TX - Heidi Broussard, 33, & Margot Carey, 2 wks, Austin, 12 Dec 2019 *MEDIA MAPS TIMELINE NO DISCUSS

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DEC 20, 2019
Body of Austin mom found in trunk of car at Houston-area home
WATCH: SkyEye 13 over northwest Houston home investigated by FBI, Austin police, DPS, Texas Rangers (Video from Dec. 19)

 

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JAN 3, 2020
Austin community honoring Heidi Broussard with candlelight vigil
This Saturday, Jan. 4, a candlelight vigil to honor Broussard will take place at Mary Moore Searight Metropolitan Park in South Austin from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The park is located at 907 West Slaughter Lane near Southpark Meadows. The event is open to the public.

 

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Shannon on Twitter
NBCNC: Friends of Heidi Broussard, the Austin, Texas mother who was found dead during the holidays, hold candlelight vigil. (image from KXAN) @WVTM13 #wvtm13

7:05 PM - 4 Jan 2020

 

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Heidi Broussard remembered as ‘awesome mom, friend, beautiful spirit’
The Austin community gathered Saturday evening to honor 33-year-old Heidi Broussard, the Austin mother who was found dead in the trunk of a car near Houston in December.

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“She was an awesome mom to begin with, an awesome friend. She had a beautiful spirit about her,” said MC, a dear friend of Broussard’s. “She was always happy, she lit up every room she walked into.”

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MC added that she was with Broussard the day before her disappearance. “We were together, I walked her to her car. We said our ‘I love you’s.'”

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DEC 20, 2019
Timeline: Friend arrested after Austin woman's death | KVUE

At the 1:47 mark: Investigators found a body in the backyard, in this silver Nissan's trunk.

 

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JAN 5, 2019
Community mourns murdered mom Heidi Broussard at South Austin vigil
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Broussard’s fiancé Shane Carey was absent from the vigil, but his father Ty says Shane is still processing the loss of the mother of his children.

“I’m sure he hasn’t even begun to break that down,” said Carey. “He’s just missing her, I’m sure he hasn’t even begun to enter that room where the nightmares begin.”

... MC says she had never met the woman, but that Broussard would mention her often.

"Heidi spoke a lot about her, and it was really strange because Heidi would tell me that, ‘Isn’t it crazy that me and my best friend are pregnant at the same time, and we both have the same due date?’" recalled MC.

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DEC 20, 2019
Body believed to be missing mom found in trunk

Crime scene tape on the gate:

 

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DEC 20, 2019
Cause of death: Ligature strangulation

White van backed-up near garage/gate with ambulance also in the driveway.
(Starts at 1:38)

Cropped and brightened:

 

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DEC 20, 2019
NBC: Body found in home near Jersey Village believed to be missing Austin mom

:37 mark - The reporter says, "While we were here yesterday at this home in Jersey Village, a woman showed up saying authorities told her, her son, who lives here, was in custody."

 

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Tony Plohetski on Twitter
BREAKING: Unsealed affidavit in Heidi Broussard murder includes many new details, including tipster who saw her and Margot getting in car.
9:02 AM - 6 Jan 2020 from Austin, TX

Tony Plohetski on Twitter
Affidavit said Megan Fieramusca had conducted suspicious Internet searches and that her car was in area at time of Broussard disappearance.
9:04 AM - 6 Jan 2020 from Austin, TX

Tony Plohetski on Twitter
“That’s the baby at my house,” Fieramusca’s partner told police when they showed him pic of baby Margot.
9:07 AM - 6 Jan 2020 from Austin, TX

Brad Streicher on Twitter
New details about the #HeidiBroussard murder from the unsealed affidavit:
- Megan Fieramusca had suspicious Internet searches
- Fieramusca's partner told police "that's the baby at my house" when they showed him the pic of baby Margot
9:27 AM - 6 Jan 2020

 

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Aaron Wische on Twitter
#BREAKING: @KPRC2 obtains new court records revealing timeline of investigation into kidnapping and murder of Heidi Broussard. Investigators zeroed in on Magen Fieramusca after tracking cell phone records and speaking with her boyfriend Christopher Green. #hounews

9:23 AM - 6 Jan 2020

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42. Historical location data for Magen Fieramusca's phone show the device traveling from Houston to the Austin area on November 26, 2019, which is consistent with statements that placed her at St. David's South Austin Hospital for the birth of Heidi Broussard's newborn child. Historical location data for the device associated with Magen Fieramusca's phone show the device in the Austin area on November 26 and 27, 2019.

