Man Killed Pregnant Woman Because He Wasn't The Father Of Her Unborn Child

Emilio Calderon tried for two-years to get Katherine Martinez to date him, she refused him consistently. He apparently used to drive her to work and offered to buy her a car in an effort to win her over. She still said no. When Katherine got a boyfriend and became pregnant, Emilio got angry. He admits to stabbing her three times and strangling her.

via NOLA:
A man strangled and stabbed a pregnant Terrytown woman in a rage after learning he was not the unborn baby’s father, Jefferson Parish authorities said Wednesday in announcing the suspect’s arrest.

Emilio Calderon, 29, of Larose, confessed, said Col. John Forunato, spokesman for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, and will be booked on charges of second-degree murder and first-degree feticide. Calderon was being held for now in a Lafourche Parish, where he was arrested.

Katherine Martinez, 23, was killed early Sunday morning (June 8) in her apartment. Martinez was pregnant with a baby girl who did not survive her mother’s death.

Martinez’s mother discovered her body on the kitchen floor just before 1 a.m. after breaking down the door to the apartment at 617 Whitney Ave., Terrytown. Martinez’s mother had become concerned when she did not arrive to pickup her mother from the airport earlier in the evening.

Investigators did not say how they came to suspect Calderon. He was taken into custody in Lafourche Parish and questioned by detectives.

Calderon identified himself as a friend of Martinez, Fortunato said. He told detectives he visited her apartment on Saturday afternoon.

But while there, he learned he was not the father of Martinez’s unborn child. The two began arguing, and Calderon grabbed a knife, stabbing her three times, according to authorities. Calderon also admitted to choking Martinez until she died, the sheriff’s office said.

An autopsy earlier this week found strangulation was the cause of death