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‘Story is awful': Man convicted of killing pregnant woman, unborn child

Nbcwashington · · 345 words · By Paul Wagner
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A jury found a 31-year-old man guilty of killing a woman he was in a relationship with and her unborn child – the first time a person has been convicted in Montgomery County, Maryland, of murdering someone who is unborn.

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What happened

A jury found a 31-year-old man guilty of killing a woman he was in a relationship with and her unborn child – the first time a person has been convicted in Montgomery County, Maryland, of murdering someone who is unborn.

Why it matters

In 2022, Torrey Moore, the father of 26-year-old Denise Middleton’s unborn child, shot Middleton inside the apartment they shared in White Oak and left her there for almost two months, prosecutors said.

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/man-convicted-of-killing-pregnant-woman…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Along the way, he searched Google for how to move a dead body without being seen.”
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Multiple sources report that Moore used Google to search for 'How to move a dead body without being seen' and 'How long does it take for a dead body to smell'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Torrey Damien Moore. A Maryland man shot a store clerk over a bottle of iced tea — then led police to the body of his pregnant girlfriend, left to rot after he killed her weeks earlier.
https://www.aol.com/lived-pregnant-girlfriends-decomposing-b…
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web search NEUTRAL — A search of Moore's phone during the investigation found Moore searched “How long does it take for a dead body to smell?” and “How to move a dead body without being seen," according to a statement. Ac…
https://wjla.com/news/local/silver-spring-murder-death-life-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Torrey Moore, 31, was originally sought in connection with the Dec. 8, 2022, shooting death of a convenience store employee in Silver Spring, Md. Arresting officers with the Montgomery County Departme…
https://www.chimpout.com/community/index.php?threads/dc-nigg…
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Claim 2: “Moore was convicted of killing the clerk in a separate trial.”
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Multiple sources confirm Moore was found guilty of the first-degree murder of clerk Ayalew Wondimu and received life sentences for the triple murder (including the clerk).
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Claim 3: “In 2022, Torrey Moore, the father of 26-year-old Denise Middleton’s unborn child, shot Middleton inside the apartment they shared in White Oak”
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Multiple sources confirm Torrey Moore shot Denise Middleton in their shared apartment in White Oak in October 2022.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (; June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American author and abolitionist. She came from the religious Beecher family and wrote the popular novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Beecher_Stowe
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is an alphabetical list of openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender politicians who have held office in the United States. Historical figures are included only if there is documented eviden…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LGBTQ_politicians_in_t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of African Americans reportedly killed while unarmed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States. Events are listed whether they took place in the line of duty or not,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unarmed_African_Americ…
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Claim 4: “Moore left Middleton on the floor of their apartment while he traveled to North Carolina and California”
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Multiple sources confirm Moore left Middleton's body in the apartment while he traveled to North Carolina and California.
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web search NEUTRAL — After shooting her, Moore left Middleton on the floor of their apartment while he traveled to North Carolina and California, prosecutors told the jury. Along the way, he searched Google on his phone a…
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/maryland-man-receiv…
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web search NEUTRAL — According to McCarthy, Moore traveled to North Carolina and California in the following weeks.After traveling for 26 days, Moore lived in the apartment with Middleton's body until his arrest, the Wash…
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/lived-pregnant-girlfriends-decompo…
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web search NEUTRAL — He then left her body in their apartment and fled to California for over a month. Police later found Google searches he had made, including “How long does it take for a dead body to smell?” and “How t…
https://www.liveaction.org/news/maryland-guilty-murdering-gi…
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Claim 5: “police got a tip Moore may have been involved in the killing of a 61-year-old convenience store clerk”
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Multiple sources confirm Moore was sought/investigated for the killing of 61-year-old convenience store clerk Ayalew Wondimu.
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web search NEUTRAL — The case against Moore On Dec. 8, 2022, Moore entered the Dash In convenience store from which he had been previously banned. 61-year-old Ayalew Wondimu was the clerk at the time when Moore got into a…
https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/maryland/montgomer…
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web search NEUTRAL — Moore was found guilty on May 16, 2024, of the first-degree murder of Dash In convenience store clerk 61-year-old Ayalew Wondimu. In addition, he was charged with illegal possession of a firearm.
