Felon fiancé and convicted killer indicted after fisherman finds pregnant woman drowned in pond
Two convicted felons suspected of murdering a pregnant 34-year-old woman found in an icy pond days before Christmas last year have now been indicted.
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Two convicted felons in Rhode Island suspected of murdering a pregnant 34-year-old woman found dead by a fisherman in an icy pond days before Christmas last year have now been indicted as her killers.
Gary R. Gromkiewicz, a 36-year-old Lincoln resident who authorities identified as the ex-boyfriend of Leila Patricia Duarte Da Luz and father of her unborn child, was indicted alongside 46-year-old Michael Lambert, a parolee in Pawtucket once convicted for the 1994 Thanksgiving Day murder of a homeless man.
Gromkiewicz was on probation for a 2015 felony assault with a deadly weapon, state cops said at the outset of the case. Lambert was described as Gromkiewicz’s “known associate.”
According to authorities, an “extensive” investigation into the two convicted felons, involving analysis of “technical data and physical evidence,” as well as witness interviews, proved to be the key to establishing the initial “framework” for murder and conspiracy charges.
Local ABC affiliate WLNE, citing prosecutors, reported that Gromkiewicz was Da Luz’s fiancé and that the two had an argument over the amount of money he spent on a ring.
Six days after the gruesome discovery at the pond and after the Brockton Police Department in Massachusetts received a missing person report, Da Luz was identified as the victim of a murder.
A grand jury has since indicted Gromkiewicz and Lambert on two charges each. Rhode Island court records say both defendants were indicted on Wednesday, Sept. 6.
