Woman kills pregnant mother and cuts out her fetus

This is like the most horrific and shocking news I have heard in ages, just a complete act of desperation and wickedness. Morales-Rodriguez who brutally killed a pregnant mother and tried to steal her full-term fetus has been found guilty of murder (thank God for that). Prosecutors said Morales-Rodriguez faked a pregnancy, panicked as her supposed due date approached and then lured 23-year-old Maritza Ramirez-Cruz to her house. There, she attacked her and used an X-Acto knife to cut the fetus out, according to the criminal complaint. Ramirez-Cruz died of blood loss and asphyxiation, and her fetus, a boy, died as a result of her death, authorities say.


Morales-Rodriguez explained to investigators that she was desperate to give her boyfriend a son but that she couldn't 'stay pregnant.'  She said she twice pretended to be pregnant, only to claim each time that she miscarried. When she lied about a third pregnancy, she considered another scenario: killing a pregnant woman and stealing her baby.

She described how she went to a Hispanic community center and found Ramirez-Cruz, a mother of three who was in her 40th week of pregnancy. Morales-Rodriguez told police she bashed Ramirez-Cruz in the head with a baseball bat, then choked her until she passed out. She said she then put duct tape over the younger woman's eyes and nose and wrapped a plastic bag around her head.

She then used a small blade to slice the victim open from hip to hip and pulled out a stillborn boy, Morales-Rodriguez said in the videotape. She then called 911, telling a dispatcher she had just given birth to a baby who wasn't breathing. In the ensuing investigation and autopsy, a medical examiner found evidence that the baby wasn't the product of a natural birth. A subsequent examination verified Morales-Rodriguez hadn't given birth. Police later found Ramirez-Cruz's body in Moralez-Rodriguez's basement, according to the criminal complaint. Some people really do have the devil living in them.