I came to Carthage, where I found myself
in the midst of a hissing cauldron of lusts. I had not yet fallen in
love, but I was in love with the idea of it, and this feeling that
something was missing made me despise myself for not being more
anxious to satisfy the need. I began to look around for some object
for my love, since I badly wanted to love something. — St. Augustine, Confessions
At the very least, he can easily claim that he came to the realization that babies and vaginas are icky...
From the freedom-loving geniuses at Lancasteronline.com:
Man accused of killing pregnant girlfriend
Matthew Scott Becker, who is accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend last summer, did not want her to have the baby, according to statements included in a pretrial motion.
The statements also indicate his girlfriend, 21-year-old Allison Walsh, desperately wanted out of the relationship.
"I am so tempted to just pack all my (belongings) up, but I'm deathly afraid of his reaction," Walsh told a relative three weeks before she was killed, according to the motion. "He'll "probably flip out and pull a gun on me, knowing him."
Police allege that's exactly what happened on Aug. 12, 2011, inside a Mastersonville home where the couple lived. Becker shot Walsh once in the head, according to police, and she and her unborn baby girl died.
Becker claimed the gun went off accidentally. In police interviews recently played in court, Becker said he was extremely distraught, calling Walsh and the baby his "world."
Forensic examinations of Becker's and Walsh's computers portray Becker as an abusive companion who wanted nothing to do with Walsh or the baby that was due in September 2011, according to the motion filed in court.
Becker "was not excited about her pregnancy and wanted Allison Walsh to terminate the pregnancy," a prosecutor writes in the lengthy motion.
In fact, Becker was pursuing a relationship with a man, according to the motion.
Lancaster County President Judge Joseph Madenspacher will decide whether the statements made to investigators will be allowed as evidence at Becker's trial, scheduled for January. Madenspacher said Tuesday that he should make his decision by month's end.
Prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty if Becker is convicted of first-degree murder.
Becker's defense team is arguing the evidence is inflammatory. They also claim that many statements Becker made to police were taken against his will. In those statements, Becker admitted that he shot Walsh but not intentionally.
The prosecutor's motion contains conversations between Walsh and her relatives that allude to Becker's allegedly abusive nature and several threats he made with weapons.
One time, Walsh told relatives that Becker held a knife to her and said, "You can't do anything. I can kill you so easily," according to the motion.
Walsh told relatives that was not the only time Becker threatened her with weapons.
"He would just freak out," she told relatives, according to the motion.
Walsh had formed a plan in the summer of 2011 to move out, the motion reads. She planned to either move to her mother's home in New Jersey or return to her father's home when her sister left for college in the fall.
"I just hate to swallow my pride," she told a relative on July 21, 2011, according to the motion.
Investigators, who examined Becker's computer, also discovered that he was soliciting men for sex less than a month before Walsh was killed, the motion reads.
There you go. He just couldn't spoon with the "man" of his dreams if he had some chick and a kid for whom he was responsible. All he needs is a lawyer who can get him into the federal courts on appeal. It will then be easy to claim he's being persecuted by "homophobic" right-wing Christian nazis.
Becker "solicits individuals to meet and engage in various sexual activities," a prosecutor writes in the motion.
"My girlfriend doesn't know and I think it may be better that way for now," Becker wrote to one man, according to the motion.
"I'm kind of doing this behind my girlfriend's back," he told another man.
A specific date was arranged with at least one man, but that man canceled at the last minute, according to the motion.
The defense should find that guy and vilify him as causing the double homicide by breaking La Becker's heart. Juries just love stories of passion and love.
Assistant District Attorney Mark Fetterman and Assistant District Attorney Deborah Greathouse, filed the motion for the prosecution.
Allentown lawyer Dennis Charles leads Becker's defense team.
Madenspacher, in his impending ruling, may allow all of the evidence, parts of it or none of it at Becker's trial.
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