Womb Raider Learns Fate After Baby Ripped From Young Mom’s Body

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🗓️ 18 May 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Marlen Ochoa-Lopez was murdered before her baby was cut out of her body, according to police. The teen mom went missing as she tried to pick up baby clothes from someone she met online in a motherhood forum. Now the mother/daughter duo who killed Ochoa-Lopez will spend decades behind bars.

Clarisa Figueroa, 51, told a judge she understood that she would be in jail for the rest of her life, as the judge sentenced her to 50 years behind bars. Both Figueroa and her daughter, Desiree Figueroa, were charged with first-degree murder for the brutal slaying of Ochoa-Lopez.

Prosecutors said they lured Ochoa-Lopez to their home on April 23, 2019, with the promise of baby supplies. The duo then strangled Ochoa-Lopez when she arrived and cut the baby from her womb, in an attempt to keep the infant as their own.

Two months later, the infant, Yovanny Lopez, passed away from brain damage, along with complications from a prolapsed umbilical cord and placenta.

In January, Desiree Figueroa pleaded guilty to murder and took a plea deal, which allowed her to receive 30 years in prison in exchange for testimony against her mother.

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0:00.0	Crime stories with Nancy Grace.
0:07.2	The so-called womb raider meets Lady Justice in court and the murder of a teen girl cutting the baby out of the victim's body.
0:20.0	I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. Thank you for being with us. That's right.
0:26.3	The Chicago woman known as the so-called Womb Raider murders a pregnant teen girl and actually cuts her unborn baby from her stomach,
0:38.8	just sentenced to 50 years behind bars. Why not life behind bars? I don't get it. Clarissa Figueroha 51 got the
0:50.9	sentence in a Cook County courtroom in the last days after she pled guilty to first degree murder and the horrific death of 19 year old Marlon Ochoa Lopez. Before she entered her guilty plea, Figueroa sat in court stoically and listened to the devastated
1:11.4	Achoa Lopez family who said in open court, punishment will never be enough
1:18.9	for what Figueroa did.
1:21.8	Marlon's mom spoke out stating, quote, the loss of my daughter's life is something I will never overcome.
1:31.0	What exactly happened?
1:33.4	Nine months pregnant when she went missing.
1:35.8	Hours later that same day, a 46 year old woman came running out of her home here,
1:41.4	claiming that she had just given birth to a baby boy and he wasn't breathing.
1:46.0	The baby was rushed to Christ and he remains there in intensive care.
1:50.2	The family has since determined Marlene came to the home on 77th place to swap items arranged through a Facebook group called Help a sister out.
1:59.0	The older woman claimed to have a stroller and other items.
2:02.6	Neighbors say the people being questioned include the 46 year old woman, her boyfriend,
2:07.6	her daughter, and a man in his 20s.
2:10.0	They were also surprised by an alleged birth since no one knew of a pregnancy.
2:14.5	A pregnant mom, we believe strangled dead, her baby cut from her womb after she's lured to a home by a woman she meets on
2:27.3	Facebook. I'm Nancy Grace this is crime stories thank you for being with us you
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