A 16-year-old boy has been charged with killing a pregnant classmate and
her unborn child, of whom he was the father, authorities say.Police
found 17-year-old Breana Rouhselang's body in a trash bin behind a
restaurant in Mishawaka, Indiana, early on Sunday. Authorities say she
was killed by that baby's father, 16-year-old Aaron R. Trejo. Trejo was
angry that Rouhselang told him she was pregnant after it was too late to
get an abortion, according to court documents.
Trejo
told police, according to court documents:I took action....I took her
life.Trejo was charged Monday with murder and feticide in St. Joseph
County Superior Court. Though a minor, he is being charged as an
adult. Rouhselang and Trejo attended Mishawaka High School. Trejo was a
member of the football team while Rouhselang was a team manager,
officials said. Trejo knew Rouhselang was pregnant and that he
was "supposed to be the father," according to court records. He said he
didn't want a baby and neither did Rouhselang, according to the
records. Rouhselang's mother told police that her daughter, who was six
months pregnant, had gone to talk to the father of her unborn child,
Trejo, around 11 p.m. on Saturday. Her mother became worried after
Rouhselang didn't come home after several hours. She went to Trejo's
home at around 1 a.m. Trejo told her that he went to the alley behind
the girl's home to talk to her, but she never showed up. Hours later,
officer found Rouhselang's glasses and bloody stocking cap in an alley.
Soon, they found Rouhselang's body covered with a black plastic trash
bag in a dumpster.Police said Trejo had thought about killing his
pregnant high school classmate for about a week. He eventually confessed
to police that he stabbed Rouhselang in the heart with a knife he
brought from home, the affidavit said. He then put a black plastic bag
that he also brought from home over Rouhselang's body. Trejo then put
Rouhselang in a dumpster after which he walked to the river and threw
her phone and his knife into the water, according to court documents.An
autopsy found that Rouhselang died from multiple stab wounds and that a
scarf she had been wearing at the time was tied so tightly that she was
being strangled before she died, according to the affidavit.
