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

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Tony Plohetski‏Verified account @tplohetski

BREAKING: Heidi Broussard has been positively identified by the Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office.

2:03 PM - 20 Dec 2019 from Austin, TX

 

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Ryan Autullo‏ @AutulloAAS
Just spoke with an assistant manager at ACE Cash Express in Humble where Magen Fieramusca worked before she was charged with stealing $5k from the store in Aug 18. The manager was unaware of the new case against Fieramusca. "She used to work here. That's really all we can say."

10:27 AM - 20 Dec 2019

 

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Tony Plohetski‏Verified account @tplohetski
FBI Special Agent in Charge Chris Combs acknowledging police work in case to find Margot.

12:23 PM - 20 Dec 2019 from Austin, TX

Tony Plohetski‏Verified account @tplohetski
BREAKING: APD investigating multiple scenes between Austin and Houston for evidence in Heidi Broussard case.

12:21 PM - 20 Dec 2019 from Austin, TX

@tplohetski
APD got search warrants yesterday and located baby, now in CPS custody. Officers found adult female dead on property.

12:21 PM - 20 Dec 2019 from Austin, TX

Tony Plohetski‏Verified account @tplohetski
Austin police detective: Police got many tips in case, which were investigated fully. Lead was generated in Harris County.

12:20 PM - 20 Dec 2019 from Austin, TX

Tony Plohetski‏Verified account @tplohetski
Chief: Confirms they have child they think is Margot but DNA testing may take a few days.

12:14 PM - 20 Dec 2019 from Austin, TX

Tony Plohetski‏Verified account @tplohetski
BREAKING: “It is heartbreaking circumstances that bring us here today,” Chief Brian Manley says.

12:13 PM - 20 Dec 2019 from Austin, TX

 

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Tony Plohetski‏Verified account @tplohetski
Booking photo of Magen Fieramusca.

12:06 PM - 20 Dec 2019 from Austin, TX

 

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Tony Plohetski‏Verified account @tplohetski
Minutes from law enforcement news conference for official updates in Heidi Broussard case. I’ll be Tweeting here.

12:03 PM - 20 Dec 2019 from Austin, TX

 

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Tony Plohetski‏Verified account @tplohetski
BREAKING: Suspect in kidnapping of Heidi Broussard, Magen Fieramusca, 33, to be arraigned in Harris County this morning, officials say.

8:05 AM - 20 Dec 2019 from Austin, TX

Tony Plohetski‏Verified account @tplohetski
LATEST: Some official word from Austin police and word of a 2 pm news conference.

8:38 AM - 20 Dec 2019 from Austin, TX

 

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Michelle Choi‏Verified account @MichelleKHOU
Michelle Choi Retweeted Michelle Choi

BREAKING: Missing Austin woman, Heidi Broussards mom just confirmed w/ our sister station in Austin - the body found on the property of this NW Harris Co home belongs to Heidi. And that a woman will be charged w/ murder. #khou11 #Htownrush

6:22 AM - 20 Dec 2019

 

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Tony Plohetski‏Verified account @tplohetski
NEW: Authorities say they DO NOT think Shane Carey was involved in plot.

6:49 AM - 20 Dec 2019 from Austin, TX

 

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Tony Plohetski‏Verified account @tplohetski
BREAKING: Suspect in murder of Heidi Broussard pretended to have been pregnant simultaneously as Broussard, law enforcement sources say.

6:45 AM - 20 Dec 2019 from Austin, TX

Tony Plohetski‏Verified account @tplohetski
NEW: Authorities were able to locate suspect’s car in Austin area around time of Broussard’s disappearance

6:46 AM - 20 Dec 2019 from Austin, TX

Tony Plohetski‏Verified account @tplohetski
NEW: Suspect bond set at $600,000 on kidnapping and tampering charges.

6:47 AM - 20 Dec 2019 from Austin, TX

 

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Tony Plohetski‏Verified account @tplohetski
BREAKING: Houston woman, “close friend” of Heidi Broussard, charged with kidnapping and evidence tampering (thread).

