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Jury Spares Ex-Cop Who Killed Pregnant Girlfriend

Feb. 27, 2008

A former Ohio police officer was sentenced to at least 57 years in prison today for killing his pregnant lover and her unborn child, after a jury Recommend 2 voted to spare his life.

0 Bobby Cutts Jr., 30, was sentenced to life in prison without for 57 Share years. He had faced a possible death sentence for murdering Jessie Davis and her unborn child, who was to be named Chloe. Email

77 Comments "Bobby Cutts took my sister from me. You took a chunk out of my heart," Print Stephanie Davis said, reading from a letter she read for her cousin, Caylon Davis, Jessie's adopted brother, at a hearing before Stark County Text Size - / + Common Pleas Judge Charles Brown Jr.

Cutts, who appeared to choke up at times during his sentencing, did not speak. During a hearing earlier this week, he pleaded for his life, telling the jury in a quivering voice that he accepted responsibility for his crimes. "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm asking you to spare my life," Cutts said, according to The .

Cutts cried on the witness stand during his trial as he said he accidentally killed Jessie Davis by elbowing her in the throat during an argument. He hid her body in a park, finally leading police to her body after a nine-day search that generated national attention. WATCH MORNINGS ON ABC

A jury convicted Cutts of for Davis' death and of aggravated murder for the death of her fetus.

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When police arrived at Davis' condo, they found Blake alone. Police said he told them, "Mommy's in the rug." Most Viewed

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Cutts, who as a cop had emergency response training, said he performed CPR and then searched for rubbing alcohol to use as a smelling salt to revive the woman. When he couldn't find any, he said, he retrieved a bleach container and tried bleach, knocking the container over and Jon Huntsman to Interview with Disaster at Sea spilling bleach on the floor. Davis did not respond. Drop Out of GOP Stephen Colbert Race "This can't be happening," Cutts recalled thinking as he wrapped her body Search Suspended as Cruise Ship Captain Questioned Huntsman to Drop Out of GOP Race in a comforter. "This is not real. This is a bad dream." Winners at the 2012 Golden Globes PHOTOS: Golden Globes Memorable Moments Nine days later, after taking part in a search that drew national attention PHOTOS: Cruise Ship Runs Aground and more than 1,000 volunteers, Cutts led authorities to her body. PHOTOS: Best Map Yet of Universe

More Popular News » In his tearful, two-hour testimony with his defense attorney, Cutts said he was so intent on making the whole scenario go away that he even called

Jessie Davis' cell phone. ABC News on Add to circles

"I'm like, is it real? Did it happen?" he said. "What if I call Jessie? Will everything be all right?" ABC News on Facebook

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