- Cinthia Fatima allegedly strangled Jessica Gabriela, 20, in her Mexican home
- She is accused of then ripping out her unborn child and claiming it as her own
- Fatima and her husband were both arrested after body was found in their home
- She allegedly stole the baby to cover up her own miscarriage months earlier
A woman allegedly strangled a pregnant 20-year-old girl and ripped her baby from her womb to cover up her own miscarriage.
Cinthia Fatima was accused of luring Jessica Gabriela to her house in Tampico, in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, before murdering her.
She was arrested along with her husband Omar Erique, who she didn’t tell about the miscarriage, after the decomposing body was found in their house.
Jessica Gabriela, 20, was allegedly strangled and had her unborn baby ripped from her womb
Cinthia Fatima was accused of luring the young woman to her house in Tampico, in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, before murdering her
Ms Gabriela met Fatima on social media and went to meet her after being offered some baby clothes and her family reported her missing, according to local media.
Authorities were alerted to the possible link after a woman, claiming to be Fatima’s sister, turned up at a hospital with a dead baby.
Some reports said she told doctors her sister had a recent still-birth at home, but others said she lost the baby months earlier and kept it secret.
Fatima then allegedly contacted several pregnant women on social media to try to kill them and steal their unborn children.
Ms Gabriela met Fatima on social media and went to meet her after being offered some baby clothes and her family reported her missing, according to local media
Fatima was arrested along with her husband Omar Erique (pictured), who she didn’t tell about the miscarriage, after the decomposing body was found in their house
By then taking the infant’s body to doctors and claiming it as her own, she hoped to convince her husband she had not lost her own child months earlier.
Prosecutors from the General Attorney’s office began an investigation into the shocking case but were yet to make a statement.
Fatima lived with her three children and her husband usually worked away from the family home.
The circumstances of how the she allegedly removed the unborn baby from its dead mother remained unclear.
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