Published at 1:52 PM, February 14, 2025
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. (Court Television)– New charges have actually been submitted versus the 20-year-old implicated of killing his pregnant sweetheart, Mia Campos, after a grand jury prosecuted him on Wednesday.
Jesus Monroy sits beside his lawyer, Brandon Delfunt, at a likely cause hearing for the 20-year-old who was charged in the death of 16-year-old Mia Campos and their coming infant kid, at the Georgia Magistrate Court in Gwinnett County on Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. (Court Television)
Jesus Monroy now deals with statutory rape, kid molestation and luring a kid for indecent functions, in addition to the felony murder, feticide, and attack charges lodged versus him last summer season.
Cops stated Campos left her home on the night of July 14 to go to a filling station with Monroy however never ever returned. Her moms and dads utilized an app to track her area to a woody location where they discovered her body disposed of in the woods. Monroy went with her household to look for Campos that night, he informed them he had not seen her that day.
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District attorneys stated it was Monroy who enticed his 16-year-old sweetheart, who was 7.5 months pregnant with their coming kid, to the entryway of her area, where he eliminated her by ways of asphyxiation before leaving her body in the woods.
Monroy was jailed on July 17 for supplying incorrect declarations to officers, however murder charges were not submitted till July 23.
Brandon Delfunt, Monroy’s court-appointed lawyer, challenged the State’s case at an Aug. bond hearing. Delfunt called the State’s proof “simple allegations” and stated district attorneys have “essentially no physical proof.” Delfunt then exposed that he had proof of his own that would show his customer’s innocence.
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While the judge discovered possible cause to go to trial, Judge Karen Beyers set bail at $50K for the accused, $25K less than the defense had actually asked for, and Monroy was launched.
Monroy’s release was short-term, as he is back in prison, according to Gwinnett County Police records. Records reveal Monroy returning into custody Thursday night, the day after the grand jury’s indictment was submitted. Monroy’s defense has actually submitted another movement for bond, although a hearing has actually not been set.
