A Houston woman pleads guilty
today to kidnapping and killing a
childhood friend before running off
with her baby. This is a story
that made national headlines.
Sherman Chow joining us with what
the victims mother had to say in
court today. Yeah, the plea
deal was agreed to a week ago.
Today's court date was also a
chance for Heidi Broussard's
mother to speak directly
to her daughter's killer.
37 year old Megan Fieramosca entered
an Austin courtroom, the last chapter
of a heartbreaking tale in 2019.
Heidi Broussard and her infant daughter
went missing from their South Austin Apt.
A week later, a tip LED police to
Broussard's body in the trunk of a car parked
outside of fear Mooska's Houston home.
Inside the home,
Broussard's baby alive and well.
Today, Broussard's mother,
Tammy Broussard, gave a brief
victim impact statement in court.
The judge permitted only
her audio to be recorded.
We're strong, full
of love. They lingered in the atmosphere.
I still feel them now. She loved
beyond measure, childhood friends
said victim and killer
first met at a church camp.
Both were 11 years old and became besties.
Detectives say Fieramosca had
plotted to steal the baby for months,
pretending to be pregnant and attending
Broussard's prenatal appointments.
In fact, fear Mooska
attended Baby Margo's birth,
but shortly afterwards she would
strangle Broussard to death
with a dog leash. Finish is
so full of life.
And now it's been taken for months.
Now Fieramosca will spend
the next 55 years in prison.
That plea deal is in exchange
for her waiving her right to an
appeal the defense adding doubtless
many have questions that will
never adequately be answered,
but hopes that this plea deal brings
some closure to the victims family.
Sherman Chao, KHOU 11 news.