A pregnant woman has been attacked by her boyfriend and forced to
deliver her baby seven weeks early after he doused her in flammable
liquid and set her on fire.
30 year old Andrea Grinage was found
with critical burns over much of her body around 11.45am Friday in
Capitol Heights, Maryland, when police and fire crews responded to
reports of a fire.
She had been set on fire by the father of her
unborn baby who, according to Andrea’s father, was not ready to take
responsibility of his baby.
Andrea Grinage was forced into labour
by the horrific trauma and gave birth to a baby girl, named Journey
Aleah, seven weeks early.
Mother and baby are both recovering.
Before the horrific incident, Andrea was already the mother of two boys, ages 8 and 15. She is pictured below with her boys.
In an appeal on a GoFundMe campaign, Andrea Grinage’s father, Arthur Grinage Sr, said:
“Everything
was lost in the fire and she must begin a new with your help. She has a
long road to recovery and unknown medical cost. PLEASE stop domestic
violence!!” the father wrote.
Arthur Grinage Sr said that the incident stemmed from the pregnancy and the boyfriend’s immature attitude towards fatherhood.
“It all stems from him not wanting to take responsibility of him being a newborn dad. He didn’t want that.
And once a baby is conceived it’s too late for all that. You either step up and be a dad or you walk away.”
Andrea
Grinage was able to tell investigators who had attacked her, and said
that she suspected he was headed to Washington DC to attack other
members of her family.
Detectives were able to get the suspect on the phone and talk him into turning himself in.
The suspect has not yet been publicly identified by law enforcement.
Cops praised Andrea Grinage for maintaining her composure for the sake of her new daughter, who is healthy and doing well.
“These
are not the circumstances under which this baby was to be born,” Prince
George’s County police spokeswoman Jennifer Donelan told NBC
Washington.
“She was very brave. We want her family to know how
brave she was, suffering as badly as she was – critically burned,
worried about her unborn child, dealing with those injuries and was able
to share that information with us so that we could get moving with our
investigation and locate this person,” Donelan said.
Source – DailyMail