Man Gets Life In Prison For Fatal Stabbing Of Pregnant Girlfriend

ROCKVILLE, MD — A Silver Spring man was sentenced to life in prison Monday for the fatal stabbing of his pregnant girlfriend, who worked as a bus driver for Montgomery County Public Schools.

Thierry Kinshala Nkusu, 33, who is a native of Congo, was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the April 2016 slaying.

Nkusu was found guilty of killing Maria Veronica Mbunga, 36, who was five months pregnant at the time of her death.

Officers were called for the report of a suspicious situation in the 600 block of Houston Ave. at about 2 p.m. April 27, 2016.

Nkusu was found injured near an elevator near the lobby, while officers located Mbunga with multiple stab wounds in an apartment. She was stabbed in her stomach, neck and chest, police said.

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After he was taken to the hospital, it was determined that Nkusu had superficial knife wounds that did not correlate with what he told police had occurred; he did not require surgery.

Nkusu was then taken into custody.

"There's a blood trail in the crime scene that showed she struggled from the bathroom to the bedroom to the living room, trying to make her escape," Montgomery County State's Attorney's spokesman Ramon Korionoff said, according to NBC Washington.

Mbunga and her child died at the hospital.