Darlene Haynes

The Associated Press The Associated Press WORCESTER, Mass. A Massachusetts judge has denied a request to dismiss charges against a woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and cutting the unborn baby from her womb. The judge in Worcester (WUH'-stur) Superior Court ruled last week there was "substantial" evidence to link Julie Corey to the July 2009 slaying of Darlene Haynes and the abduction of her unborn child. The Telegram & Gazette ( http://bit.ly...Read Full Story

A Massachusetts woman who allegedly faked her own pregnancy has been charged with killing her pregnant friend, cutting her baby girl from her womb and kidnapping the infant. Julie Corey was initially charged with kidnapping after authorities found her and the baby in a homeless shelter in Plymouth, N.H., in July. A Worcester County grand jury indicted her Thursday on murder and kidnapping charges. DNA tests confirmed that the baby was cut from the womb of Darlene Haynes. Haynes, who was eight...Read Full Story

A woman accused of kidnapping a baby girl who had been cut from her mother's womb has agreed to return to Massachusetts from New Hampshire to face charges. Julie Corey had the baby girl with her when she was arrested at a New Hampshire homeless shelter on July 29. DNA tests have confirmed that the baby was cut from the womb of Darlene Haynes, who was found dead in her Worcester home two days earlier. Tim Connolly, a spokesman for Worcester District Attorney Joseph Early Jr., said arrangements...Read Full Story

Darlene Haynes was a 23-year-old woman found murdered in her apartment. Haynes, who was pregnant at the time, was found missing her fetus. The child would have been Haynes fourth daughter. Police are now investigating two men in Hayne's life: her ex-boyfriend Roberto Rodriquez , and her landlord William Thompson . From an article at ABC News: Darlene Haynes' mutilated body was found wrapped in bedding in a closet in her Southgate Street apartment Monday. She was eight months pregnant at the...Read Full Story

Darlene Haynes was about eight months pregnant when she was last seen alive. Her body was discovered Monday after her landlord went to check on a report of a strong odor coming from her apartment in Worcester, New England’s second-largest city. Police say the 23-year-old Haynes was found wrapped in bedding. An autopsy shows her fetus was removed. Haynes’s body reportedly was so mangled and decomposed that police said they could not immediately identify her gender. Police say the missing...Read Full Story