Darlene Haynes Killed: Pregnant Woman Found Dead, Fetus Taken From Womb, Found Alive

WORCESTER, Mass. — Police in central Massachusetts say a baby girl who was cut from her mother's womb has been found alive and two people have been arrested in the woman's killing.

Police said Wednesday the girl appears to be in fair health at a New Hampshire hospital.

Thirty-five-year-old Julie Corey and an unidentified man have been arrested in New Hampshire after friends said they were suspicious of Corey's claims she had given birth. Corey has been charged as a fugitive from justice.

Corey was in custody and could not be reached for comment late Wednesday. Police did not know whether she had a lawyer.

The baby's mother, Darlene Haynes, was eight months pregnant. She was found dead in her apartment Monday. The 23-year-old's death has been ruled a homicide.

Comments

[grammargirl]

09:45 AM on 07/31/2009

Those who committed this heinous crime should be behind bars for life without any chance of parole. We should also put prison inmates to work so they can pay for their upkeep and also pay thesurvivors of their victims. All prisons shoud have their own industrial complexes that would operate at a profit with the low labor costs. Finished goods can be sold at more competitive prices.

Sentencing a miscreant to death is hardly punishment. We are all under that sentence anyway. We should sentence them to life, and make sure they repay as much of their debt as possible.

[chula33]

10:49 PM on 07/30/2009

i still dont believe that the people who were baring the child were the ppl who commited that murder .....something telling me it was bd had something to do with it..and the landlord he keeps changing up his story 1st he said he walked into her house becuase that terrible smell and decided go in the closet then 2nd time he was question her leg was sticking out the closet okkk....now that damn suspicious

[Zenith1959]

12:26 PM on 07/30/2009

The truly scary part about this is not the first or even second time I have read about this same crime taking place over the past few years. .

[Aabby]

11:43 AM on 07/30/2009

why could you not just adopt?! DARN!!!!

[Meggie]

12:25 PM on 07/30/2009

Was surprised to see MA. it's usually MO for this crime.
Amazing how often it happens, really.

[brooklyncitizen]

11:42 AM on 07/30/2009

There are no words for this. Certainly in this country it is finally OK for women to not procreate.Can't imagine feeling so desperate to conceive and or raise kids....

[Niasia]

11:09 AM on 07/30/2009

This is just horrible!

[chany1964]

10:20 AM on 07/30/2009

IMHO I think part of the reason things like this happens is because in our society women are made to feel less than complete if they don't have children. Also many women think that if they can just have a child the man won't leave. Not to mention the fact that mental health care in this country is damn near unattainable.

[kathy001]

10:32 AM on 07/30/2009

I agree, chany1964. Very good observations.

[brooklyncitizen]

11:38 AM on 07/30/2009

who knows? or they happen because people are truly messed up.

[avchavis]

10:15 AM on 07/30/2009

OMG! This is just so awful.

[jennytaylia]

10:00 AM on 07/30/2009

I cannot understand how someone who would do such a thing could expect to get away with it. Even barring DNA testing, a gynecological exam will quickly reveal whether a woman has given birth recently. And how do you claim pregnancy when you don't even have an expanded abdomen?

The self-delusion inherent in these people is almost beyond the ability to comprehend.

[okeefep1]

09:47 AM on 07/30/2009

ugh. vomit.

[MadHeart]

09:22 AM on 07/30/2009

What's the matter with people today? There is no sanity about sex, about reproduction, and human beings are treated as disposable items.

[PWM]

09:32 AM on 07/30/2009

I think it is a product of our society. We live in a throw away society and eventually that can move from goods to people.

[burtmckinly]

09:48 AM on 07/30/2009

Unbelievably disturbing. Procreation treated recreation rather then responsibility.

[hearken]

08:33 AM on 07/30/2009

What is it that our society drives women who can't have children to such desperate measures? You see women on TV saying all I want is to marry and have children...well for some not having children should be acceptable. There are far too many women having children that should not have them.

[brooklyncitizen]

11:40 AM on 07/30/2009

Was the motive to steal the child? or was that just one of many motives? not clear.

[helloworld2008]

08:06 AM on 07/30/2009

How horrible and sad.

Rest in peace.

[wwoody]

07:47 AM on 07/30/2009

Their action are beyond words. May Ms. Darlene Haynes finally rest in peace knowing her child is safe.

[AlexFTW]

07:30 AM on 07/30/2009

I'm glad they mentioned it was a homicide. I wouldn't have guessed.