{"id":314329,"date":"2024-06-24T10:45:12","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T15:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=314329"},"modified":"2024-11-04T16:20:28","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T22:20:28","slug":"pregnant-woman-murdered-police-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pregnant-woman-murdered-police-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Pregnant woman murdered after repeatedly asking police for help"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A pregnant woman who was allegedly beaten to death by her abusive ex-boyfriend is being mourned by friends and family, and questions are being raised as to how the crime was allowed to happen in the first place.<\/p>\n

Nineteen-year-old Brooke Devinney was allegedly murdered<\/a> by 23-year-old Devon Blair, who was spotted fleeing the scene by officers. He managed to evade capture at first but was eventually caught a few hours later.<\/p>\n

Disturbingly, local media reported<\/a> that just days before her murder, Devinney had asked police for help, and had previously filed a report on Blair in December after he threatened to kill her. Blair had allegedly stabbed Devinney in the past, put a knife to her throat, and said he would bash her head in. Altogether, there were over a dozen calls to police from September until Devinney’s death.<\/p>\n

“Before today’s incident, he had two warrants out for his arrest for domestic violence that did involve Miss Devinney,” Columbus Police Sgt. Joe Albert told ABC 6. “He has proven to be a very dangerous individual who we unfortunately weren’t able to get off the street before he took somebody’s life.”<\/p>\n