A pregnant Chicago woman has been accused of brutally stabbing the father of her unborn child to death -- just hours after her baby shower.
Keisha Golden, who's eight months pregnant, is being held on $2 million bail in connection with the incident.
After spending the evening with family and friends at the baby shower on October 22, Golden and her boyfriend Calvin Sidney went to her apartment, where they began arguing over who would use the microwave first to reheat leftovers from the party, police said.
During the argument, Sidney, 29, allegedly pushed Golden's face onto the kitchen counter after she knocked a plate out of his hands. A relative separated the pair and Sidney went to a bedroom, the Chicago Sun Times reported.
Golden, 33, then grabbed a knife, went into the bedroom and stabbed Sidney in the leg, the Sun Times reported. The blade struck Sidney's femoral artery and he bled to death.
Golden was arrested shortly after the incident and charged with one felony count of first-degree murder.
At a bail hearing, prosecutors said it wasn't the first violent incident between the couple.
Between June and September, police were called to Golden's home five times to respond to domestic violence incidents, according to the Sun Times. Four incidents involved Sidney allegedly choking, punching, slapping or pushing Golden, but the other allegedly involved Golden cutting Sidney's neck badly enough to send him to the hospital, per the newspaper.
Golden's lawyer, Julie Koehler, objected to the $2 million bail amount, which requires a $200,000 deposit to get out of jail, saying it's essentially a no-bond order and in violation of a state law adopted in 2019 that mandates pregnant women not be jailed ahead of trial unless she is deemed to pose a threat to the public, the Sun Times reported.
"To not only force Keshia to give birth in jail but then to immediately take her child away after birth is cruel to the mother and the baby," Koehler told the newspaper. "This heartless decision is contrary to Illinois law. All the evidence shows Keshia acted in self-defense. The only person she's ever shown any violence toward was the man that was beating her."
Golden's next court appearance is scheduled less than two weeks before her due date, Koehler added. She's currently being held at a hospital inside the jail complex.
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