{"id":333581,"date":"2025-07-02T06:49:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T11:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=333581"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:35:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T19:35:48","slug":"man-murder-34-weeks-pregnant-mother-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/man-murder-34-weeks-pregnant-mother-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested for murder of 34-weeks-pregnant mother in Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>A 28-year-old man has been arrested after a pregnant mother was killed at her home in Donaghadee, County Down, Ireland.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Takeaways:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Pregnant mother Sarah Montgomery was found murdered in her home in Ireland on Saturday.<\/li>\n<li>Police have arrested a suspect in the case.<\/li>\n<li>Homicide remains a leading cause of death for pregnant women.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Details:<\/h2>\n<p>Police say 27-year-old Sarah Montgomery was found dead at her home on the afternoon of June 28. The mother of two young girls, Montgomery was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.ie\/news\/15465189\/sarah-montgomery-pregant-baby-boy-killed-tributes-arrests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly<\/a> 34 weeks pregnant with her third child \u2014\u00a0a baby boy. Authorities have arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of murder; a 42-year-old woman was also arrested but later released &#8220;unconditionally.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cn9yyljdr49o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">police<\/a>, both individuals &#8220;were known to the victim and at present, no-one else is being sought in connection with the crime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is an incredibly tragic case which has devastated Sarah&#8217;s family and friends, and leaves two small children without their beloved mum,&#8221; noted Detective Chief Inspector Tom Phillips.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The loss of Sarah and her unborn baby boy is devastating for everyone who knew her,&#8221; a friend told reporters. \u201cMy heart especially breaks for her wee girls, her grandparents and her brothers; their loss is unimaginable. Rest in peace Sarah, you will be so missed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5ezn-9q2SYM?si=X1dlX-08pL7FjnB7\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>The Bottom Line:<\/h2>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">&#8220;A woman has lost her life in an act of violence, and children have lost their mother, with their world changed forever,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cn9yyljdr49o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted<\/a> SDLP assembly member Cara Hunter. &#8220;There is no grief more profound than that of a child robbed of the love, safety, and care of their mother.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Go Deeper:<\/h2>\n<p>Though police have not given a motive for the crime, homicide remains one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pregnant-women-die-homicide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leading causes of death<\/a> for pregnant women. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smfm.org\/news\/new-national-study-finds-homicide-and-suicide-is-the-1-cause-of-maternal-death-in-the-us\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">research<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> published by the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine in January 2025, between 2005 and 2022, 1,407 of 20,421 maternal deaths were due to homicide \u2014 accounting for approximately 7% of all causes of death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Irish authorities have used the murder to call out the increase of overall violence against women in the country, noting that Montgomery is the 27th female murder victim in Northern Ireland since 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe majority of these woman have been killed in their own homes, which is a truly shocking and devastating figure,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.ie\/news\/15465189\/sarah-montgomery-pregant-baby-boy-killed-tributes-arrests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> DUP North Down MLA Stephen Dunne.\u00a0 \u201cA home should be a place of refuge and safety, but sadly that is not always the case.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/p2a.co\/loigxnb\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-325597\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LA25DefundPP_EmailBannerAd-02-1-700x251.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LA25DefundPP_EmailBannerAd-02-1-700x251.png 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LA25DefundPP_EmailBannerAd-02-1-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LA25DefundPP_EmailBannerAd-02-1-768x275.png 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LA25DefundPP_EmailBannerAd-02-1-500x179.png 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LA25DefundPP_EmailBannerAd-02-1.png 1167w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 28-year-old man has been arrested after a pregnant mother was killed at her home in Donaghadee, County Down, Ireland. 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