MARION COUNTY, IN - A man has been sentenced to decades in prison after he shot his estranged wife in the back while she was five months pregnant, seriously injuring her and killing the unborn baby.
The man, 37-year-old Jeremy McBride, pleaded guilty to attempted murder and feticide. He was sentenced to 30 years for the attempted murder charge and nine years for the feticide charge in connection with the shooting of Kayla Netherland, Law & Crime reported.
The sentences will be served concurrently. McBride received credit for the 395 days he's already served, plus another 131 days. On January 19, 2025, at approximately 6:00 p.m., the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) responded to a shooting in the 700 block of East Pleasant Run Parkway.
Upon arriving on scene, officers found Netherland, then 25 years old, in the bathroom suffering from gunshot wounds. Paramedics rushed her to the hospital, where she was stabilized. Doctors, however, were unable to save the unborn child. Netherland underwent at least two surgeries: one to remove her unborn baby and the other to address her internal injuries.
A probable cause arrest affidavit reviewed by Law & Crime states that one of Netherland's friends arrived at the home to do laundry and walked inside. She saw McBride standing over Netherland. McBride looked at the friend and walked out the front door without a word, police said.
The friend told police she believed McBride was responsible for shooting Netherland. Officers proceeded to search for McBride, and by using license plate readers, they were able to track him down and pull him over.
McBride got out of the car, which rolled away because it was not in park, and hit a pole. He told the officer, "I was going to turn myself in to the police station," and said the gun in question was in the car. He then allegedly asked, "Is she ok?" Police recovered the gun, which was in the car, and handwritten notes to his estranged wife discussing their relationship.
"McBride wrote to [Netherland] of his frustrations with her infidelity, his frustrations with their failed relationship, his anger & insecurities which led him to mistreat others, his belief that he has not 'molded' himself into an individual [she] would want to have children with, and that he had wanted children with her," detectives wrote.
After being read his Miranda rights, the defendant told police he was upset that while they hadn't gotten divorced, "she had gotten pregnant" by another man. The marriage had not been going well, and they had separated in September 2024. He, however, had hopes they would get back together.
"Maybe she will come back one day, but not for me. But in many ways, I killed her," McBride allegedly wrote in one of the notes. He bought a gun and ammunition a few days before the shooting with the intent of killing her, the baby, and himself.
McBride said he and Netherland had been hanging out on the day of the shooting, shopping at Goodwill before returning to her house. They were talking, with her in the bathroom and him sitting on the bed, according to the affidavit. He reportedly said shooting her "made sense in that moment," so he fired five shots into her back. She never saw him shoot, he said.
The man, 37-year-old Jeremy McBride, pleaded guilty to attempted murder and feticide. He was sentenced to 30 years for the attempted murder charge and nine years for the feticide charge in connection with the shooting of Kayla Netherland, Law & Crime reported.
The sentences will be served concurrently. McBride received credit for the 395 days he's already served, plus another 131 days. On January 19, 2025, at approximately 6:00 p.m., the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) responded to a shooting in the 700 block of East Pleasant Run Parkway.
Upon arriving on scene, officers found Netherland, then 25 years old, in the bathroom suffering from gunshot wounds. Paramedics rushed her to the hospital, where she was stabilized. Doctors, however, were unable to save the unborn child. Netherland underwent at least two surgeries: one to remove her unborn baby and the other to address her internal injuries.
A probable cause arrest affidavit reviewed by Law & Crime states that one of Netherland's friends arrived at the home to do laundry and walked inside. She saw McBride standing over Netherland. McBride looked at the friend and walked out the front door without a word, police said.
The friend told police she believed McBride was responsible for shooting Netherland. Officers proceeded to search for McBride, and by using license plate readers, they were able to track him down and pull him over.
McBride got out of the car, which rolled away because it was not in park, and hit a pole. He told the officer, "I was going to turn myself in to the police station," and said the gun in question was in the car. He then allegedly asked, "Is she ok?" Police recovered the gun, which was in the car, and handwritten notes to his estranged wife discussing their relationship.
"McBride wrote to [Netherland] of his frustrations with her infidelity, his frustrations with their failed relationship, his anger & insecurities which led him to mistreat others, his belief that he has not 'molded' himself into an individual [she] would want to have children with, and that he had wanted children with her," detectives wrote.
After being read his Miranda rights, the defendant told police he was upset that while they hadn't gotten divorced, "she had gotten pregnant" by another man. The marriage had not been going well, and they had separated in September 2024. He, however, had hopes they would get back together.
"Maybe she will come back one day, but not for me. But in many ways, I killed her," McBride allegedly wrote in one of the notes. He bought a gun and ammunition a few days before the shooting with the intent of killing her, the baby, and himself.
McBride said he and Netherland had been hanging out on the day of the shooting, shopping at Goodwill before returning to her house. They were talking, with her in the bathroom and him sitting on the bed, according to the affidavit. He reportedly said shooting her "made sense in that moment," so he fired five shots into her back. She never saw him shoot, he said.
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