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		</div><p><span style="color: #0a0000;"><strong>aryland man accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend told police he &#8216;shot her in the head because he feared he had buried her alive and didn&#8217;t want her to suffer&#8217;</strong></span></p>
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<h6><span style="color: #0a0000;"><strong>Tyler Tessier, 32, ia accused of killing Laura Wallen, in Damascus, Maryland, on Sept 2, 2017<br />
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<h6><span style="color: #0a0000;"><strong>The 31-year-old high school teacher was found shot in the back of the head and buried in a shallow grave</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #0a0000;"><strong>Prosecutors say Tessier admitted to shooting her once in the head because he feared she was still alive after he buried her and didn&#8217;t want her to suffer </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #0a0000;"><strong>Tessier was arrested shortly after he appeared, very much the grieving boyfriend, alongside Wallen’s parents at a press conference, pleading for her safe return</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #0a0000;"><strong>However, when interviewed by police </strong></span><span style="color: #0a0000;"><strong>Tessier allegedly changed his story multiple times and gave conflicting reports to police about what had happened to his girlfriend</strong></span></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color: #0a0000;">Tyler Tessier has been charged with first degree murder in Laura Wallen’s sla</span>y</strong><span style="color: #0a0000;">ing</span></h6>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-291372" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/laura-wallen-and-boyfriend-tyler-tessier-2.png" alt="laura-wallen-and-boyfriend-tyler-tessier 2.PNG" width="952" height="588" />Tyler Tessier allegedly told police in Montgomery County, MD that he shot his pregnant girlfriend, Laura Wallen, in the head because he feared she was still alive even after he buried her in September</strong></h6>
<p>A Maryland man accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend allegedly told police he shot her once in the head because he feared she was still alive even after he buried her.<br />
Tyler Tessier, 32, was charged with first-degree murder after his 31-year-old girlfriend Laura Wallen was found dead in a shallow grave in Damascus on September 13.<br />
Wallen, a local high school teacher, had been reported missing by her family several days earlier when she failed to turn up for the first day of class.<br />
Tyler Tessier allegedly told police in Maryland that he shot his girlfriend Laura Wallen, in the head because he feared she was still alive even after he buried her in September.</p>
<h6><img class="alignnone wp-image-255400" src="https://i0.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/tyler-tessie-1.jpg?resize=540%2C720&;ssl=1" alt="Tyler Tessie 1" width="618" height="824" data-attachment-id="255400" data-permalink="https://konniemoments.com/2017/09/14/tyler-tessier-maryland-man-accused-of-murdering-his-pregnant-teacher-girlfriend-was-engaged-to-another-woman/tyler-tessie-1/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/tyler-tessie-1.jpg?fit=480%2C640&;ssl=1" data-orig-size="480,640" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{";aperture";:";0";,";credit";:";";,";camera";:";";,";caption";:";";,";created_timestamp";:";0";,";copyright";:";";,";focal_length";:";0";,";iso";:";0";,";shutter_speed";:";0";,";title";:";";,";orientation";:";0";}" data-image-title="Tyler Tessie 1" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/tyler-tessie-1.jpg?fit=225%2C300&;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/tyler-tessie-1.jpg?fit=480%2C640&;ssl=1" /><br />
<strong>Tyler Tessier shot his pregnant girlfriend in the back of the head</strong></h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font"><strong>Related:</strong> <a href="https://konniemoments.com/2017/09/15/laura-wallen-pregnant-maryland-high-school-teacher-found-in-a-shallow-grave-was-executed-police/" rel="bookmark"><br />
Laura Wallen, pregnant Maryland high school teacher found in a shallow grave was executed – police</a></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font"><a href="https://konniemoments.com/2017/09/14/tyler-tessier-maryland-man-accused-of-murdering-his-pregnant-teacher-girlfriend-was-engaged-to-another-woman/" rel="bookmark">Tyler Tessier, Maryland man accused of murdering his pregnant teacher girlfriend was engaged to another woman</a></p>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-291373" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/tyler-tessier-sits-with-gwen-and-mark-wallen-during-a-press-conference-on-monday-sept-11on-missing-teacher-laura-wallen.jpg" alt="tyler-tessier-sits-with-gwen-and-mark-wallen-during-a-press-conference-on-monday-sept-11on-missing-teacher-laura-wallen.jpg" width="668" height="501" /></strong><strong>Tyler Tessier [left], appeared very much to be the grieving boyfriend when he appeared alongside Laura Wallen’s parents at a press conference, pleading for her safe return. When interviewed by police allegedly repeatedly changed his story<br />
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<p>Tessier, who had taken part in emotional press conferences appealing to find his missing girlfriend, was questioned by police before and after her body was discovered.<br />
