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Police continue to search for the killer of a pregnant teenager who was found murdered in the parking lot of a Broward supermarket.

According to the Miramar Police Department, the body of 17-year-old Stefanie Rabsett was found in the parking lot of a Winn Dixie located at 6301 SW 41st St. Friday, at around 6:30 p.m.

Police found the body inside a red Ford Taurus and said Rabsett was six months pregnant with a baby boy. “This is a very tragic event. You have a 17-year-old who is approximately six months pregnant and was found murdered in this vehicle, so anyone with information, and we are pleading the public, to please contact Broward County Crime stoppers. Someone out there knows who could have done this,” said Miramar Police spokesperson Tania Rues.

Rabsett’s sister rushed to the scene when she received the horrific phone call. “I was screaming and yelling because I knew something was wrong, and I asked them just tell me if my sister is OK, and when he said he could not tell me she was OK, I knew something was wrong,” said Marciey Thomas.

Javona Boyd is Rabsett’s cousin and said she saw her the day before her murder. “We were planning her baby shower. We have been planning everything as one, and it just hurts when you see someone one day, and you know there’s nothing wrong. If there was something wrong, I’m pretty sure she would have told me because we talk,” said Boyd.

Rabsett was a student at Macfatter Technical Center in Davie, and those who knew Rabsett said she was a very happy teen. “She was always smiling and laughing and she was just so goofy and giggly, and if something was wrong, anyone would have noticed. She was just a happy person, period, through out her whole lifetime,” said Boyd.

“It’s so hard, and it does not seem real right now that someone would do that, that someone would take her life and suffer like that and with her baby,” said Thomas.

An autopsy was made and revealed signs of foul play. Police continue to investigate, no arrests have been made.