Briuna Hartry, pregnant, Milledgeville, Georgia woman shot and killed by Jajuan Taylor child’s father who then takes own life in murder-suicide. No known motive. Expectant mom was one month away from giving birth.
A Georgia woman who was 33 weeks pregnant and due to give birth next month was shot and killed in an apparent murder-suicide.
Jajuan Taylor, 33 according to investigators shot Briuna Hartry, 31, and her unborn child inside a residence in the 100 block of North Richmond Street sometime between midnight and 8 a.m, Friday before taking his own life.
13wmaz reported Taylor being the father of Harty’s unborn child.
Recent gender reveal baby-shower
Officers were called to the home around 10:15 a.m. June 19 where they discovered both victims dead, the Milledgeville Police Department shared in a release.
Hartry was about a month from giving birth and had recently celebrated her pregnancy with family, friends and co-workers. A June 17 Facebook post shows Hartry thanking colleagues for a surprise work baby shower, writing that her ‘baby girl is already loved.’
A January 31 video posted by a friend documented an earlier gender reveal celebration for Hartry and Taylor.
Not immediately clear is what led to Taylor targeting Harty and whether there had been previous episodes of domestic violence.
Police said there is no ongoing threat to the public and that no additional suspects are being sought.
The bodies of Taylor and Hartry will be sent to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab in Macon for autopsies, police said.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to contact Lieutenant Phillip Vinson at 478-414-4090.
