A pregnant woman found dead in a shopping trolley was allegedly beaten to death in a horrifying act of violence, and her grieving family say their pleas for help were ignored for years. Brittany Hopkins, 38, was discovered wrapped in a blood-soaked blanket, tied with tape and hidden beneath rubbish in a shopping trolley left in a car park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on February 28. Police responded to a call at around 8.30am after a passerby made the grim discovery.
Now, new court documents have revealed devastating details of what Brittany endured, and the charges brought against 51-year-old Donnie White are as serious as they come: first-degree murder and non-consensual termination of a pregnancy. Brittany, it was confirmed, was pregnant at the time of her death.
