The tragic murder of Heidi Broussard and the kidnapping of her newborn daughter Margot shocked the United States in 2019. The case has now returned to public attention as Stolen Baby: The Murder of Heidi Broussard is available for streaming on Netflix.
Shane Carey, Heidi's live-in fiancé and the father of their newborn daughter Margot, reported her missing on December 12, 2019. He had dropped their six-year-old son off at school that morning and was never seen again.
There were no signs of forced entry at the couple's apartment, and the initial search turned up nothing. Carey told reporters two days after the disappearance, "I just want her to come home. She's amazing. She's missed."
However, it was later revealed that their close friend Magen Fieramusca had driven back to Austin, strangled Broussard, stuffed her body into the trunk of her car, and driven back to Houston with baby Margot.
Broussard's body was found eight days after her disappearance, on December 19, 2019, inside Fieramusca's car parked outside a Houston home. Baby Margot was found unharmed inside the house.
Fieramusca was taken into custody on two charges of kidnapping and one count of tampering with a human corpse. Carey was left to raise Margot alongside her older brother and a child from a previous relationship.
He has been struggling to come to terms with the loss of his fiancée and has been planning to launch a foundation in Heidi's memory called "Heidi and Shane's Family Fund," aimed at supporting families who have suffered traumatic events.
