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Netflix True Crime: Friend Kills for Newborn
26 May
Summary
- Magen Fieramusca murdered her best friend Heidi Broussard.
- Fieramusca kidnapped Broussard's newborn baby.
- Fieramusca was sentenced to 55 years for murder.
The Netflix movie 'Stolen Baby: The Murder of Heidi Broussard' delves into the gruesome 2019 real-life murder of Heidi Broussard by her supposed best friend, Magen Fieramusca. The two women, friends for 11 years, had even planned to give birth around the same time.
On December 12, 2019, Heidi and her newborn daughter, Margot, disappeared from their Austin home. Tragically, Heidi's body was discovered a week later in a duffel bag in the trunk of Fieramusca's car parked outside her residence. Investigators determined Heidi had been strangled to death.
Fieramusca had faked her own pregnancy and intended to raise Heidi's baby as her own. The infant was found alive at Fieramusca's home and safely returned to her family. Fieramusca was subsequently arrested and charged with kidnapping, tampering with a corpse, and murder.
She was found guilty of first-degree murder and is currently serving a 55-year prison sentence. Authorities and psychiatrists suggest Fieramusca's actions were driven by intense maternal desire and pathological envy stemming from insecurities in her own life.
