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Foetus from murdered Massachusetts woman cut from her body

by mudricky | July 29, 2009 at 08:15 am

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Police Massachusetts are hunting the person or persons who have murdered a pregnant woman and remoed her foetus from her womb.

Doctors have said that with the correct medical care the baby may still be alive.

A 23-year-old pregnant woman has been found dead with her unborn baby cut from her womb, police in the US state of Massachusetts have said.

Police are trying to find the missing eight-month-old foetus, which they say could have survived with medical help.

Darlene Haynes was discovered on Monday by her Worcester city landlord, who had noticed a "horrifying smell".

Her body was in the bedroom closet wrapped in bedding and had apparently been there several days, police said.

The last known contact anyone had with Ms Haynes was on Thursday when she sent a text message to a friend saying she was having drinks with a friend in her apartment in Worcester.