HIGH POINT, N.C. — A High Point man was convicted in connection to the death of a pregnant teen Wednesday.
Hykeem Marquis Simmons, 26, was found guilty in the murder of Anastasia Ray, 18, and her unborn child.
Simmons was charged with first degree murder after he was accused of killing Ray in a shooting on Thissell Street and Commerce Avenue in High Point on Aug. 7 2018.
Ray was seven to eight months pregnant at the time.
She and her unborn child died from injuries sustained in the shooting.
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