Boyfriend Kills Arizona Teen and Her Baby Because She Refused Abortion

Michael Isiah Sanchez, 18, has been arrested and faces “seven felony charges in connection with the shooting, including two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder” in the deaths of Rylee Montgomery and her unborn baby, according to the Arizona Republic reporter Jose R. Gonzales.

The death of Rylee Montgomery’s unborn child is also treated as a homicide, according to Arizona law. Her family says that Miss Montgomery refused to abort, so Sanchez shot and killed her.

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Carissa Planalp, a spokesperson for the Buckeye, Arizona Police Department, said another pregnant teenager and a 22-year-old woman were also wounded in the shooting. Both survivors “might have a long road of recovery ahead of them,” she said at a press briefing. Fortunately, this unborn baby boy survived!

Gonzales writes

Although her pregnancy was unplanned, Rylee Montgomery embraced the prospect of becoming a mother. Her family said the 16-year-old Buckeye resident was killed by her boyfriend after refusing to have an abortion, in a shooting that also injured two others.

The May 14 killing in Buckeye came after weeks of fear, during which the boyfriend is accused of choking Rylee Montgomery and threatening to kill her, according to her father and stepmother, Eric Montgomery, 53, and Amy Montgomery, 52, who spoke with The Arizona Republic. …

“(Rylee) said, ‘I’m going to do my best to raise my baby.’ And it’s just heartbreaking because we tried to get her out, and (police) told me to get a restraining order. That’s a paper. Go get him,” Amy Montgomery said, wiping away a tear as her voice shifted between grief and indignation.

According to the Montgomerys, police in Avondale recommended seeking an order of protection against him. Rylee Montgomery reported that Sanchez “had pointed a firearm at her at an Avondale home but that investigators did not find sufficient evidence.”

When Rylee Montgomery learned she was pregnant in February, her parents said Rylee “feared Amy and Eric Montgomery would ‘hate’ her,’” the girl’s parents said. But that not true at all, Gonzales writes.

“We’re disappointed in your choices, but we don’t hate you. We love you. We’ll do everything we can to support you and the baby,” Amy Montgomery said she told Rylee. “She didn’t want to have an abortion. She said, ‘I’m going to keep my baby.’ He had other plans for her.”

Sanchez swiftly took an ugly turn upon learning of the pregnancy, Rylee Montgomery’s parents said.

“He was just psychotic,” Amy Montgomery said of Sanchez’s unraveling personality. “First thing he told her was ‘You’re gonna (expletive) kill it and she says, ‘No, I am not.’

That brave decision cost Rylee her life and that of her unborn baby.

LifeNews.com Note: Dave Andrusko is the editor of National Right to Life News and an author and editor of several books on abortion topics. He frequently writes Today’s News and Views — an online opinion column on pro-life issues.