12-20-2004, 04:04 PM
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Squid
Location: USS George Washington
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This apparently has happened before, though I don't remember any of these stories being national headlines.
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Cases in which a fetus is cut from the mother are rare. But it is not unprecedented:
• Last year in Holdenville, Okla., a woman allegedly shot to death an acquaintance and cut out the victim's 6-month fetus. The next day the woman, who had convinced her husband she was pregnant, brought the dead fetus to a hospital. The 37-year-old woman was charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping.
• In 2000 near Cleveland, a woman allegedly shot to death a pregnant neighbor before cutting the victim open and removing the nearly full-term fetus. The baby boy survived. The 39-year-old suspect committed suicide as police arrived at her home to question her. The woman had convinced her husband that she was pregnant.
• Also in 2000, in a Nevada motel, a 31-year-old California woman asphyxiated her pregnant niece and cut the victim's baby out with a kitchen knife. The niece had changed her mind about letting the aunt adopt the baby. The boy died.
• In 1996 in Tuscaloosa, Ala., a woman shot to death a teenage friend and removed the victim's full-term baby. The baby girl survived and was raised by her maternal grandmother. The killer was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
• In 1995 near Chicago, a couple who could not conceive a child shot to death a mother and removed the victim's full-term fetus from the womb with a knife or scissors. The couple also killed two older children, but the baby boy survived. The 28-year-old woman and her boyfriend each were sentenced to death.
• In 1987 in Albuquerque, N.M., a woman later judged to be mentally ill abducted a pregnant woman outside a prenatal care clinic, strangled her and removed the victim's 8½-month fetus with a car key. Prosecutors said the 20-year-old killer, who was sentenced to life in prison, had been desperate for a child. The baby girl survived.
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-Mikey
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