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Jessie Davis was murdered. Why is this national news? Domestic homicides are tragic, far too commonplace, and if CNN were to cover them all there would be no time for anything else. So why among all the murders across the nation has hers been so significant? It just so happens that Jessie Davis was experiencing a growth of tissue in her uterus at the time of her death. In other situations this would be a trivial detail. Imagine the news headline, “Slain Man Autopsy Shows Benign Colon Polyp.” No reporter would draw attention to such an inconsequential health condition. Any...

Former police officer Bobby Cutts was arrested for the killing of his ex-girlfriend, 26 year-old Jessie Davis and their unborn baby, whom she had already named Chloe. The horrible crimes gripped the nation for more than a week while Jessie was missing and as thousands of volunteers searched and prayed for her safe return. Cutts is being charged with two counts of murder, one count of murder is for the unborn child. The crimes took place in Ohio, which is among the 35 States that as of early 2007 recognizes the “unlawful” killing of an unborn child as homicide. Sadly...

Canton, OH (LifeNews.com) -- Canton police officer Bobby Cutts appeared in court on Monday and said he didn't kill his girlfriend Jesse Davis and her nine-month-old unborn child Chloe. The case is the latest to draw the nation's attention to violence against pregnant women and how they are frequently targeted because of their pregnancy. Cutts is behind held on $5 million bond and has been charged both for the murder of Jesse Davis and under an Ohio unborn victims law that allows a second charge when an unborn child is killed. The law is similar to the one used to...