Courtney Delano, Pregnant Teen, Murdered by Boyfriend Days After Probation for Assault, Say Cops
PORTAGE, Mich. (CBS/AP) Courtney Marie Delano, a 19-year-old who was six months pregnant, was killed in a shooting at a Portage apartment complex Saturday, and investigators believe her boyfriend, who had been ordered to stay away from Delano, is the killer.
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The young woman's unborn child also did not survive.
Delano's boyfriend Rollon Marko found
himself back in court just three days after he got out of jail for assaulting a police officer and for domestic violence in an incident against Delano in April, reports CBS affiliate WWMT.
Now Marko, who's 26, is facing charges of open murder, assault on a pregnant person causing still birth or miscarriage, and two counts of felony with a firearm.
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After hearing the charges against, Marko told the judge, "I thought I was being charged with involuntary manslaughter," says WWMT.
Bond was denied, the station says.
Delano's mother, Daniell Reynolds, told WWMT the couple had a history of violence, saying, "You just don't have accidents that leave that many marks, that size, that color, that much, that often."
Courtney Delano had a personal protection order against Marko, but it was dropped on Friday when Marko was given probation for the assault on the police officer, reported WWMT.
Marko has a criminal record including driving violations, minor in possession of alcohol, trespassing, retail fraud and larceny.
He is due back in court on June 2nd.
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