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Man who killed pregnant janitor at gentlemen's club sentenced to life

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HOUSTON – The man convicted of killing a pregnant woman at a southwest Houston night club will spend the rest of his life in prison.

Prosecutors said Osvaldo Fernandez-Aguilar, 23, killed Maria Lucrecia, 27, on March 22 while she was working as a janitor at Eclipse Gentleman's Club. She was five months pregnant at the time.

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Fernandez-Aguilar pleaded guilty to capital murder Thursday and a judge sentenced him to life without parole.

Detectives said he broke into the club, beat and strangled Lucrecia before grabbing money from the cash register at the club. Investigators tracked Fernandez-Aguilar to Cancun, Mexico, on April 3.

Officials said he was about to board a boat heading to Cuba.