Gwinnett man accused of killing teen carrying his child granted bond for second time

The antheral accused of sidesplitting a 16-year-old miss and their unborn lad was granted enslaved for the 2nd clip Friday morning.

Jesus Monroy, 20, was already retired connected a $50,000 enslaved tied to execution and feticide charges erstwhile a expansive assemblage returned 5 caller felony counts successful February, including statutory rape, kid molestation and enticing a kid for indecent purposes. He was taken backmost into custody aft the caller indictment.

The charges stem signifier the sidesplitting of Mia Campos, his ex-girlfriend who was 7 months pregnant.

Following a enslaved proceeding Wednesday, Superior Court Judge Tuwanda Rush Williams issued an bid allowing Monroy’s merchandise connected the caller charges if helium could station a $150,000 bond. According to the enslaved order, helium indispensable stay nether location arrest, deterioration an ankle monitor, and person nary interaction with the victim’s household oregon witnesses.

In a statement, Gwinnett County District Attorney Patsy Austin-Gatson expressed disappointment with the ruling.

“As a effect of suspect being granted enslaved again, adjacent with further charges, the District Attorney’s Office volition proceed to combat to bring justness and accountability to the Defendant due to the fact that of the heinous discourtesy of sidesplitting a large teenaged parent and her child,” Austin-Gatson said Friday morning. “We bash not hold with the granting of enslaved successful specified cases arsenic this, but we contiguous the issues to the court, and the tribunal gives her ruling.

“We guarantee the household that the District Attorney’s Office volition combat and execute justness successful this case. The suspect has a ineligible close and is presumed guiltless until proven guilty. We volition beryllium his guilt beyond a tenable doubt.”

Campos was recovered dormant successful a wooded country adjacent her Loganville location successful July. Prosecutors allege Monroy lured her retired of the location precocious astatine night, strangled her and near her assemblage successful the woods. DNA tests aboriginal confirmed Monroy arsenic the begetter of the unborn child, Sebastian.

During the hearing, Campos’ older brother, Alexis, described the grief his household inactive carries.

“I sojourn her sedate and beryllium and speech to her astir what’s going connected successful our lives,” helium told the court. “I archer her I privation it was maine alternatively of her.”

Prosecutor Megan Matteucci urged the tribunal to contradict bond, calling Monroy a information to the assemblage and a menace to the case.

“He told Mia to delete the messages connected her phone. He told her to bare the trash. He deleted the messages himself and lied to instrumentality enforcement,” Matteucci said. “He molested a 15-year-old girl, got her large and past killed her and her unborn baby.”

Matteucci pointed to Monroy’s ain words, recorded connected constabulary assemblage camera, wherever helium said: “I thought it was a drone … I ain’t going backmost to jail.”

But defence lawyer Brandon Delfunt argued Monroy followed each regularisation portion retired connected his archetypal bond.

“For six months, Mr. Monroy was connected enslaved … not 1 usurpation ever,” Delfunt said.

As of Friday evening, Monroy had yet to station his bond. A execution proceedings day has not yet been set.