43. Supervisory Special Agent Mullen of the FBI conducted a preliminary historical analysis of the data provided by T-Mobile. Historical location data for the device associated with Magen Fieramusca's phone show the device located in the Austin area near Heidi Broussard and Shane Carey's apartment on December 12, 2019, the same day Heidi Broussard and her Newborn Child disappeared.

44. On December 19, 2019, FBI Agents and Texas Department of Public Safety Investigators were conduction surveillance of Magen Fieramusca and Christopher Green's residence, 8118 Bo Jack Drive, Houston, Texas. Texas DPS deployed a helicopter for aerial observation. The operator of the DPS helicopter observed a vehicle parked in the back yard of the residence between the garage and the residence. The vehicle was parked in a manner consistent with an attempt to conceal the vehicle from public view. The vehicle was later confirmed as a gray 2015 Nissan Versa four door, bearing Texas License Plate [redacted].

45. FBI Agents reported that Christopher Green left the residence ina black Nissan Armada SUV on Thursday, December 19, 2019. Christopher Green drove to a Target store. DPS Investigators observed Christopher Green shopping for baby clothes and saw Christopher Green purchase baby formula inside the store. Texas DPS Investigators spoke with Christopher Green as he exited the store.

46. Texas Ranger Cristian provided a summary of the conversation with Christopher Green. Christopher Green informed DPS Investigators that he was in a relationship with Magen Fieramusca since 2016. Christopher Green and Magen Fieramusca live together at 8118 Bo Jack Drive, Houston, Texas. Christopher Green and Magen Fieramusca broke up in March, 2019, however, both parties remained in the residence.

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48. Texas Ranger Rainwater spoke with Christopher Green. Ranger Rainwater showed Christopher Green a flyer produced by the Nation Center for Missing and Exploited Children featuring images provided by your affiant of Heidi Broussard and her Newborn Child.

49. Christopher Green looked at the flyer, looked at the picture of Heidi Broussard's Newborn Child on the flyer, and stated, "That's the baby at my house."

50. FBI Agents were notified of the conversation with Christopher Green and the purchase of baby formula. FBI Agents and DPS Investigators observed Magen Fieramusca walk out the front door of 8118 Bo Jack Drive, Houston, Texas with her cell phone and a baby monitor.

51. Texas Ranger Gary Phillips spoke with Magen Fieramusca, who stated that on December 12, 2019, Magen Fieramusca left to go to the beach with a cousin while Christopher Green stayed in Houston working. When Christopher Green saw Magen Fieramusca next on Friday, December 13, 2019, Magen Fieramusca told Christopher Green, "Don't be mad, don't be mad." Christopher Green asked why he would be mad. Magen Fieramusca said that she went into labor and delivered their baby without Christopher Green's knowledge.

52. Magen Fieramusca told Ranger Phillips that she went into labor on Thursday, December 12, 2019. Magen Fieramusca stated that she went to a birthing center in The Woodlands. Magen Fieramusca could not remember the name of the birthing center in which she reported giving birth. Magen Fieramusca stated that the only people present during the delivery were employees of the "birthing center." Magen Fieramusca told Ranger Phillips that she brought the baby home on Thursday, December 12, 2019. Ranger Phillips confronted Magen Fieramusca about the discrepancy about her location on the date she reportedly delivered; Magen Fieramusca stated that she was not in Austin.

