Pregnant woman killed, baby cut from her stomach

[jimmy olsen]

How horrible 

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/07/worcester_slay.html

Worcester slay victim had picked a name for her baby
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By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff

A pregnant Worcester woman who was killed and whose fetus was cut from her body had picked out a name for the baby, her uncle said this morning.

Darlene Haynes, 23, who was eight months pregnant, had picked the name Sheila Marie, said Karl Whitney of Palmer, who was acting as a spokesman for the grieving family this morning.

The family is hopeful that the child is still alive and that, if someone has her, they'll bring her back. If the worst has happened and the child is dead, they would like the body back so mother and daughter can be laid to rest together, Whitney said.

Whitney said he was devastated when he learned this morning of Haynes's death. "I just can't describe it. I was speechless. I started crying," he said.

Haynes was last seen Thursday, police said. On Monday, residents in her building on Southgate Street called the landlord to report a strong odor coming from her second-floor apartment. The victim's body, wrapped in bedding, was found by the landlord in a bedroom closet, police said.

Haynes's body was so mangled and decomposed that police said they could not immediately identify her gender.

The body was taken to the medical examiner's office in Boston, and an autopsy conducted Tuesday confirmed that she had been killed and that the fetus had been cut from her womb.

Whitney said his niece had three children, 5 years old and younger, two of whom were being raised by their maternal grandmother. The third is now with Haynes's boyfriend or his family.

Whitney said Haynes, who attended special education programs in the Worcester schools, was "neurologically impaired."

"Sometimes, unfortunately, Darlene would not make decisions correctly," he said.

A neighbor of Haynes's on Southgate Street said Haynes lived with an 18-month-old daughter and had told her recently that she had broken up with her boyfriend and was facing eviction because she was unable to pay her bills. She described Haynes as immature, depressed, and very lonely.

The neighbor, who lives in the same building, said that at 2 a.m. Sunday she heard a "crazy banging" coming from the victim's apartment. She said she was annoyed but had no suspicions about the sound.

The neighbor said she became concerned when Haynes's cat came to her apartment later on Sunday, looking for food, and summoned Worcester police. An officer knocked on the door and looked in the window of Haynes's apartment at about 2 p.m. Sunday, but took no action.

The cause of Haynes's death is not yet known, but Worcester Detective Captain Edward J. McGinn Jr. told the Telegram & Gazette of Worcester Tuesday that Haynes had also sustained head trauma.

"Detectives are searching for this fetus,'' police said in a statement last night.

The Telegram & Gazette reported that Haynes dropped her one-year-old daughter off at her boyfriend's house on Thursday. The child is now with Haynes's relatives, the newspaper reported.

The Telegram & Gazette identified Haynes's boyfriend as Roberto C. Rodriguez, 24. Haynes had an active restraining order against her longtime boyfriend, whom she accused of pushing her into a glass table on June 24, and ripping the phone off the wall so she could not call police, the newspaper said.

Rodriguez is not named as a suspect in Haynes's slaying.

He is due in court today to answer to charges of aggravated assault and battery and intimidation of a witness in the June 24 case. In a statement released by Worcester police, the medical examiner's office said that Haynes's baby could have survived but that it would require immediate medical attention.

Worcester police are investigating. Anyone with information on the case or the whereabouts of the baby is urged to call Worcester detectives at 508-799-8651.

Globe correspondents John M. Guilfoil and Maria Chutchian contributed to this report.

[CountDeMoney]

Super, a third thread.
Wish you were killed and cannibalized, but someone would probably choke on your fake leg.

[jimmy olsen]

Super, a third thread.
Wish you were killed and cannibalized, but someone would probably choke on your fake leg.

This is a different baby murder than the cannibal who used swords.

[Syt]

Look on the bright side, Timmay, that's one retard you won't have to teach in your classroom.

[CountDeMoney]

Super, a third thread.
Wish you were killed and cannibalized, but someone would probably choke on your fake leg.

This is a different baby murder than the cannibal who used swords.

Well, shit.  My bad.
But you're still a douche.

[sbr]

Fucked up.  There was a similar case here in Portland in the last few months, they found the killer and the dead baby pretty quickly though.

http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2009/06/autopsy_determines_baby_was_cu.html

[jimmy olsen]

Look on the bright side, Timmay, that's one retard you won't have to teach in your classroom.

Just because the mother was impaired doesn't mean the child would be.

Furthermore, you should be ashamed of speaking ill of the dead that way. 

[Darth Wagtaros]

This is Languish.  Shame has no place here.  Except for that DontSayBanana guy. 

[Eddie Teach]

This is Languish.  Shame has no place here.  Except for that DontSayBanana guy.

He's kind of an interloper though.

[Syt]

Look on the bright side, Timmay, that's one retard you won't have to teach in your classroom.

Just because the mother was impaired doesn't mean the child would be.

Furthermore, you should be ashamed of speaking ill of the dead that way. 

Timmay, you are too nice and decent for this world is all I can say. 

Except when you go gung ho on topics related to war. That doesn't fit you at all.

[Kleves]

She had picked out a name? Well, that makes it a tragedy.

[HisMajestyBOB]

I swear I've seen articles like this before, mostly on Languish. Must be more common than expected, relatively speaking.

[Martinus]

She should have thought about it before spreading her legs. 

[Gambrinus]

The baby is found alive, white trash woman w/ hubby arrested.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,535540,00.html

[Slargos]

Quite possibly a new low.

But somehow, making fun of KZ victims is still taboo.

I hope you all die in fires.