Court denies appeal for Lufkin man who killed 2 fetuses

LUFKIN, TX (KTRE) –

An appeals court has denied a new trial for a Lufkin man convicted of killing twin fetuses in 2004.

Lufkin Police arrested Gerardo Flores, 25, on May 7, 2004, after they learned he had killed his girlfriend’s twin fetuses by kicking her in the stomach. Throughout the investigation and subsequent trial, he claimed he did it because she wanted an abortion.

Because state law prevents a woman from being charged with killing her own fetus, Flores had to go to trial on his own.

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