An unsealed nine-page affidavit reveals disturbing details in connection with the death of Texas mom Heidi Broussard and the alleged kidnapping of her newborn baby.
Court documents obtained by CrimeOnline indicate that 33-year-old Magen Fieramusca, who stands accused of kidnapping and tampering with a corpse, said that she, too, was pregnant during the same time Broussard announced her pregnancy in 2019.
It was all a ruse according to Austin police, who allege that Fieramusca was never pregnant.
Broussard, 33, and her baby, Margo, disappeared from their Austin home on December 12. Travis County authorities said that Fieramusca abducted both Broussard and Margo.
According to the affidavit, Fieramusca started acting “suspiciously” shortly after baby Margot’s birth in November. Fieramusca, who had known Broussard since they were children, was at the hospital when Broussard gave birth.
The baby’s grandfather told police the Fieramusca interrupted him while he was being introduced to Margot. Fieramusca apparently wanted to be the first one to hold the newborn.
“Shane Carey’s father was surprised by the actions of Magen Fieramusca and that his first introduction and time with his grandchild was interrupted by a friend of Heidi’s,” police said in the affidavit.
Fieramusca, who stayed at Broussard’s apartment when Margo was born, had a key to Broussard’s Austin residence that she shared with her fiance, Shane Carey. According to Carey, Fieramusca promised to leave the apartment key on a counter, yet she never did.
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A neighbor who lived at the same Austin apartment complex as Broussard told police that she saw two women talking around the time Broussard disappeared, on December 12. The neighbor said one of the women had a baby in her arms.
She witnessed the woman with an infant walking toward a parked car, where she greeted another woman. Both women and the infant then got into the car. The car then drove away.
Further, authorities found video evidence that placed Fieramusca’s car near Broussard’s home on the day Broussard vanished, according to the affidavit. Law enforcement later located Fieramusca’s residence in Houston, and while surveying her home, they noticed that Fieramusca parked her car in the backyard. It appeared as if Fieramusca was trying to hide her vehicle, according to investigators.
Fieramusca also carried out questionable internet searches on December 12, the affidavit states, including searches for “reasons for Amber Alert” and “Amber alert issued Austin.” From November 11 to December 18, someone under Fieramusca’s account name used an electronic device to search for “Heidi Broussard” over 160 times.
On December 14, someone using the same device searched for “bodies found in Austin Texas.”
Investigators said they spoke to a man who lived in the Houston residence with Fieramusca. The man said the suspect was his ex-girlfriend, but they still lived together. The same man, according to the affidavit, told investigators that Fieramusca said she was pregnant, but he admitted that he never saw her bare stomach during the months she was supposedly pregnant.
Fieramusca allegedly told the man that she gave birth to a girl while he was out of town working. When Texas Ranger Gary Phillips spoke to Fieramusca on December 19, she claimed that she had given birth in The Woodlands at a birthing center. She allegedly claimed she couldn’t remember the exact name of the birthing center.
As CrimeOnline previously reported, authorities found baby Margo alive and well inside the Houston residence, sitting in a baby swing.
Fieramusca allegedly insisted that the baby was hers. Hospital records, however, reportedly confirmed Margo’s identity, according to her grandfather, Ty Carey. Margo is now back with her father, Shane Carey.
“That’s the baby at my house,” the man said.
While at the residence, Phillips noticed the “unmistakable odor of decomposing flesh.” Authorities obtained a warrant to search the property. They found Broussard’s body stuffed into the trunk of Fieramusca’s Nissan Versa, the affidavit read. Heidi’s cause of death was listed as asphyxiation.
“Magen Fieramusca abducted Heidi Broussard by restraining her and preventing her liberation by holding her in a place where she was not likely to be found; specifically inside a black duffel bag in the trunk of a parked vehicle.”
No one has yet been charged in connection with Broussard’s death. Fieramusca is scheduled for a court hearing in Travis County on February 3.
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[Feature Photo: Megan Fieramusca/Police Handout & Heidi Broussard & Margo/Handout]
