Man arrested, charged with murder and fetal homicide

MORGAN COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) — In Morgan County, a man is charged with murder and fetal homicide after allegedly admitting to killing his pregnant girlfriend.

According to his arrest citation, 49-year-old Jeremy Schraufnagel was arrested Monday. Deputies say he went to the sheriff’s office and allegedly told the sheriff that he had just killed his girlfriend, Shannon Dustin, at their home on Redwine Road in West Liberty.

Investigators say Schraufnagel confessed to choking and cutting the victim’s throat with a knife during an argument about where she was going to have their child.

Deputies say their baby was due in December

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