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Final week, 24-year-old Dallas Cowboys defensive finish Marshawn Kneeland died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound following a police chase in Frisco, Texas. On Wednesday, Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer confirmed throughout a press convention that Kneeland’s girlfriend, Catalina Mancera, is pregnant with their first baby.
“We need to be certain she’s taken care of, and the infant’s taken care of, for the remainder of their lives,” Schottenheimer stated. He introduced that Kneeland’s household and administration workforce had arrange the Marshawn Kneeland Memorial Fund, which, in keeping with the donation web page, is “devoted to preserving Marshawn’s legacy and increasing his impression by means of direct help for his surviving associate and unborn inheritor.”
Based on the Dallas Morning Information, Kneeland and Mancera started courting throughout his sophomore 12 months at Western Michigan College. She hasn’t spoken concerning the being pregnant, however she did discuss to the Each day Mail outdoors of Kneeland’s Plano, Texas, condo constructing on Monday.
“I’m grieving onerous proper now. It is going to be a very long time earlier than I’ll really feel prepared to speak at any size,” she advised the tabloid. “We’re nonetheless within the early phases of every part. We’re engaged on the funeral preparations. I don’t know the place it’s going to be but.”
On Monday, Mancera shared a tribute to Kneeland on Fb. “My candy child, phrases might by no means categorical how damaged I really feel,” she wrote. “You’re my every part. I’ll love you perpetually my stunning angel 🤍”
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