PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) — A man was convicted in a St. Lucie County court after killing a pregnant woman and her unborn child back in 2018.
On Friday, Antonio Soto Escalera, 48, was found guilty on two counts of first-degree murder for killing 23-year-old Tania Esther Wise and her unborn child. Wise was only week away from delivering her baby through a scheduled cesarean section, the sheriff’s office says.
According to the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office (SLCSO), seven years ago on August 24, 2018 Wise’s body was found along Russo Road near Johnston Road in a rural area of St. Lucie County. A passerby found her lying face down and called 911 at about 10:51 a.m…