had been lacking for 3 months when she was discovered dumped within the river, having first been strangled.
The charged teen — who was not in any other case recognized due to his age — had admitted being along with her that evening and having an argument, Humphrey’s mom Jaclyn advised CBS6 on the time.
“We believe that Samantha thought she was pregnant and that this sometime boyfriend was the father,” Schenectady County District Legal professional Robert M. Carney advised a information convention Wednesday.
“He wanted nothing to do with her baby and insisted she got rid of it,” the DA mentioned.
The teenager was charged with theft in addition to the second-degree homicide of Humphrey, the indictment reveals.
As a result of the suspect is a juvenile, he faces a most sentence of 15 years to life, lower than the 25 years to life he’d face as an grownup.
He pleaded not responsible in Schenectady County Court docket on Wednesday and was remanded to a juvenile detention heart. The trial is unlikely to start out till subsequent yr, the DA’s workplace mentioned.
Humphrey was final seen alive on November 25, 2022, sporting a black and pink puffy jacket, bell-bottom denims and tan Timberland boots.
Her cellphone and a jacket matching the outline of the one she was sporting on the evening she disappeared have been found throughout the first week she went lacking.
