A man who was arrested for assaulting his &to=http:// english.pravda.ru/science/ 19/94/377/12796_pregnancy.html ' target=_blank>pregnant girlfriend in San Jose is being held on a murder charge.
Police say the 25-year-old woman was 18 weeks pregnant when the male fetus was delivered dead yesterday.
She told police that her boyfriend, 44-year-old Clifford Beane Watkins, choked her and kicked her in the stomach at a local motel, reports KESQ News.
According to the San Diego Union Tribune, San Jose Police Sgt. Steve Dixon did not know if the assault sent the unidentified woman into premature labor, caused a miscarriage or required doctors to induce labor. An autopsy will be conducted to determine why the fetus died, he said.
"We think the cause of death is going to be the kick to the stomach, so that is why we booked (Watkins) for murder," Dixon said.
Watkins, 44, was being held without bail in the Santa Clara County Jail.
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