Pregnancy may have been motive for shocking murder of 14-year-old
A desire to avoid the consequences of pregnancy may have been the motive behind the grisly slaying and burning of a 14-year-old girl whose body was found on a Brooklyn beach in January, according to a family spokesman.
Christian Ferdinand, 20, of Limestone, Maine, was arrested on Thursday and charged with second-degree murder.
Brooklyn residents and other were shocked on Jan. 8 when the naked, burned body of Shaniesha Forbes was initially found in Gerritsen Beach near the border of Marine Park. Investigators also located a can of kerosene and signs of a bonfire nearby.