Boyfriend Kills Pregnant Girlfriend Samantha Greenlee Using A Baseball Bat, Buries Body


The body of Samantha Greenlee, a 22-year-old woman missing since October 8 from Columbus, Ohio has been found. Samantha, who was three months pregnant when she went missing – was allegedly strangled and beaten to death by her own boyfriend, Jacob Ferrero – also 22. According to ABC News, Samantha had gone missing after the end of her waitress shift at a local restaurant on the night of October 8. According to investigators, Jacob Ferrero after killing Samantha tried to dispose off her body and dumped her in a shallow grave he dug near a church.

Police officers who were investigating the case arrested Ferrero earlier this morning after he became a prime suspect. Following an interrogation, Ferrero confessed to investigators about his crime and said that he had indeed killed Samantha. He also led the investigators to the shallow grave where he disposed off Samantha’s body. Ferrero has been charged with murder. He also faces a charge of aggravated arson. This is because he burned down the house where the two lived in an attempt to destroy evidence.

The fact that Samantha Greenlee was three months pregnant when she was brutally murdered was confirmed by one of her cousins while adding that there were frequent fights between Samantha and Ferrero who were seeing each other for three months.

“They fought a lot and Ferrero had stolen from Miss Greenlee”, the cousin told The Daily Mail.

Ferrero confessed to investigators following an intensive interrogation about his crime and led them to a patch of land near Madison Christian Church where the body of Samantha was found in a shallow grave. It is unclear why Ferrero chose this location to dump Samantha’s body.

Samantha Greenlee Missing

Investigators now believe that Samantha was beaten to death using a baseball bat and was also strangled. He hid her body inside their home and disposed it off two days later. It was on the 14th of October that a missing person report was filed by Samantha’s mother. Ferrero in the meantime set fire to the home where the couple lived and told officials that it was caused after by a candle tripped by his dog. He later admitted that it was a deliberate act in order to hide evidence.

Ironically, the news about the discovery of Samantha’s body came hours after her family members and friends attended a vigil held for her. Ferrero is due to appear in court on Thursday.

[Images Via ABC News/Daily Mail]

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