TOLEDO, Ohio — Toledo police are searching for whoever shot and killed a pregnant woman in south Toledo.
Tameisha Price, 34, died at a home on Norton Place near Reynolds Road and Airport Highway on Wednesday morning.
Autopsy results from the Lucas County Coroner released on Thursday showed Price died from multiple gunshot wounds, and her unborn baby girl died from complications due to the shooting.
But what kind of charges could whoever pulled the trigger face? With Price and her unborn child gone, is this considered a double homicide?
Toledo attorney Jerry Phillips said you have to look no further than the definition of murder in the Ohio revised code to find the answer.
The definition, found in section 2903.02 reads, "No person shall purposely cause the death of another or the unlawful termination of another's pregnancy."
Phillips said because this most recent case fits both criteria, it certainly could be ruled a double homicide under the law.
"It's cut and dry in the sense they can charge it. Whether they can prove it or not is a different story," said Phillips. "But does the charge provide for two charges with a mother and unborn child? Yes."
There's a recent precedent for these kinds of legal decisions, such as a recent case out of Wood County.
In March 2023, 23-year-old Alicia Rosa of Bowling Green, then pregnant with her first child, was killed by her boyfriend, Jimmy David Cole.
Prosecutors sought murder charges for both the death of Rosa and her unborn baby. A Wood County jury found Cole guilty of both murders in January.
For now, Toledo police are still searching for whoever killed Price and her unborn child.
If you have any information that can help, call or text Crime Stoppers at 419-255-1111. You can remain anonymous and could be eligible for a cash reward.
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