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April Barlow Celio, a 41-year-old pregnant mother of three from Pineville, Kentucky, was found dead at her home on September 23. Medical examiners discovered that her unborn baby was missing; later, fetal remains were recovered by investigators. Police identified DeMarcus Kenneth Johnson-Wright as a suspect and charged him with murder and tampering with evidence among other crimes. He has an extensive criminal history including previous violent offenses and is currently being held in Tennessee awaiting extradition to Kentucky.
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Story summary
April Barlow Celio, 41, a pregnant mother of three from Pineville, Kentucky, was found murdered in her home on September 23. The next day, medical examiners discovered that her fetus was missing from her womb, although fetal remains were later recovered at the scene. DeMarcus Kenneth Johnson-Wright is suspected of involvement; he has an extensive violent criminal history and outstanding felony warrants in Tennessee. Police initially issued a warrant for kidnapping and robbery on September 25, which was upgraded to murder and tampering with evidence by September 30. Johnson-Wright was arrested after being tracked down to a home in Clarksville, Tennessee, approximately 250 miles from the crime scene. The specific manner of Celio's death and her fetus’s removal remain undisclosed by officials.
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A pregnant mother of three was murdered in her Kentucky home and found with her unborn child missing from her womb, according to police.
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child → murder → police
April Barlow Celio, 41, was found slain in her Pineville home on Sept. 23 — with medical examiners making the horrifying discovery the next day that she’d been pregnant, but with her fetus missing, according to police.
Investigators returned to Celio’s home and recovered what appear to be fetal remains, police said.
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police → find → home
DeMarcus Kenneth Johnson-Wright, a felon with “an extensive violent criminal history and several outstanding violent felony warrants out of Tennessee,” was identified as a suspect, according to cops, who did not elaborate on how he was connected.
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he → identify → cops
Police initially issued a warrant for kidnapping and robbery on Sept. 25, and then for murder and tampering with physical evidence on Sept. 30.
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Police → issue → Sept.
Johnson-Wright was eventually tracked down to a home he was living in in Clarksville, Tenn., some 250 miles from the murder scene.
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he → track → scene
He was arrested — and a search of the Tennessee home revealed “materials relating to the case were recovered,” police said, without elaborating.
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police → arrest → case
Officials have yet to say how the mom or her unborn child were killed.
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mom → have → ?
Although they have not revealed a link with Johnson-Wright, his charges include murder related to domestic violence.
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charges → reveal → violence
The suspect already had multiple warrants out for his arrest for suspected aggravated robbery, kidnapping, felony possession of a firearm and domestic violence from previous incidents, according to court records reviewed by People magazine.
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suspect → have → magazine
Celio’s sister, Amanda de Paz, launched a GoFundMe to help her sister’s three children who “are left with questions, memories, and the heartbreaking reality that their mother’s life ended in violence.
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life → launch → violence
“She deserved so much more life.
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She → deserve → life
She was an incredibly loving person who would do anything for the people she cared about.
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she → do → people
She gave so much of herself to others and was deeply loved by her family and everyone fortunate enough to know her,” the grieving sister wrote.
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sister → give → her
Johnson-Wright was booked into the Montgomery County Detention Center in Tennessee, where he is awaiting extradition back to Kentucky.
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he → book → Kentucky
Officials have yet to say how Celio was murdered.
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Celio → have → ?
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