53. Members of the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit provided an assessment of Maternal Desire, specifically, that mothers have lost a pregnancy or have falsified pregnancy and have materialize the desire to have a child by taking possession of another child. ​

 

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JAN 6, 2020
Suspect in Heidi Broussard death in area at time of disappearance, affidavit says
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“That’s the baby at my house,” a man with whom Fieramusca was living told authorities when they showed him a picture of Broussard’s baby, Margot, while investigating the disappearance of mother and child.

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The document said Fieramusca acted suspiciously soon after Margot was born at the hospital in Austin, and that Margot’s grandfather noted that she interrupted his first meeting with his granddaughter, asking to hold the baby first.

Fieramusca also had a key to Broussard’s South Austin apartment and told Margot’s father, Shane Carey, that she would leave it on a counter. He later told police that he never found the key.

On Dec. 18, six days after Broussard and her baby disappeared, police also interviewed a woman who lived in their apartment complex who told police that she saw two women interacting and that one of them appeared to carrying an infant police think was Margot.

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As they began investigating Fieramusca, they obtained a search warrant for information about her Internet search history. The affidavit said she had searched for “bodies found in Austin, Texas” on Dec. 14.

They also found video evidence of her car traveling to Austin and near Broussard’s apartment complex at the time of Broussard’s disappearance.

Investigators began keeping surveillance on the Houston-area home where Fieramusca was living and noticed her car was parked in a way so that its owner may have been trying to hide it, the affidavit said.

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He told police that he had never seen Fieramusca’s bare stomach during her pregnancy.

He told investigators that Fieramusca had given birth to a baby girl while she was out of town and that she told him, “Don’t be mad” when she returned home with a baby.

 

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JAN 6, 2020
Unsealed affidavit reveals what may have happened to Heidi Broussard before her death
On Dec. 8 or 9, Shane Carey reported that he learned Fieramusca delivered a baby girl, but said he did not see any pictures of the baby.

According to the affidavit, a person who lives at the same apartment complex Broussard lived in, had video cameras outside of his residence that captured a vehicle consistent with Fieramuca's car driving at the complex around 9 a.m. on Dec. 12, the same day Broussard and Margot Carey went missing.

One witness said that on Dec. 11 or 12, she saw an adult white woman at the apartment complex carrying a small baby and walking towards a parked car. The witness reportedly told police she then saw another woman exit the car and greet the woman carrying the baby. The two women and baby then entered the car and drove away, according to the affidavit.

On Dec. 19, the witness was presented with a photo lineup that Fieramusca was in. Police said the witness was 60% to 70% positive that the woman she saw in the front seat of the vehicle at the apartment complex was Fieramusca.

Upon further investigation, officials found that Fieramusca conducted suspicious internet searches.

Police said Fieramusca reportedly searched for "reasons for Amber Alert" and "Amber alert issued Austin" on Dec. 12.

A full review of searches between Nov. 11 and Dec. 18 revealed that some form of "Heidi Broussard" was searched at least 162 times from a device using an account that lists Fieramusca's name.

On Dec. 14, Fieramusca allegedly searched "bodies found in Austin Texas."

According to the affidavit, data from T-Mobile revealed that Fieramusca's phone was in the Austin area near Broussard and Shane Carey's apartment on Dec. 12.

Authorities then began doing surveillance on the Houston-area home where Fieramusca was living. Officials said they found her car parked in a way that appeared to be an attempt to hide it.

 

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JAN 6, 2020
Tips, witnesses led to suspect in Heidi Broussard kidnapping, affidavit says
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The document also reveals how police relied upon tipsters and forensic evidence to link Fieramusca to the Dec. 12 crime.

The document said Fieramusca acted suspiciously soon after Margot was born at the hospital in Austin, and that Margot’s grandfather noted that she interrupted his first meeting with his granddaughter, asking to hold the baby first.

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On Dec. 18, six days after Broussard and her baby disappeared, police also interviewed a woman who lived in their apartment complex who told police that she saw two women interacting and that one of them appeared to be carrying an infant police think was Margot. The other woman, the neighbor revealed, resembled a person in a photo lineup that police say was Fieramusca.

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They also found video evidence of her car traveling to Austin and near Broussard’s apartment complex at the time of Broussard’s disappearance.

