Police Not Notified of Early Clues in Womb-Cutting Murder Case: Report

Police Not Notified of Early Clues in Womb-Cutting Murder Case: Report
Clarisa Figueroa, who is charged in the death of 19-year-old expectant mother Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, on May 16, 2019. Chicago Police Department via AP
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Illinois authorities said hospital staff did not alert them to early clues in the case of the murder of a 9-month-pregnant woman and the subsequent removal of the baby from her womb.

Police and Illinois child welfare agency representatives were cited by The Associated Press as saying that Advocate Christ Medical Center staff did not notify them when medics discovered that a bloodied woman who arrived with a seriously ill newborn had not given birth to the baby boy.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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