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.
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inanna
(3,547 posts)According to this article (NBC NY):
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"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
BumRushDaShow
(129,440 posts)http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/colorado-woman-baby-cut-womb-details-attack-article-1.2355647
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/02/kentucky-woman-who-killed-mother-cut-baby-from-womb-pleads-guilty/
A whole thing on this phenomena - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetal_abduction