Motives
Statistics for pregnancy as being a motivating factor in the murder of a pregnant woman are unavailable at this time. Motives may vary, with a woman's pregnancy at the time of death sometimes being coincidental.
In 2004, Bobbie Jo Stinnett died after Lisa M. Montgomery cut Stinnett's unborn daughter from her womb in an attempt to claim the baby as her own. The two met online in a dog breeding chatroom and Montgomery told Stinnett she was also pregnant. Montgomery later posed as a potential buyer of one of Stinnett's dogs and arranged to meet her. It was at that meeting that Stinnett was murdered. Montgomery then took the baby to the local hospital, claiming to have just given birth to it herself. In July 2008, Araceli Camacho Gomez was found with her hands and feet bound by yarn and massive trauma to her abdomen. Police arrested Phiengchai Sisouvanh Synhavong in connection with the case and charged her with first-degree murder. In her purse were yarn, a boxcutter, and baby items, among other items. In July 2009, Darlene Haynes was found dead in her apartment, her stomach cut open in a way consistent with the removal of a fetus.
Other notable cases include Sharon Tate, victims of the Manson Family murders, Jessie Davis, LaToyia Figueroa, Belinda Temple, Cherica Adams, and Laci Peterson.
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