https://www.mymcmedia.org/silver-spring-man-sentenced-in-mur…
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web search NEUTRAL — A Maryland man is headed to prison for the rest of his life for the murders of his pregnant girlfriend and a store clerk some two months later. Torrey Damien Moore, 34, was sentenced Friday to three l…
https://lawandcrime.com/crime/how-long-does-it-take-for-a-de…
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Claim 6: “A jury found a 31-year-old man guilty of killing a woman he was in a relationship with and her unborn child”
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Multiple independent news sources (NBC4 Washington and another web search result) confirm a 31-year-old man was found guilty of killing a woman he was in a relationship with and her unborn child.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On November 30, 2022, in Paradise, Texas, seven-year-old Athena Presley Monroe Strand (May 23, 2015 – November 30, 2022) was kidnapped and murdered by FedEx driver Tanner Lynn Horner (born August 8, 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Athena_Strand
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On June 18, 2018, 20-year-old American rapper and singer-songwriter Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy, known professionally as XXXTentacion, was murdered in Deerfield Beach, Florida. Onfroy was fatally sho…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_XXXTentacion
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Should I Marry a Murderer? is a 2026 British true crime documentary television miniseries released on Netflix on 29 April 2026. The three-part series tells the story of Caroline Muirhead, a forensic …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Should_I_Marry_a_Murderer?
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Claim 7: “That gun was linked to the deaths of the clerk, Middleton and her unborn child”
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While the evidence confirms Moore killed all three victims and was charged with illegal possession of a firearm, the provided evidence does not explicitly state that the *same* gun was linked to all three specific deaths.
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Claim 8: “the first time a person has been convicted in Montgomery County, Maryland, of murdering someone who is unborn.”
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Both NBC4 Washington and another web search result explicitly state that this is the first time a person has been convicted in Montgomery County, Maryland, of murdering someone who is unborn.
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web search NEUTRAL — A man accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend in Maryland last year was found dead in his jail cell early Thursday, hours before his murder trial was set to begin. Tyler Tessier was found dead of a…
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/man-accused-of-kill…
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web search NEUTRAL — This concrete chain of horrible crimes — of murdering, harvesting tissue and body parts from murdered unborn children, and commercializing their remains through the manufacturing and testing of vaccin…
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/the-blood-of-murdered-u…
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web search NEUTRAL — The highest state court in Massachusetts has upheld two first-degree murder convictions of a man who stabbed his girlfriend to death, incidentally causing the death of their nine-month unborn child.
https://www.ncregister.com/news/abortion-distortion-pro-life…
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Claim 9: “Police used a no-knock warrant to enter his apartment and found Middleton’s body under a blanket.”
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Reports confirm police used a no-knock warrant to enter the apartment and found Middleton's body in a state of decomposition.
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web search NEUTRAL — The next day, police executed a no-knock warrant at Moore’s apartment in Silver Spring. That’s where the Montgomery County Police SWAT team found the bodies of Middleton and her unborn child in an “ad…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/silver-spring-man-handed-down-212…
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web search NEUTRAL — Torrey Damien Moore. A Maryland man shot a store clerk over a bottle of iced tea — then led police to the body of his pregnant girlfriend, left to rot after he killed her weeks earlier.
https://www.aol.com/lived-pregnant-girlfriends-decomposing-b…
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web search NEUTRAL — When searching Moore's apartment, Middleton was found in the bedroom in an advanced stage of decomposition, police said. Police in Montgomery County, Md. said someone walked into a Shell gas station i…
https://wjla.com/news/local/shell-pregnant-woman-montgomery-…
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Claim 10: “Video evidence showed Moore grabbing Middleton in the lobby of the building and pushing her toward the elevator.”
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Multiple reports mention security footage showing Moore dragging or pushing Denise Middleton into an elevator at their building.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is an alphabetical list of openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender politicians who have held office in the United States. Historical figures are included only if there is documented eviden…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LGBTQ_politicians_in_t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of African Americans reportedly killed while unarmed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States. Events are listed whether they took place in the line of duty or not,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unarmed_African_Americ…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Thirty-Minute Theatre was a British anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, which was used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on accoun…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-Minute_Theatre
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