A Michigan man will spend several decades behind bars for killing a pregnant mother and her unborn child during a high-speed chase where he tried to evade police over a misdemeanor violation.

In July, Travion Twon-Deangelo Smith, 18, was found guilty by a Macomb County jury on one count each of murder in the second degree , gross negligence causing the death of a fetus, and fleeing and eluding – as well as two counts of reckless driving causing serious injury for the August 2023 deaths of Faith Gumma and her unborn baby.

On Tuesday, Smith was sentenced to between 25 and 50 years in state prison by 16th Circuit Court Judge James Biernat.

And, through the defendant's defiant allocution and the prosecutor's chiding response, courtroom dramatics ran high.

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