6:24 AM - 20 Dec 2019 from Austin, TX

Tony Plohetski‏Verified account @tplohetski
NOW: Law enforcement sources say suspect had been plotting to take baby from Broussard, leading up to birth of Margot.

6:25 AM - 20 Dec 2019 from Austin, TX

Tony Plohetski‏Verified account @tplohetski
BREAKING: Investigators trying to find other members of plot — and believe suspect may have had help with murder of Heidi Broussard.

6:27 AM - 20 Dec 2019 from Austin, TX

 

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Grace White‏Verified account @GraceWhiteKHOU
BREAKING: Source close to the investigation confirms a woman will be charged with murder in the case of missing Austin mother Heidi Broussard and told me they are "relieved baby is ok." #KHOU11 #Missing #Texas
Source: Woman will be charged in murder of Austin mother; body found at Houston-area home, baby is OK

6:09 AM - 20 Dec 2019

Grace White‏Verified account @GraceWhiteKHOU
Grace White Retweeted

UPDATE: From neighborhood where body was found in trunk of car last night at home connected to missing Austin mother Heidi Broussard. Here's what neighbors are telling our @MichelleKHOU #KHOU11 #Missing #Texas https://twitter.com/MichelleKHOU/status/1208019370624126977 …

5:56 AM - 20 Dec 2019

 

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Jessica Willey‏Verified account @ImJessicaWilley
DEVELOPING: Body believed to be missing Austin mom, Heidi Broussard, found in the trunk of car. Baby found alive and safe. https://abc13.com/body-believed-to-be-austin-mom-found-in-trunk-of-car-/5770521/ … #abc13
Body believed to be Austin mom found in trunk of car at Houston-area home: Sources

5:52 AM - 20 Dec 2019 from Houston, TX

 

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Sam Brock‏Verified account @SamBrockNBC
Sam Brock Retweeted TODAY

Overnight I spoke with Heidi Broussard’s mother, Tammy. She confirms police told her the body found in a trunk of a Houston property is *almost certainly her daughter*. A devastating ending for a family that was still clinging to hope.

4:37 AM - 20 Dec 2019 from Houston, TX

 

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Dec 20, 2019

By Jessica Willey and Katherine Marchand
Updated 10 minutes ago
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A body found at a northwest Harris County home is believed to be that of missing Austin mother Heidi Broussard, according to sources. An autopsy will likely be performed Friday.

According to records from the medical examiner's office, the body was found in the trunk of a car.

At least one person is in custody.

A 1-month-old girl was found alive inside the same house on Bo Jack Drive near Jersey Village, where officers and agents from the Texas Rangers, Department of Public Safety, FBI and the Austin Police Department searched for hours overnight.

Body believed to be Austin mom found in trunk of car at Houston-area home: Sources

 

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Missing Texas newborn found alive, mom found dead, family says

Dec 20, 2019

Tammy Broussard, Heidi Broussard's mother, said early on Friday that police told her a body found in Jersey Village, Texas, is likely that of her daughter, who has been missing for a week.

She added that police said that the medical examiner still needed to officially confirm the identity of the body found in a car trunk. Granddaughter Margot Carey was found in a home in good condition, police told her.

Police have not publicly confirmed the details Broussard said she was told. They would not comment overnight.

Craig Cummings with the Texas Department of Public Safety earlier told NBC affiliate KPRC of Houston that investigators were at a home in Jersey Village, which is northwest of Houston, in connection with the missing mother and her infant. A close friend of Broussard's lives at the home,
other friends told NBC News.

 

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Missing Austin mom Heidi Broussard found dead; 1 person arrested in case

Dec 20, 2019

HOUSTON — Missing Austin mother Heidi Broussard was found dead in a Harris County home and at least one person has been arrested, according to a person familiar with the investigation, ABC News confirmed Friday morning.

Broussard, 33, and her baby Margot Carey had been missing since Dec. 12.

Harris County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed they found a body in a trunk of a vehicle in Houston.

