Man sentenced to life in prison after fatally shooting pregnant woman in front of her 2 children

SAN ANTONIO – A 39-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for shooting and killing a pregnant woman in front of her two children at a Northwest Side motel.

Dillon Meckel was charged with capital murder of multiple persons for causing the death of Laura Placker, 37, and her unborn child, according to Bexar County court records.

Meckel later admitted to San Antonio police officers at the scene that he had shot Placker, SAPD said…

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