The mothering instinct
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 8:51 pm
Colorado police say a woman stabbed a pregnant mother in the stomach and took her unborn child.
The victim, who was seven months pregnant, is likely to survive following surgery, but the baby died.
The pregnant woman was visiting the suspect's home to buy baby clothes that had been advertised on Craigslist.
Police said the suspect, Dynel Catrece Lane, took the baby to a hospital, where she claimed that she had a miscarriage.
Police have arrested Ms Lane, 34, on charges including first-degree murder, according to local media reports.
She did not know the victim, police said.
According to the Daily Times-Call newspaper, police found the victim stabbed in the stomach on Wednesday at her home in Longmont, a small town north of Denver.
"She came by this house. She was attacked, and her baby was removed from her," Longmont Police Cdr Jeff Satur told the local newspaper.
Mr Satur said Ms Lane has two children of her own, and that her husband had driven her to the hospital before returning to the scene.
Ms Lane is expected to appear in court this afternoon.