A baby girl believed to be Carey was reportedly found in the home alive, according to ABC affiliate KTRK. Law enforcement found a 1-month-old baby girl in the home who was taken to the hospital to be checked out, but we're told she is reportedly OK. Officials are now working to confirm if the baby is Carey through DNA tests.

 

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Body of missing Texas mom Heidi Broussard is found in trunk of car and her baby is found ALIVE | Daily Mail Online

Dec 20, 2019

The body of missing Texas mother Heidi Broussard was found in the trunk of a car at a home where her one-month-old daughter was found alive on Thursday night.
Broussard's body and her healthy baby daughter Margot were discovered after someone, who has not been identified, placed a call to Child Protective Services.

While the medical examiner is yet to make a formal identification on the body, multiple police sources say it is Heidi's, who had been missing with her daughter for a week.

Two people are in custody and are being questioned. It is not yet clear who they are.

Police sources tell CBS Austin that the car Heidi was found in belongs to someone she knows.

 

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DEC 20, 2019
‘Close friend’ of missing Austin mom found dead identified, was plotting to take her baby: Sources
The Harris County Medical Examiner's Office has positively identified the body found at a Houston-area home as that of missing Austin mother Heidi Broussard. ...

The cause of death was ligature strangulation, according to the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.

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KVUE's Tony Plohetski confirmed the Houston woman arrested, who was a "close friend" of Broussard, had been plotting to take her baby leading up to the birth of Margot.

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A friend who spoke to KVUE's Bryce Newberry said Broussard and Fieramusca met when they were 11 at church camp. The friend said Fieramusca also goes by the name Maygen Humphrey.

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CG, who owns the property where the baby and Heidi’s body were found, bailed Fieramusca out of jail in Aug. 2018, according to documents obtained by KVUE.

Fieramusca was reportedly with Broussard while she was giving birth to Carey. Law enforcement sources said Fieramusca was also pretending to pregnant at the same time as Broussard.

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DEC 20, 2019
Woman Arrested After Tx. Mom Is Found Dead Allegedly Claimed to Have Given Birth to Her Baby: Source

Magen Fieramusca, in a 2018 mugshot Courtesy of Humble Police

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Another friend of Broussard’s, VS, tells PEOPLE she saw both Fieramusca and Broussard’s fiancé Shane Carey in the delivery room when Broussard delivered her baby girl in November.

CF, whose sister is friends with the suspect, tells PEOPLE that Fieramusca called his sister, who could hear a baby calling in the background. Now, it is suspected that the baby was Margot.

Fieramusca allegedly masterminded the abductions of Broussard, 33, and her baby girl, who is just weeks old.

“She was supposedly Heidi’s friend for a long time,” says a family member of Broussard’s. “We’ve been knowing her for a long time.”

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DEC 20, 2019
Heidi Broussard met 'bestie' Magen Fieramusca at church camp, friend says
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Law enforcement sources believe Fieramusca began plotting to steal Broussard’s infant daughter before she was even born. They say the suspect went to prenatal doctor’s appointments with the victim and pretended to be pregnant at the same time. The suspect was even there for Margot’s birth on November 26.

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It was CG who bailed Fieramusca out of jail in 2018 after her arrest on a theft charge. She was accused of stealing money from an Ace Express check cashing business where she was assistant manager.

Her court-appointed attorney Eric Devlin says the case was dismissed for lack of evidence.

Devlin met with his client several times and said she didn’t appear to be pregnant in the beginning.

“When I first met her, she was not pregnant. Clearly did not appear to be pregnant at all,” Devlin said. “At the last setting, she appeared to be very pregnant.”

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As far as her mental health, Devlin says nothing ever raised a red flag.

“That is something that we are required to look at. If we have a concern about her mental health, we will have psych, have them evaluated in some way,” Devlin explained. “I had no concerns whatsoever when I interacted with her.”

Their last meeting happened in November, not long before Margot was born.

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Broussard referred to Fieramusca as “her bestie.”