May 27, 2004, 9:03AM


Lufkin dad charged with murder in deaths of stillborn twins
Associated Press



LUFKIN -�An East Texas man has been indicted on murder charges after his girlfriend delivered twin sons stillborn following an alleged beating from him.

An Angelina County grand jury indicted Gerardo Flores on the murder counts Tuesday, according to a story in today's editions of The Lufkin Daily News.

The case against the�18-year-old Lufkin High School student is believed to be the first to be prosecuted under a new state law concerning the deaths of a fetus.

The case began May 7 when Flores allegedly hit his 16-year-old girlfriend in the abdomen, according to a police affidavit. The affidavit said the girl was five months' pregnant at the time. The affidavit says she delivered the boys dead at home early the next morning.

The article doesn't say, but I hope they charged him with Agg Assault on the mother.