Police: Man fatally stabbed pregnant girlfriend

YORK, Pa. - March 30, 2012

Investigators say Wilkins Gerald Marte-Escana turned himself over to authorities hours after he killed 24-year-old Olga Vascones-Garcia in the lobby of a motel in Manchester Township, York County.

Northern York County Regional Police says Marte-Escana stabbed his girlfriend in the chest. Vascones-Garcia was 19 weeks pregnant and gave birth before dying, but doctors were unable to save the baby.

Marte-Escana faces charges of homicide and homicide of an unborn child. It was not immediately clear if he had an attorney.

Police say Vascones-Garcia's daughter witnessed the slaying.

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