‘Kill the baby’: Arizona man murders pregnant girlfriend after she refused abortion
An Arizona man has been charged with murdering his pregnant girlfriend after she refused to have an abortion. The incident escalated after the boyfriend, Michael Sanchez, threatened her multiple times, culminating in a shooting that left one other pregnant woman injured. Rylee Montgomery, the victim, was 14 weeks pregnant at the time of her death.
- ▪Michael Sanchez, 18, is accused of murdering his 16-year-old girlfriend, Rylee Montgomery, after she declined to abort their child.
- ▪Rylee's stepmother reported that Sanchez had threatened Rylee and even choked her during their relationship.
- ▪Sanchez is being held on two counts of first-degree murder and other charges, while Rylee's death is considered a murder under Arizona law.
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| Publication time | Tue, 19 May 2026 21:51:05 +0000 |
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News ‘Kill the baby’: Arizona man murders pregnant girlfriend after she refused abortion 16-year-old Rylee Montgomery was determined to keep her baby despite violent rage from her boyfriend that reportedly began after she declined to get an abortion. EVA CARRE/Shutterstock EmilyMangiaracina 0 Emily Mangiaracina Comments 0 Tue May 19, 2026 - 5:51 pm EDT (LifeSiteNews) — An 18 year-old Arizona man murdered his pregnant girlfriend in escalating anger that was reportedly due to her refusal to kill their child through abortion. Michael Sanchez killed his girlfriend, 16-year-old Rylee Montgomery, and shot another 17-year-old pregnant girl as well as a 22-year-old woman on Thursday evening.
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