THAT HE KNOWS WILL NOT SIT WELL
WITH EVERYONE.
33-YEAR-OLD TYLER TESSIER, JUST
INDICTED FOR THE MURDER OF HIS
PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND, WILDE LAKE
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER LAURA WALLEN
WILL NOT BE TRIED FOR THE DEATH
OF HER BABY.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY STATES
ATTORNEY, JOHN MCCARTHY BROKE
THE NEWS TODAY, EXPLAINING HIS
HANDS ARE TIED BY MARYLAND LAW.
>> HER CHILD WAS AUTOPSIED.
AND THE MEDICAL TEAM ESTABLISHED
AT THE TIME OF HER MURDER MISS
WALLEN'S CHILD WAS 14 WEEKS OLD.
BASED ON MEDICAL TESTIMONY, THE
CHILD WAS NOT VIABLE INDEPENDENT
OF MISS WALLEN.
BASED ON THOSE MEDICAL FINDINGS
AND AS A MATTER OF LAW IN
MARYLAND, AS A RESULT THE
DEFENDANT IS NOT CHAREGABLE WITH
A SECOND COUNT OF MURDER RELATED
TO THE CHILD.
KATE PROSECUTORS BELIEVE LAURA
: WALLEN WAS KILLED ON SEPTEMBER
3
AFTER TESSIER LURED THE
31-YEAR-OLD TO A FIELD IN
DAMASCAS, SHOT HER IN THE BACK
OF THE HEAD, AND BURIED HER IN A
SHALLOW GRAVE.
HER PARENTS DEVASTATED.
>> TOTALLY TORN OUR WORLD APART.
IT'S LIKE A BAD TV DRAMA THAT
YOU WISH YOU COULD TURN OFF, BUT
YOU CAN'T.
KATE THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR THE
: SINGLE COUNT OF MURDER TESSIER
IS CHARGED WITH?
LIFE IN PRISON.
HOWEVER, MCCARTHY SAYS, IF HE
SECURES A CONVICTION, THE
PREGNANCY COULD FACTOR-IN DURING
SENTENCING.
>> AS WE EXAMINE THE ISSUE OF
LIFE WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF
PAROLE AND THE APPROPRIATENESS
OF THAT NOTICE BEING FILED, WE
WILL BE CONSIDERING THAT.
AND WE WOULD HOPE THAT ANY JUDGE
IN ANY CASE WOULD CONSIDER ALL
APPROPRIATE FACTORS.
KATE THE COUNTY STATES ATTORNEY
: TOLD REPORTERS, HE DOES NOT
EXPECT ANYONE ELSE TO BE CHARGED
IN THIS CASE.
AND HE EXPECTS THE TRIAL TO
