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US infant boy cut out of murdered mother's womb dies at hospital
Marlen Ochoa-Lopez was killed on April 23 by a Chicago woman and her daughter, who lured the expectant mother to their home with the promise of free baby supplies.
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This combination of pictures created on May 16, 2019 shows this handout mugshot obtained courtesy of the Chicago Police Department on May 16, 2019, shows the booking photo of Clarisa Figueroa, this handout mugshot obtained courtesy of the Chicago Police Department on May 16, 2019, shows the booking photo of Desiree Figueroa, this handout mugshot obtained courtesy of the Chicago Police Department on May 16, 2019, shows the booking photo of Piotr Bobak.
Police in Chicago charged three people May 16, 2019, in connection with the murder of a pregnant teenager whose unborn baby was taken from her womb after her death. Police said Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, 19, was lured to the home of someone she knew on April 23 with the promise of free baby supplies, was instead strangled to death, and her baby extracted from her womb. Clarisa Figueroa, 46, and her daughter Desiree, 24, have been charged with first degree murder. Piotr Bobak, 40, whom police described as the elder Figueroa's boyfriend, was charged with concealing the murder.
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baby cut out of his murdered teenage mother's womb died Friday at a Chicago hospital of severe brain injury nearly two months after the attack, a family spokesman said.
Marlen Ochoa-Lopez was killed on April 23 by a Chicago woman and her daughter, who lured the expectant mother to their home with the promise of free baby supplies.
Police say Clarisa Figueroa, 46, and her daughter Desiree, 24, strangled the teen, who was nine months pregnant, and cut the baby out of her. The two have been charged with murder.
The elder Figueroa then allegedly claimed the baby as her own after calling for medical help because the child was not breathing.
The baby had been hospitalized on life support and was considered brain dead, according to the family.
"It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of baby Yovanny Jadiel Lopez," family spokeswoman Julie Contreras said in a Facebook post.
Police said they discovered Ochoa-Lopez's body hidden in a garbage can at Figueroa's home about three weeks after she went missing.
Her family said undocumented members of the Latino community in Chicago did not provide crucial information about the missing person's case because they feared speaking to police.
