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St. Louis County woman was pregnant when she was murdered, source says
Preliminary findings from the autopsy show the 28-year-old suffered blunt force injuries to her head, according to the source. But toxicology results and other tests are still pending, so a final cause of death has not been determined.
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Missouri law allows St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell to seek murder charges in connection with the death of a fetus.
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Based on text messages, detectives believe Beau Rothwell was having an affair, according to the source.
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On Monday, detectives searched a four-mile stretch of Highway 61 in Troy, Missouri, for about six hours
before finding Jennifer Rothwell’s body about 20 yards off the shoulder in a wooded area. Detectives found her naked body partially covered with branches and brush, according to the source.
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Friends said nothing seemed amiss at a trivia fundraiser the couple attended Nov. 9 at St. Mary’s High School for the SouthSide Early Childhood Center.
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Beau Rothwell has no prior convictions, police said. [...]
St. Louis County police had not responded to any calls for service to the Rothwell home in the past five years.