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A Saudi Arabian man who was attending the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs was arrested and charged with killing his girlfriend’s unborn child against her will using a metal shishkebab, and he could receive a life sentence in prison if the allegations of unlawful termination of a pregnancy and sexual assault are proved.
Ahmed Sameer Almesbahi, 23, a Saudi Arabian native in the U.S. on a student Visa, was arrested after police obtained evidence which supports claims of his companion who is a Kazakh immigrant and graduate student. The evidence includes medical records showing she had been pregnant in 2015 and a cell phone picture of the aborted fetus, which she expelled in a bathroom at a shopping mall.
The woman claimed that they married in a Muslim religious ceremony, but he denies that it took place and describes her as his girlfriend. They met on a Muslim dating site in 2012 and previously lived together in Denver before moving to Colorado Springs.
Almesbahi is also charged with witness intimidation, due to allegedly threatened the woman to stay away from court after he was cited for domestic violence in 2015 . The charges in that case were ultimately dismissed.
The police are saying that Almesbahi comes from a wealthy family and allegedly told that woman that his father would kill him unless they got rid of the pregnancy.
He is free on $150,000 bond.