COLUMBUS, Ohio – A former doctor has pleaded guilty in the death of an expectant mother who died after answering a Craigslist ad.
Ali Salim pleaded guilty to two counts of involuntary manslaughter, one count of tampering with evidence and one count of abuse of a corpse in the death of a Licking County woman whose body was found beside a roadway, Delaware County Prosecutor’s Office spokeswoman Julie Datko said.
Datko says Salim also entered a type of guilty plea to a count of rape where he maintains his innocence but acknowledges prosecutors have enough evidence to convict him.
Salim, 44, entered the pleas Thursday, ahead of his scheduled trial.
Salim admitted to luring Deanna Ballman to his home in August, 2012, with a personal ad on Craigslist, then drugging her with heroin and raping her before she and her unborn child died of an overdose.
Ballman’s body was found beside a road in Harlem Township.