GUILTY MO - Amethyst Killian, 22, St. Charles, pregnant mother, 26 Nov 2020 *arrest*

[d4j]

"Foremost among the health risks of prostitution is premature death.

In a recent US study of almost 2000 prostitutes followed over a 30-year period, by far the most common causes of death were homicide, suicide, drug- and alcohol-related problems, HIV infection and accidents — in that order. The homicide rate among active female prostitutes was 17 times higher than that of the age-matched general female population."

source: National Center for Biotechnology Information
links:
https://archive.vn/wip/jQ3zD
or
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC450337/

 

[oviedo]

@Ontario Mom - there has been an arrest - can we add that to the thread title?
Suspect identified as Damion Delgado.
Man charged in 'very violent killing' of pregnant St. Peter's woman found dead in park

quick work IMO

 

[sandy_80]

I am presuming the family were lying about that quick trip..and it cant be that they don't know and that's why they waited long to report her
its the vicious cycle..and those poor kids are orphans now

 

[taylorss]

Thanks so much to all who are trying to shed light on the horrible circumstances that robbed this precious young woman of her life. I do think IMO just about everyone here realized the depths of Amethyst’s unfortunate situation pretty much immediately. I guess there are more and less kind ways of putting it.

Addiction is a deadly beast and people caught up in it will sell whatever they can to keep going ... that’s how it works. It dehumanizes its victims in their own minds & the minds of others. MOO

 

[d4j]

Obituary

Amethyst "Ame" Jean Killian
March 23, 1998 - November 27, 2020
[...]
She was a homemaker, mother of two. Amethyst had a passion for writing her own music and singing. She was an artist and her favorite canvas was her face and hair. She had a genuine love for animals and had a life goal of becoming a veterinarian. Most of all she loved her family and friends.
[...]

https://hutchensfuneralhomes.com/obituary/amethyst-jean-killian/

 

[airportwoman]

Missouri has a fetal homicide law, so they can get him for that too. In Iowa, the charge is dubbed "nonconsensual termination of a human pregnancy."

 

[BeckyF]

Missouri has a fetal homicide law, so they can get him for that too. In Iowa, the charge is dubbed "nonconsensual termination of a human pregnancy."

He was charged with first degree murder for Ame and 2nd degree for the unborn child.

 

[Tealgrove]

I had a feeling we would be going down this path. So very very sad.

MOO

 

[BeckyF]

Per Missouri Casenet, case no. 2011-CR04499-01 jury trial scheduled for 2/14/2023.

 

[BeckyF]

O'Fallon, Mo., man gets life without parole for fatally stabbing pregnant woman

Damion Delgado pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and other charges for fatally stabbing Amethyst "Ame" Killian in 2020. She was pregnant.

www.stltoday.com

UPDATED at 2 p.m. Wednesday with comments from victim's mother.
ST. CHARLES COUNTY — An O’Fallon, Missouri, man will spend the rest of his life in prison for fatally stabbing a pregnant woman in St. Peters in 2020.
Damion Delgado, 29, pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of first-degree murder, second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of Amethyst “Ame” Killian, 22, a mother of two. Circuit Judge Michael Fagras sentenced Delgado to the mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole.
Police in November 2020 found Killian’s body hidden under brush in the 100 block of North Church Street, near her home. Her family had reported her missing on Thanksgiving, telling police she’d gone out for cigarettes about 1 a.m. Her boyfriend and relatives found her purse discarded near her home.

Police also found the blood of an unknown man at the scene. Killian’s boyfriend told police that Killian sometimes engaged in prostitution by advertising online. Investigators inspected Killian’s phone and found text messages between herself and Delgado arranging to meet that night, according to a police search warrant.
Killian had a 6-year-old daughter and an 11-month-old son. She suffered stab wounds to her head, neck and abdomen. Prosecutors said Killian’s “fully developed” male fetus also was dead.
Killian's mother, Stacy Stezler, 50, was rescued by boat from her house during historic flooding in St. Peters on Monday night, but still managed to make it to the sentencing hearing Tuesday.