Pregnant bodily therapist’s husband charged with homicide after suicide declare

A Texas man has been accused of killing his spouse, who was pregnant on the time of her demise, whereas their different younger youngsters have been reportedly house. 

Authorities say Lee Mongerson Gilley, 38, allegedly strangled his spouse, 38-year-old Christa Bauer Gilley, to demise at their house in Houston on Oct. 7, killing each her and their unborn baby. 

“The circumstances have been nothing wanting gut-wrenching,” associates of Christa wrote on a fundraising web page on behalf of her household. “However the loss for everybody who knew and beloved her is greater than the nightmarish particulars of her demise.”

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Houston police say 38-year-old Lee Gilley strangled his spouse, 38-year-old Christa Bauer Gilley, to demise. (Fb/Christa Bauer Gilley)

Officers arrived on the Gilley house on the evening of Oct. 7 after receiving a report of a suicide, authorities stated in a press launch. Christa was taken to a hospital, the place she was pronounced lifeless. Hospital workers stated she had bruising and obvious trauma to her face.

Gilley initially informed authorities that Christa had deliberately tried to overdose and that he discovered her unresponsive, however an post-mortem later confirmed she had accidents per strangulation. 

Her demise was dominated a murder – the trigger attributable to “compression of the neck.”

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Lee Gilley was charged with capital homicide within the demise of his spouse, Christa Bauer Gilley. (Houston Police Division)

Gilley was arrested on Oct. 11 and booked into the Harris County Jail in Houston.

Christa, who was about eight weeks pregnant on the time of the alleged killing, leaves behind two toddlers. 

In line with testimony in baby custody proceedings, Gilley allegedly informed two kinfolk he was contemplating leaving with the kids quickly after authorities questioned him about his spouse’s demise, the Houston Chronicle reported. 

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“So far as any allegation of Lee Gilley attempting to flee, these are categorically false,” Ed McClees, Gilley’s protection legal professional, informed Fox Information Digital. 

“It is a mischaracterization of feedback that have been made earlier than legal fees have been ever even filed, earlier than any warrant was ever even issued, when he was contemplating attempting to go go to his dad and mom and his youngsters’s grandparents on the household house in South Carolina,” McClees added. “He was by no means meaning to flee… he is been abiding by each bond situation that is been given to him.”

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Christa Bauer Gilley, 38, leaves behind two youngsters and was pregnant on the time of her demise. (GoFundMe)

A decide beforehand prohibited Gilley from having contact together with his two youngsters, who have been house on the time of their mom’s demise, and ordered his passport to be surrendered, the outlet added. 

Gilley has been charged with capital homicide within the demise of his spouse. He was launched from custody after posting $1 million bail, and a decide granted a brief joint conservatorship over the kids to their maternal grandparents and Gilley’s sister-in-law, the native Houston outlet reported. 

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McClees confirmed to Fox Information Digital that Gilley, who reportedly works as a software program marketing consultant, is dealing with a capital homicide cost and was launched from custody.

“So far as the capital homicide cost goes, we’re nonetheless within the means of getting the entire materials that legislation enforcement has to this point,” he stated. “They’ve not turned over the majority of the studies that we’re due… we have been informed that we ought to be getting these someday after the brand new yr, however we do not have them but. So we’re nonetheless within the means of evaluating the state’s accusations to see how exactly it’s they got here to the conclusions that they got here to.”

“Mr. Gilley is devastated on the lack of his spouse and the mom of his youngsters, and we’re working exhausting to unravel what really occurred,” McClees added. 

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Houston police say 38-year-old Lee Gilley strangled his spouse, 38-year-old Christa Bauer Gilley, to demise. (Fb/Christa Bauer Gilley)

Christa had her doctorate of bodily remedy and labored with cardiovascular and pulmonary sufferers, WDBJ reported. 

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“Christa, at her core, was a caregiver. It was no shock that she went into the healthcare area, excelled as a bodily therapist after which as a professor,” her associates stated on the fundraising web page. 

“Most significantly, to Christa, she was a mom – the embodiment of selfless care – to her two surviving youngsters. They are going to flip two and 4 within the coming months, with out the mother who’d already deliberate their birthday celebrations.”