Pregnant woman beaten in north Austin

AUSTIN (KXAN) - Police were called out to a north Austin home Saturday and found a pregnant woman bloody and in and out of consciousness.

The three-month pregnant woman had bruising, was falling down and bleeding from the back of her head, a court affidavit states.

The court affidavit stated the woman was arguing with her boyfriend, Paul Adams, 28, over ending their relationship when things turned violent.

Adams allegedly started hitting the woman in the face and pushed her down with enough force for her to fall to the ground and seriously injure herself, the affidavit said.

Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services staff took the woman to University Medical Center Brackenridge to be examined. 

Adams, whom police said ran away from the home, was found a few blocks away near a trailer park and was arrested.

Adams told police he was fighting with the woman because he found out he was not the father of her baby, police said.

He also alleged that the woman bit him, but police could not find any marks on his body, the affidavit stated.

Adams is facing one count of aggravated assault family violence, a first-degree felony. He is being held on $20,000 bond.

Last week, another unrelated pregnant woman said her boyfriend strangled her and jammed his knee into her stomach .

Marlin Shields, 36, was arrested in connection with that case and is now facing a third-degree assault by strangulation charge and one charge of interfering with an emergency call.