'It didn't turn out very well': Man fatally 'ran over' pregnant girlfriend during fight then held candlelight vigil that nearly 'turned into a riot,' police say

A 20-year-old antheral successful Ohio is accused of sidesplitting his 21-year-old large girlfriend, allegedly backing into her with his car aft she stormed retired of the conveyance during an statement past year.

Cameron Martin was taken into custody implicit the play and charged with 2 counts each of involuntary manslaughter and aggravated vehicular homicide, some felonies, successful the slaying of Stephanie Householder, tribunal records show.

The fatal incidental occurred connected July 19, 2025, astatine Broadway Wharf successful East Liverpool, which is astir 90 miles southeast of Cleveland.

According to the indictment, prosecutors allege that Martin caused Householder's decease and was liable for the "unlawful termination of Householder's pregnancy." The papers besides asserts that Householder's decease resulted from Martin "recklessly" operating a centrifugal conveyance portion "committing oregon attempting to commit" aggravated vehicular assault.

Officers with the East Liverpool Police Department responded to the country aft a 911 caller reported a pistillate struck by a car successful the wharf parking lot, Police Chief John Lane said successful an interview with Steubenville, Ohio, NBC and Fox affiliate WTOV soon aft the incident. First responders recovered Householder lying connected the crushed "in beforehand of a car" with Martin kneeling implicit her.

Householder was airlifted to a infirmary successful Pittsburgh, wherever she died from her injuries. She and her unborn kid were pronounced dormant soon aft arriving astatine the facility.

Authorities determined that Martin was down the instrumentality and backing up erstwhile helium struck Householder. Lane said the 2 were "in a romanticist relationship" and that they were having a "relationship dispute" earlier the fatal collision.

Investigators said Martin was cooperating with the probe and said Martin did not look to person struck Householder intentionally.

"They got into an argument," the constabulary main told the presumption successful July 2025. "She gets retired of the car. She crosses implicit down the car. He says helium watched her successful the mirror, but past erstwhile helium goes to backmost retired of there, I deliberation helium accidentally ran implicit her. We're trying to fig that retired present whether it was intentional oregon not."

One time aft Householder's death, Martin went backmost to the wharf parking batch to big a candlelight vigil for Householder, but the lawsuit turned hostile.

"He scheduled similar a vigil, and I don't cognize what helium was thinking, but erstwhile helium showed up it didn't crook retired precise well," Lane told WTOV. "Everybody was told to leave. It turned into a riot almost."

Martin is presently being held successful the Columbiana County Detention Center connected $100,000 currency oregon surety. He is scheduled to look successful tribunal earlier Common Pleas Judge Scott Washam for his arraignment connected the day of Feb. 26.