Investigators began keeping surveillance on the Houston-area home where Fieramusca was living and noticed her car was parked in a way so that its owner may have been trying to hide it, the affidavit said.

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Fieramusca, the affidavit stated, was approached by an investigator with the Texas Rangers as she exited the man’s home on Dec. 19 while the man was out shopping for baby formula. Fieramusca, who was holding a baby monitor, told the investigator that she had given birth at a birthing center in The Woodlands, authorities say. Pressed for the specific birthing center, Fieramusca said she could not remember it.

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JAN 6, 2020
LIVE: Woman charged with kidnapping Austin mom and baby pretended child was her own
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According to the affidavit, when Broussard gave birth to Margot, Fieramusca was one of three people (the baby’s father Shane Carey and another woman) in the delivery room at St. David’s South Austin Hospital. Fieramusca, who at the time said she was 37 weeks pregnant herself, drove from her home in Houston to be there for the birth Nov. 26.

After the birth, family members came into the room. When the baby’s paternal grandfather, was handed the baby to hold, Fieramusca interjected herself and wanted to hold the baby, saying she had to leave, the affidavit said.

Fieramusca stayed at Carey and Broussard’s apartment on the 700 block of W. William Cannon Drive that night, the affidavit says. Carey gave Fieramusca a key, and Carey said afterward he never found the key he let Fieramusca borrow, the affidavit said.

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A witness said she saw a woman carrying an infant with a knit cap get into the car, according to the affidavit. The witness said there wasn’t enough time for the woman carrying the baby to properly restrain her in the car before it left the parking lot, the affidavit said.

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Broussard’s body was found in a duffel bag in the trunk of the car, which was registered to Fieramusca.

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Fieramusca’s ex-boyfriend was living with her at the 8100 block of Bo Jack Drive in Houston. He said he believed he was the father of Fieramusca’s child, and said he noticed her belly growing as time passed, the affidavit said.

The ex-boyfriend said he felt Fieramusca’s stomach and said it felt “hard.” He said he never saw Fieramusca’s bare stomach because their relationship, at the time, “did not lend itself to seeing her in stages of undress,” the affidavit said. The two broke up in March, the affidavit said.

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JAN 6, 2020
Tips, witnesses led to suspect in Heidi Broussard kidnapping, affidavit says
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Broussard’s body was found in a duffel bag in the trunk of a car in the Northwest Houston area last month, outside a home where Fieramusca was living. ...

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On Dec. 18, six days after Broussard and her baby disappeared, police also interviewed a woman who lived in their apartment complex who told police that she saw two women interacting and that one of them appeared to be carrying an infant police think was Margot. The other woman, the neighbor revealed, resembled a person in a photo lineup that police say was Fieramusca.

As authorities began investigating Fieramusca, they obtained a search warrant for information about her Internet search history. The affidavit said she had searched for “bodies found in Austin, Texas” on Dec. 14. Fieramusca’s Facebook account, active since 2008, was terminated while authorities were investigating Broussard’s disappearance on Dec. 17.

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Investigators began keeping surveillance on the Houston-area home where Fieramusca was living and noticed her car was parked in a way so that its owner may have been trying to hide it, the affidavit said.

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He told investigators that Fieramusca had given birth to a baby girl while she was out of town at the beach and that she told him, “Don’t be mad” when she returned home with a baby.

Fieramusca, the affidavit stated, was approached by an investigator with the Texas Rangers as she exited the man’s home on Dec. 19 while the man was out shopping for baby formula. ...

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... The neighbor who saw the women together near Broussard’s apartment raised suspicion that a second person could have been involved, noting in her interview with police that Fieramusca was in the front passenger seat of a vehicle that Broussard and Margot entered from the back. The affidavit did not mention who was driving.

Although the criminal case is currently playing out in Travis County, it’s possible that another jurisdiction could pick it up if evidence shows Broussard was killed elsewhere.

