A married Florida man accused of giving his pregnant lover $500 for an abortion, then killing her weeks before she was due to give birth, is set to go on trial.

Jose Soto-Escalera, 48, is facing two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder, seven years after the body of 23-year-old Tania Wise was found on the side of a country road on Aug. 24, 2018.

As the investigation progressed, investigators learned some details about communications between Soto-Escalera and Wise in the months leading up to the alleged murder.

According to an arrest report reviewed by Law&Crime, police said that Wise had told Soto-Escalera that she was pregnant with his child and "needed money for an abortion." The arrest report also stated that Wise warned that if she did not receive the

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