(KRON) — Prosecutors have agreed to not search the loss of life penalty towards a person charged with murdering his pregnant girlfriend, Kirsten Fortress, and their unborn child inside their San Mateo residence.
Andrew Coleman, 33, appeared in courtroom Wednesday for the primary day of his preliminary listening to.
In the summertime of 2024, Fortress and her boyfriend lived collectively in a duplex at 1314 South B Road. Fortress was eight months pregnant, and Coleman was the newborn’s father, prosecutors mentioned.
Fortress, 37, was additionally a mom of 4 from a earlier marriage, based on a GoFundMe web page. On the afternoon of August 4, 2024, her 10-year-old daughter was dropped off on the duplex. When the daughter walked inside, she discovered her mom lifeless on the ground of their lounge.
Prosecutors mentioned Coleman had strangled Fortress to loss of life earlier than fleeing to Southern California.
After prosecutors define their case in the course of the preliminary listening to, a San Mateo County decide will resolve if Coleman will stand trial for 2 counts of first-degree homicide.
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Coleman may face life in jail with out chance of parole if his is convicted by a jury, the district lawyer’s workplace mentioned. Superior Court docket Decide Mark McCannon is presiding over the preliminary listening to, which started on Wednesday and can resume April 30.
Coleman has pleaded not responsible to all costs.
Kirsten Fortress (Picture courtesy GoFundMe)
Coleman was remained in jail with out bail ever since he was arrested in August 2024.
Police discovered him in Southern California after he used the murder sufferer’s automobile as a getaway automobile, investigators mentioned. Police had been capable of observe his whereabouts utilizing computerized license plate studying cameras, based on the DA’s workplace. When police discovered him in West Covina and arrested him, officers allegedly discovered $37,000 of stolen money within the trunk.
