{"id":305924,"date":"2024-01-31T08:38:54","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T14:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=305924"},"modified":"2024-01-30T10:05:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T16:05:58","slug":"two-life-sentences-murder-girlfriend-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/two-life-sentences-murder-girlfriend-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Man gets two life sentences for brutal murder of pregnant girlfriend and baby"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Florida man has received two life sentences for murdering his pregnant girlfriend and their preborn child during a horrific case in which the murderer tried to blame the victim for the crime.<\/p>\n

Jay Leonard Rodriguez was accused<\/a> of beating Jennifer Barreras to death; Barreras was six months pregnant. She was declared dead upon arrival at the hospital, and doctors tried frantically to keep her baby girl, named Aralynn, alive. Sadly, Aralynn also died just a few short minutes after birth.<\/p>\n

According to the medical examiner, the beating was so vicious that Rodriguez left shoe tread marks on Barrera’s skull.<\/p>\n

In October of 2020, Barreras’ roommate, Jessica Gonzalez heard her screaming and ran to help her<\/a>. Gonzalez said she saw Rodriguez pinned against the bedroom wall, being punched repeatedly. She tried to intervene, but Rodriguez threatened her, too. She said that Rodriguez threw Barreras onto a tile floor and kicked her stomach before repeatedly stomping on her.<\/p>\n