Montgomery County prosecutors said in a recent filing that Tessier repeatedly changed his story and had initially said they were kidnapped by African-American men who forced them to drive to a paddock where Wallen was then shot, <a class="class" href="https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2018/04/prosecutor-md-murder-suspect-admits-shooting-pregnant-teacher-in-head/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">WTOP </a>reports.<br />
Tessier also told police that he helped Wallen &#8216;disappear&#8217; at her own request because she feared she would lose her job because she was four months pregnant with another man&#8217;s child.</p>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><img class="alignnone wp-image-255398" src="https://i1.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/laura-wallen-2.png?resize=517%2C869&;ssl=1" alt="Laura Wallen 2" width="517" height="869" data-attachment-id="255398" data-permalink="https://konniemoments.com/2017/09/14/tyler-tessier-maryland-man-accused-of-murdering-his-pregnant-teacher-girlfriend-was-engaged-to-another-woman/laura-wallen-2/" data-orig-file="https://i1.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/laura-wallen-2.png?fit=304%2C511&;ssl=1" data-orig-size="304,511" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{";aperture";:";0";,";credit";:";";,";camera";:";";,";caption";:";";,";created_timestamp";:";0";,";copyright";:";";,";focal_length";:";0";,";iso";:";0";,";shutter_speed";:";0";,";title";:";";,";orientation";:";0";}" data-image-title="Laura Wallen 2" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i1.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/laura-wallen-2.png?fit=178%2C300&;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i1.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/laura-wallen-2.png?fit=304%2C511&;ssl=1" /><br />
<strong>School teacher Laura Wallen was murdered by her boyfriend. She was pregnant with his child and had been engaged to marry him<br />
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<p class="imageCaption">Shortly before she was killed, Wallen had discovered that Tessier was engaged to another woman while he was in a relationship with her.<br />
Tessier later admitted to getting into a fight with Wallen and claims she struck her head on a wooden post on the porch after charging at him with scissors.<br />
He admitted to driving her car, disposing of her license plate and cellphone. He also allegedly admitted to pretending to be Wallen when he sent text messages from her phone to her sister after she had disappeared.</p>
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<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><img class="alignnone wp-image-291374" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/tyler-tessier-3.png" alt="tyler-tessier-3.png" width="802" height="472" /> <strong>Tessier has been charged with first degree murder n the death of Laura Wallen. Shortly before she was killed, Wallen had discovered that Tessier was engaged to another woman while he was in a relationship with her.</strong></h6>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Prosecutors said that Tessier [photo], on his own admission, believed Wallen had died and buried her in a shallow grave in a field.<br />
&#8216;When he grew concerned perhaps she was not deceased and that he had buried her alive, he stated he shot her once in the back of the head, to ensure she wasn&#8217;t suffering,&#8217; prosecutors said.<br />
Her autopsy results showed that she was found with a gunshot shot wound to the back of her head.<br />
Shortly before she was killed, Wallen had discovered that Tessier was engaged to another woman while he was in a relationship with her.<br />
On August 28, a week before her death, Wallen sent a text message to the other woman asking if they could meet up to get an explanation.<br />
&#8216;It&#8217;s important that some things are cleared up and I would imagine that if you were in my position, you&#8217;d want some answers as well.<br />
&#8216;By no means is this an attempt at confrontation, just looking for an explanation, woman to woman,&#8217; the text message read.<br />
It is not known whether or not the pair ever did meet up.<br />
On September 2, Wallen went with Tessier willingly to a rural property. Her family said they stopped hearing from her the following day.</p>
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<p class="imageCaption"><img class="alignnone wp-image-291377" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Laura-Wallen-2-1.png" alt="Laura Wallen 2.PNG" width="807" height="931" />Laura Wallen, [photo], a local high school teacher, had been reported missing by her family several days earlier when she failed to turn up for the first day of class.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">The next day, her sister received text messages from her phone which claimed Tessier was not the baby&#8217;s father but that another man named &#8216;Antwan&#8217; was.<br />
&#8216;I am like 95 per cent sure Tyler is not the father,&#8217; one read. Another said: &#8216;I&#8217;m probably going to lose my job over this. If he tries to call you, please tell him he&#8217;s a great guy because I know I really hurt his feelings.&#8217;<br />
Police have determined that Tessier wrote those messages to try to shift suspicion from himself onto one of Wallen&#8217;s ex-boyfriends, Antoine Broadnax, who she hadn&#8217;t seen for years.<br />
Tessier has been charged with first degree murder and is being held without bond.<br />
He is also charged with obstruction of justice, tampering with evidence and making false statements.<br />
His trial is scheduled to start in September.</p>

Tyler Tessier, Maryland man charged with killing his pregnant girlfriend told police he ‘shot her in the head because he feared he had buried her alive and didn’t want her to suffer’
