The daughter of a woman accused of killing a pregnant teen and cutting her unborn child out of the womb has pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against her mother. Desiree Figueroa agreed to a plea deal that will send her to prison for 30 years in the murder of Marlen Ochoa-Lopez in 2019, the …
An Illinois woman who has been jailed since 2019 for killing a pregnant teen and stealing her baby from her womb recently filed motions to have her arrest overturned. Block Club Chicago reported that Clarisa Figueroa also wants evidence suppressed, including evidence recovered when investigators searched her home and yard following Marlen Ochoa-Lopez’s slaying. Figueroa …
The grieving family of a murdered mother and her newborn baby were reportedly hit with $300,000 in hospital bills for the care of the infant who was allegedly ripped from his mother’s womb by her killers. The Chicago Sun Times reports that Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn sent the family of Marlen Ochoa-Lopez …
The mother and daughter accused of murdering a young pregnant mother are facing additional charges after the death of the newborn infant, who was allegedly cut from his mother’s body. ABC 7 reports that Clarissa Figueroa and her daughter Desiree Figueroa, who were arrested in May for the murder of 19-year-old Marlen Ochoa Lopez, have …
The death of a baby who survived for several weeks after he was cut from his murdered mother’s womb has been ruled a homicide. CBS Chicago reports that Yovanny Jadiel Lopez’s death last week has been ruled a homicide by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. According to the report, the coroner concluded that the …
The baby who initially survived a violent delivery at the hands of his mother’s alleged killers has died. WGN-9 reports that Marlen Ochoa-Lopez’s son Yovanny Jadiel Lopez died on Friday morning, a little more than six weeks after he was cut from his 19-year-old mother’s womb after she was murdered. Three suspects have been indicted on …
The baby boy who was cut from his murdered mother’s womb just after she was brutally killed is showing signs of improvement, weeks after doctors said he was unlikely to survive. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Marlen Ochoa-Lopez was murdered in Chicago after she was lured to the home of a woman, 46-year-old Clarisa Figueroa, who …
Doctors said that the baby’s brain activity has improved
The infant who was cut from the womb after his mother was brutally strangled has opened his eyes for the first time, nearly a month after the day Marlen Ochoa-Lopez was killed. As CrimeOnline previously reported, authorities believe that 19-year-old Ochoa-Lopez was lured to the home of Clarisa Figueroa after the 43-year-old woman offered her …
A hospital where a newborn infant was taken just after a woman purporting to be the baby’s mother allegedly killed the baby’s actual mother either delayed or completely declined to contact authorities despite the suspect having shown no evidence of having recently given birth. According to the Associated Press, Department of Children and Family Services …
The suspects arrested for the murder of a pregnant 19-year-old woman allegedly distracted her with a photo album of the accused killer’s dead son. As CBS Chicago reports, Clarisa Figueroa, 46, and her 24-year-old daughter Desiree Figueroa — both charged with first-degree murder for the brutal slaying of Marlen Ochoa-Lopez in Chicago — were denied …
Three people arrested in connection to the murder of 19-year-old Marlen Ochoa-Lopez are set to appear in court on Friday for a bond hearing. CBS News reports that the three suspects — Clarisa Figueroa, 46; Desiree Figueroa, 25; and Piotr Bobak, 40, are scheduled to appear in a Chicago courthouse on Friday when a judge …
