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Nov. 05, 2008
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District Attorney to pursue manslaughter charge in shooting death of unborn baby

William John Keck

The man who authorities allege used a chain saw and assault rifle to shoot into his estranged wife’s apartment, killing her boyfriend and the woman's unborn child, will be charged in the slaying of the 18-week-old fetus, the Clark County district attorney said today.

District Attorney David Roger said lawyers in his office reviewed the case and determined they will pursue an additional charge of “manslaughter, killing of an unborn quick child,” against 25-year-old William John Keck.


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    • Keck faced charges of murder, attempted murder, and battery with a deadly weapon resulting in bodily harm for the early-morning shooting Monday at the apartments of Fountains at Villa Cordova, 2800 S. Eastern Ave.

    In that shooting, Las Vegas police said Keck used a chain saw to cut a hole in his estranged wife’s apartment door. He later shot the door knob off, and then fired multiple rounds through the hole, according to a police report.

    The shooting resulted in the death of 26-year-old Jonathan Lestelle, as well as the unborn child he had with his girlfriend, Angelique Keck, the report said. She was seriously injured in the shooting. A friend of Angelique on Tuesday said she was expected to recover.

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    Ned wrote on April 02, 2009 07:25 PM: Keck's daddy & mama desperately need to learn what a raincoat is. I'll even say this to their faces the day they tearfully watch their mistake get gassed in Carson City.


    bob wrote on February 07, 2009 11:50 AM: you all are ignorant.


    ben wrote on January 06, 2009 09:12 AM: Keck deservers to rot in hell, if there is such a place. I hope he gets the death penalty.


    Hannah wrote on November 10, 2008 04:59 PM: if he is charged for murder of an unborn baby than why isn't all the thousands of women everyday charged for murder in the abortion clinics? A person is a person no matter how small. So since he murdered the unborn boy or girl is charged with murder, that law is proclaiming that it is a child but that same law makes it legal to kill babies in the abortion clinics, for convenience and for the economy. Wow we are a nation that murders it future generation. America is pathetic.


    ck wrote on November 06, 2008 09:10 AM: Wow...really?


    TimeRanger wrote on November 05, 2008 09:53 PM: Well, this is going to open up a very costly can-o-worms ... costly to the taxpayers. Why not just the attempted murder and murder-1 charges??