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January 9, 2024 | The Associated Press

Chicago Woman Pleads Guilty, to Testify Against Own Mother Accused of Cutting Baby From Teen’s Womb

CHICAGO—A 29-year-old Chicago woman has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder after authorities said she helped her mother kill a pregnant teenager whose baby was cut from her womb. Desiree Figueroa’s plea was made Monday at the Leighton Criminal Court Building. It stipulates that she testify against her mother, Clarisa Figueroa, whose first-degree murder trial is […]

June 1, 2019 | Mimi Nguyen Ly

Baby Cut From Dead Teen Mom’s Womb Breathes Without Help From Machine

The baby who was cut from a young teenage mother’s womb before she was murdered in Chicago is now breathing on his own and continues to recover in the hospital.

May 16, 2019 | The Associated Press

3 People Charged in Slaying of Pregnant Teen, Baby Cut From Womb

A pregnant woman who had gone to a Chicago home in response to a Facebook offer of free baby clothes was strangled and her baby cut from her womb, police and family members said.

May 16, 2019 | Zachary Stieber

Missing Pregnant Teen Marlen Ochoa Found Dead After Baby Was Reportedly Ripped Out of Womb

The body of missing pregnant teenager Marlen Ochoa has been found, nearly a month after she vanished. The body of the 19-year-old was discovered in a garbage can in the backyard of a house in Chicago on May 15, where she went missing on April 23. The discovery came after a DNA test revealed that […]

April 26, 2017 | Feng Xue

Artificial womb could save premature infants

Researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia are developing an artificial womb that could save the lives of extremely premature infants. Roughly 1 in 10 infants born in the United States has some degree of prematurity. This artificial womb would be used for those at the very limit of viability. Current medical science attaches infants […]

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