Crime & Safety

Marine, 2 Others Held in Plot to Beat His Pregnant Wife to Death

Neighbors heard fighting in Canoga Park apartment.

A Marine reservist and two of his frends remained in jail Wednesday on charges of plotting to beat his pregnant wife to death.

Brian Corder and his wife were often heard by neighbors fighting in their Canoga Park apartment, according to KCBS2.

Corder, 26, allegedly conspired with 19-year-old Fredericka Carmouche — whom detectives believe he had started dating — and Stephon Crutchfield, 21, to stage the deadly assault on June 16 at their apartment along the 8600 block of DeSoto Avenue, the television station reported.

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