I have been reading about this story for days, and I am still in disbelief.  If you have not heard in late July a woman, Darlene Haynes, was found dead in her apartment in Worchester, MA.  The medical examiner then determined that the woman was eight months pregnant and the child had been removed from her womb before or after being killed.

I have read numerous articles about the forth coming court proceedings to determine custody.  The courts have for the time decided that the child and the woman’s 18 month old remain in protective court custody for at least another month.  The alleged father of the baby, Roberto C. “Tito’’ Rodriguez, is petitioning for some kind of custody with family courts.  As we all know this will require paternity testing.

Come to think of it the child in question will likely need a DNA maternity test to determine if she is in fact related to Haynes.  Although, it is likely that it would come back with a positive result as the child was found in custody of Julie A. Corey, a friend of Haynes.  It is said by those close to her that Corey was trying to pass this child off as her own.  After questioning Corey was charged with being a fugitive from authorities.  They have not yet charged her with the homicide, but the investigation is still underway.

It was equally disturbing when I tried to locate news stories regarding this case.  I simply entered baby stolen from womb and was bombarded with results.  Most of these results did not even pertain to this case the case in Massachusetts.  There were stories from Oregon and Pennsylvania as well. It boggles my mind this idea of harming another person to steal an unborn child.  Sometimes I still feel naive about how others treat another human life.

I plan to follow this case as long as the media finds it news worthy.  It is truly one story that gives me the chills every time I read even the headlines.  Anyone else?