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Omaha Steve

(99,708 posts)
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 12:57 AM Nov 2015

Pregnant woman fatally stabbed; baby survives attack

Source: AP

NEW YORK (AP) — A 22-year-old pregnant woman was stabbed to death on Friday in a New York City apartment and investigators have a suspect into custody.

A local lawmaker said the woman's baby survived the attack, but has been hospitalized.

Police were called to the apartment in the Wakefield neighborhood of the Bronx Friday afternoon after receiving a call that an argument had turned physical. When officers arrived, they found the 22-year-old victim had been stabbed in the stomach multiple times.

The woman was taken to the hospital and was pronounced dead, authorities said. Investigators were trying to determine how far along she was in her pregnancy and what touched off the bloody confrontation.

FULL story at link.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/804daa571f794a3b92cf7cadb23341d5/pregnant-woman-fatally-stabbed-baby-survives-attack

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Pregnant woman fatally stabbed; baby survives attack (Original Post) Omaha Steve Nov 2015 OP
What the hell......?! inanna Nov 2015 #1
Sadly, this has happened before BumRushDaShow Nov 2015 #2

inanna

(3,547 posts)
1. What the hell......?!
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 03:28 AM
Nov 2015

According to this article (NBC NY):

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New York City Councilman Andy King, who was briefed by investigators about the case, told The Associated Press that the victim had been strangled and then stabbed. The unborn baby was then removed from the mother.

"It appeared the fetus of the 22-year-old woman was surgically removed by the suspect who is in custody right now," King said.

A 22-year-old suspect was taken into custody at the scene, authorities said. Charges against her were pending and it was not immediately clear whether the victim and suspect knew one another. When officers arrived, King, citing police sources, said the alleged killer tried to claim that the baby girl was hers, confusing the already gruesome investigation.

"When the cops arrived, the perp claimed it was her child and that she gave birth during the struggle," King said.

Link: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Woman-Stabbed-Death-Bronx-Police-Emergency-352318521.html


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