The ex-boyfriend of a pregnant Virginia mother pleaded guilty to second degree murder on Thursday, according to the Loudoun County commonwealth’s attorney.
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Boyfriend, 40, is charged with murder over 2011 cold-case disappearance of his pregnant girlfriend, 21, whose body was never found
Roland Roldan was charged with second-degree murder and abduction over the January 2011 disappearance of his girlfriend, Bethany Decker, in Virginia
Decker, 21, was five months pregnant with her second child when she went missing from her Ashburn apartment
Decker was married to an active-duty soldier but having an affair with Roldan, who had four children with three different women
In 2016, Roldan was sentenced to six years in prison for brutally attacking and shooting another ex-girlfriend
Ronald Roldan has been charged with 2nd-degree murder in connection with Decker s disappearance in 2011. Author: Nick Boykin (WUSA9) Updated: 9:03 PM EST December 14, 2020
LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. Bethany Decker s former boyfriend Ronald Roldan has been charged with 2nd-degree murder in connection with her disappearance in 2011, according to the Loudoun County Police Department.
The 40-year-old Roldan was charged on Monday with the murder charge, according to authorities.
The disappearance of Bethany Decker has mystified investigators in Loudoun County for nine years. But in early November, authorities announced a major development in the case: prosecutors are charging Decker s former boyfriend with abduction.
It is not known at this time what evidence or communication with Roldan by police led to the murder charge against him.
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The case surrounding the former boyfriend of a missing Ashburn woman was transferred to Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court today. He will face a preliminary hearing Jan. 13.
In 2011, Bethany Anne Decker went missing while five months pregnant and in her final semester at George Mason University at the age of 21. She has never been found. Her former boyfriend, Ronald Roldan, who allegedly was living with Decker at the time, was a person of interest in the case but never was charged with her disappearance, until last month when the Sheriff’s Office charged him with abduction, a Class 5 felony.