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Bryce Newberry on Twitter
Statement “Regarding indictments, the Travis County District Attorneys Office is exploring every appropriate charge based on facts & circumstances in the case, up to & including capital murder.” Prosecutors have 90 days from Magen Fieramusca’s arrest to present case to grand jury
1:12 PM · Jan 6, 2020 from Austin, TX

 

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JAN 6, 2020
Unsealed affidavit reveals what may have happened to Heidi Broussard before her death
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On Dec. 8 or 9, Shane Carey reported that he learned Fieramusca delivered a baby girl, but said he did not see any pictures of the baby.

According to the affidavit, a person who lives at the same apartment complex Broussard lived in had video cameras outside of his residence that captured a vehicle consistent with Fieramuca's car driving at the complex around 9 a.m. on Dec. 12, the same day Broussard and Margot Carey went missing.

One witness said that on Dec. 11 or 12, she saw an adult white woman at the apartment complex carrying a small baby and walking towards a parked car. The witness reportedly told police she then saw another woman exit the car and greet the woman carrying the baby. The two women and baby then entered the car and drove away, according to the affidavit.

On Dec. 19, the witness was presented with a photo lineup that Fieramusca was in. Police said the witness was 60% to 70% positive that the woman she saw in the front seat of the vehicle at the apartment complex was Fieramusca.

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Police said Fieramusca reportedly searched for "reasons for Amber Alert" and "Amber alert issued Austin" on Dec. 12.

A full review of searches between Nov. 11 and Dec. 18 revealed that some form of "Heidi Broussard" was searched at least 162 times from a device using an account that lists Fieramusca's name.

On Dec. 14, Fieramusca allegedly searched "bodies found in Austin Texas."

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According to the affidavit, the man believed Fieramusca was pregnant with his child.

Fieramusca allegedly said that, on Dec. 12, she left to go to the beach with a cousin.

When Fieramusca saw the man she was living with on Dec. 13, she told him, "Don't be mad, don't be mad," the affidavit said. That's when Fieramusca reportedly told him there was a baby on the bed.

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On Dec. 19, officials searched the home where Fieramusca was living in, according to the affidavit. When investigators arrived, they reportedly smelled the "unmistakable odor of decomposing flesh" emitting from the trunk of a vehicle parked at the house.

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"Magen Fieramusca abducted Heidi Broussard by restraining her and preventing her liberation by holding her in a place where she was not likely to be found; specifically inside a black duffel bag in the trunk of a parked vehicle," police said in the affidavit.

 

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JAN 6, 2020
Affidavit: Woman accused of kidnapping Austin mom and baby pretended infant was her own
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Fieramusca, who at the time claimed to be 37 weeks pregnant, drove from her home in Houston to be there for the birth on November 26th, and "interjected" herself into the family's first visit with Margo, allegedly telling the baby's paternal grandfather she had to leave and wanted to hold Margo, according to court documents.

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On the day of Broussard's disappearance, police say surveillance video showed a car resembling Fieramusca’s drive toward the rear of the apartment complex, where Carey and Broussard’s apartment was, at 9:05 a.m. Cell phone data also placed Fieramusca's in the same area.

A witness at the apartment complex says she spotted a woman with an infant in a knit cap get into that vehicle where another woman was already waiting, and, according to the affidavit, it didn't seem that the woman had enough time to properly restrain the baby before leaving the parking lot.

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Police say Fieramusca's ex-boyfriend lived with her at the home on Bo Jack Drive and believed himself to be the father of her child. He told investigators he noticed her belly growing over time and that it felt "hard."

However, he told investigators he never saw her bare stomach as their current relationship “did not lend itself to seeing her in stages of undress" after having broken up in March.

Texas Rangers found the ex-boyfriend buying baby formula on December 19th, the affidavit states, and showed him a flyer with a photo of Margo Carey, to which he replied "that's the baby in my house."

Fieramusca told Texas Rangers she went to the beach with a cousin on December 12th and told her ex-boyfriend she gave birth at a birthing center in The Woodlands, according to court papers, but could not recall the name of the birthing center.

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JAN 6, 2020
Court documents reveal new details about stolen baby case