Murder Update : Victim In Hot Springs Was Pregnant
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Hot Springs police say a woman found dead
late last week in her apartment was pregnant. The body of
22-year-old Melanie Pasley was found shortly after noon Friday by
the woman`s mother after she was unable to get in touch with her
daughter. Police said Lola Pasley, the mother, persuaded an
apartment maintenance worker to let her in to her daughter`s
apartment, and found her daughter lying on the floor.
Police Chief Gary Ashcraft said there were signs of a struggle
in the apartment, but no signs of forced entry.
A news release from police today said preliminary autopsy
results showed that Melanie Pasley was in the first trimester of
pregnancy. But the release said other test results and from
evidence gathered at the scene may take as long as several weeks to
return results showing how the woman died.
