Fight about pregnancy led to 2009 slaying on campus of Forestville Military Academy
by Andrea Noble
An Oxon Hill man has been sentenced to 30 years in jail for killing his pregnant girlfriend, whom he ran over with a car and left to die on the Forestville Military Academy's campus in May 2009.
Bernard Bellamy Jr., 21, [Right, in ROTC uniform] faced a first-degree murder charge for the slaying of Valicia Andrea Demery, 19, of District Heights. He pleaded guilty Friday to a lesser charge of second-degree murder, as part of a plea agreement.
Bellamy was sentenced the same day in Prince George’s County Circuit Court by Judge Sean D. Wallace, said Ramon V. Korionoff, spokesman for the Prince George’s County state’s attorney’s office.
Police said Bellamy, who was a student at West Virginia State University at the time, and Demery argued whether Demery should have an abortion. Bellamy sent Demery, who was four months pregnant, threatening text messages the night before her death, according to charging documents from Prince George’s County District Court.
According to the documents, Demery texted Bellamy, "I really hope u cum to ur senses soon cuz im not goin do this by myself cuz I didnt make this baby by myself."
Bellamy replied by text, "I hope u cum to urs b4 its 2 late," to which Demery texted, "B4 whats too late??" Bellamy responded by text, "U will c."
A jogger found Demery’s body around 6:30 a.m. May 10, 2009, on the track at the Forestville school where they had both graduated. She had been run over and dragged underneath a car, charging documents state.[More]