BURKE COUNTY, N.C. — A man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in connection with the murder of 41-year-old Brandi Deal and her unborn child.
On Feb. 10, first responders found Deal with gunshot wounds a day before she was supposed to give birth.
She and her baby would later die from their injuries, according to court documents.
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Shortly after, 32-year-old Dylan James Rogers was charged in connection with Deal’s murder.
On April 10, a jury found Rogers guilty of second-degree murder and murder of an unborn child.
He will serve his period of incarceration in the custody of the North Carolina Division of Adult Corrections.
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