A Texas woman accused of murdering a close friend who gave birth in 2019 and kidnapping the baby as part of an elaborate scheme to pass it off as her child has pleaded guilty Thursday to murder charges. prosecutor’s office announced.
Magen Fieramska, 37, has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for the death of Heidi Broussard, 33, Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza said in a statement. Fieramusca exercised its right to appeal.
The conviction follows the disappearance of a three-week-old baby girl in Austin, Texas, a case of increasing interest as the investigation progresses and police focus on Fieramska.
Police said the girl was found alive in a Houston-area home with Broussard’s body in the trunk of Fieramska’s car.
According to her arrest warrant at the time, Fieramska abducted Broussard on December 12, 2019 and stuffed her in her black duffel bag. Broussard was last seen sending her older child to an elementary school in Austin. Her death was ruled a homicide by strangulation.
Her baby Margot Carey was returned to her father.
“We hope this result will bring an end to the families of Broussard and Carey and help them continue the healing process,” Garza said.
Court records show that Fieramusca and Broussard were friends and met at a church camp ten years ago.
At one point, Fieramska had the keys to Broussard’s apartment and they talked about being pregnant together, and she even thought she might give birth on the same day, court records say. It is
Broussard’s fiancée told investigators that Fieramska gave birth to a baby girl on Dec. 8 or 9, but she had never seen a photo of the child, she told investigators.
Fieramska told the Texas Ranger that she went to the beach with her cousin the day Broussard was kidnapped.
However, according to her affidavit, he later told the same officer that she gave birth that day, although he could not give specifics about her delivery.
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