Crime & Safety
Murder Suspect to 911: "She's All I Got," "Please Hurry," "Oh, God"
The man suspected of killing his pregnant wife pleaded with 911 dispatchers to save her. Prosecutors are now seeking to upgrade the charges against the suspect from second-degree murder to premeditated first-degree murder.
Roger Earl Holland, the 36-year-old Texas National Guardsman accused of killing his wife Margorie Ann Holland, 37, and the couple's unborn child in a March 7 incident at their Apple Vally home, reportedly pleaded with 911 dispatchers to save her, according to a Pioneer Press article by Marino Eccher.
During the call Roger Holland sobbed and said, "She's all I got," "Please hurry," "Oh, God," and "Please don't leave," according to the article.
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Roger Holland has been charged with second-degree murder in both deaths, and county prosecutors are looking to a grand jury to decide whether the charges should be upgraded to premeditated first-degree murder.
The defendant remains in custody with bail set at $1 million.
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