Ind. Man Allegedly Confesses to Shooting Pregnant Estranged Wife in the Back, Was Upset Child Isn't His

Kayla Netherland McBride was "pregnant with her miracle baby, after several failed pregnancies," according to her family

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An Indiana man has been arrested after allegedly confessing to shooting his pregnant wife because he believed the child she was carrying was not his.

Jeremy McBride, 36, is accused of shooting his estranged wife, identified by Indianapolis’ Fox 59 as Kayla Netherland.

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On Thursday, Jan. 23, McBride was charged with the Attempted Murder (Attempted intentional killing of another) of Netherland and Feticide (terminates human pregnancy w/intent other than to produce live birth) for her unborn child, according to court records viewed by PEOPLE.

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Citing a probable cause affidavit, WISH-TV reported that on Sunday, Jan. 19, officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department responded to a home in the 700 block of Pleasant Run Parkway Drive North shortly after 6 p.m.

A neighbor had gone to the home to do laundry and discovered McBride “in the bathroom of the residence, standing next to an adult female who was lying on the ground bleeding” and “no one else was in the residence," court papers read, per WISH-TV.

The outlet adds that responding officers found the victim with gunshot wounds to her back. After being rushed to a hospital, doctors were able to determine that Netherland was 20 weeks pregnant.

McBride was not at the residence when officers arrived, the news station said.

According to Fox 59, McBride allegedly called 911 to confess to the shooting and was arrested within 30 minutes.

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McBride allegedly told police he purchased a gun before the shooting and spent days planning the crime. The 36-year-old allegedly practiced firing the weapon at a shooting range, and intended to take his own life as well.

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“During the course of the interview, McBride informed detectives multiple times that he had gone to (the residence) with the intention to kill K. McBride, to kill the fetus K. McBride was carrying, and then kill himself,” Detective Ahmad stated in a probable cause affidavit, per WISH-TV.

“Certainly what is alleged is this person went to great lengths to carry out what he intended to do,” Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears said, per Fox 59.

Prosecutors claim to have found notes from McBride in which he “wrote of his frustrations with his estranged wife’s infidelity and his frustrations with their failed relationship," Fox 59 reports.

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McBride reportedly admitted to being angry because “he and his wife hadn’t gotten divorced, yet she had gotten pregnant” with another man’s child.

“The person [in] this case made admissions about what his exact intentions were going to be and he was aware about her pregnancy and that was [the] motivating factor to take the steps he decided to take,” Mears said. “You don’t usually have an individual who is that honest with law enforcement about how did all of this occur.”

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"She was 5 months pregnant with her miracle baby, after several failed pregnancies in the past, and she has lost her baby due to this outrageous crime committed against her,” her family told WRTV. “She is alive, and not paralyzed, thank God.”

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Following her surgeries, her left ovary, left fallopian tube and more have been removed.

McBride is due in court for his initial hearing on Friday, Jan. 24.

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