A Cumberland County man was arrested and charged with criminal homicide after police said he repeatedly slammed a pregnant victim’s head into the ground earlier this month.

Around 11:45 a.m. Nov. 7, Carlisle police were dispatched to the first block of Buchannon Drive for an assault.

County 911 dispatchers also notified officers that the suspect —later identified as 42-year-old Odudu A. Ukpanah, of Carlisle — had returned to the area to attack the victim a second time.

When police arrived, they found the victim on the ground in a stairwell with severe head injuries. Investigators said the victim was bleeding “profusely” and was barely conscious.

The victim’s head was surrounded by a pool of blood and blood splatters were seen on the walls and stairs around her, according to an affidavi

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