Pregnant Woman Was Allegedly Killed by Navy Officer — and Family Says It Happened After She Refused Abortion


A U.S. Navy lieutenant has been charged with first-degree murder in the killing of his pregnant girlfriend.

Emmanuel Dewayne Coble, 27, has also been charged with use of a firearm in the commission of murder.

Raquiah Paulette King, 20, was found July 21 in Hanover County off the side of the road in the ditch line.
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Wife Was Filing Abuse Complaint Against Husband When He Ran into Home, Killed Her While She Held Baby


At 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 22, Takara Glenn Hightower, 34, was being interviewed by NCIS agents about allegations of domestic violence against her husband, Navy senior chief recruiter Greg Hightower, when he burst into their home in Atascocita, northeast of Houston, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office, the Navy Times reports.

Takara was shot and killed by her husband, NCIS spokesman Jeff Houston confirmed to PEOPLE in an email.

Takara was holding the couple's baby when her husband shot her, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said at a press conference.

"The NCIS Special Agent and second NCIS Special Agent on scene returned fire on Mr. Hightower, who managed to flee and drive away," Houston said in an email to PEOPLE.
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