Friend of slain mother Heidi Broussard charged with capital murder and kidnapping
Green said he believed that Fieramusca had been pregnant with his child, the document said, and Fieramusca told him on December 13 that she had given birth.
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A friend of slain Austin mother Heidi Broussard, who went missing in December and was later found dead, has been charged with capital murder and kidnapping.
Magen Fieramusca, 34, was indicted Tuesday by a grand jury in Travis County, according to a news release from the Travis County District Attorney’s office. The indictment alleges that Fieramusca kidnapped Broussard, 33, and her newborn daughter and asphyxiated Broussard.
Fieramusca’s bond has been set at $1 million for the capital murder charge and $100,000 on the kidnapping charge, according to the release.
Surveillance video taken by a neighbor shows Fieramusca’s vehicle in the parking lot of Broussard’s apartment complex on the day of her disappearance, the affidavit said. A resident of the apartment complex told investigators that she saw a woman with a small infant get into the back seat of the vehicle before it sped away.
FBI agents searching for Broussard and her daughter followed Fieramusca’s ex-boyfriend Christopher Green as he left their shared home in Houston and approached him as he left a Target store with baby clothes and formula, the affidavit said.
When they showed him a flyer with pictures of the missing mother and child he replied, “That’s the baby at my house,” the affidavit said.
Green said he believed that Fieramusca had been pregnant with his child, the document said, and Fieramusca told him on December 13 that she had given birth.
Fieramusca told investigators that she had given birth at a birthing center in The Woodlands, an area north of Houston, on December 12 and brought the baby home the same day. When questioned by investigators she could not recall the name of the center, the affidavit said.
Magen Fieramusca used a leash to strangle Heidi Broussard, indictment claims
The woman charged with capital murder and kidnapping in the disappearance and death of Austin mom Heidi Broussard allegedly used a leash to strangle her longtime friend. According to the Travis County Jail website, Magen Fieramusca is charged with capital murder by terror threat. She was already...
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The woman charged with capital murder and kidnapping in the disappearance and death of Austin mom Heidi Broussard allegedly used a leash to strangle her longtime friend.
According to the Travis County Jail website, Magen Fieramusca is charged with capital murder by terror threat. She was already charged with tampering with physical evidence, and two counts of kidnapping.
Fieramusca was reportedly a close friend of Heidi Broussard, an Austin mother who went missing with her infant daughter last month. A week after she disappeared, her body was found in the trunk of a car at a home near Houston. She had been strangled to death. Her daughter, Margo, was found in the home and reunited with her father.
The Travis County District Attorney's Office said a grand jury indicted Fieramusca on the capital murder charge on Tuesday. According to the indictment, Fieramusca asphyxiated Broussard, intentionally causing her death. Court documents said she used a leash, her hands, and 'a manner unknown to the grand jury.'
