Colorado mother-of-two stabs pregnant stranger answering ad for baby clothes, cuts baby from womb, then pretends it was HER miscarriage

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A pregnant Longmont, Colorado woman responding to a Craigslist ad Wednesday afternoon was stabbed and her unborn baby cut out of her womb.

A 34-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday after Longmont Police say she attacked a woman who was seven-months pregnant and cut the victim's unborn baby from her womb. The baby died, but the victim is expected to survive.

Longmont Police Commander Jeff Satur said the suspect - later identified as Dynel Catrece Lane - showed up at an area hospital with the deceased baby, claiming she had a miscarriage. Satur said Lane's husband drove her to the emergency room, thinking the child was alive. He said the husband is not considered a suspect.

The ambush happened around 2 p.m. Wednesday at Lane's home in the 1600 block of Green Place in Longmont. Satur said Lane and the 26-year-old victim did not know each other prior to this incident. The victim was responding to a Craigslist ad for baby clothes and came alone to the home.

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Police said the victim had been beaten and stabbed in the stomach before Lane allegedly removed the unborn child. When officers arrived on scene at the Green Place home, they could hear the mother calling for help from inside the house. She was taken to the Longmont United Hospital and underwent surgery.

Police have not determined a motive. Lane has two children of her own. It's not clear if anyone other than Lane and the victim were in the home at the time of the attack.

Lane was booked into the Boulder County Jail and is facing charges of attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault and child abuse resulting in death. She is expected to make her first appearance in court on Thursday.

Detectives obtained a search warrant for Lane's home and searched the home throughout Wednesday evening.

9NEWS ran a background check on Lane and found a misdemeanor conviction for a minor, non-violent charge in Lakewood in 2012.

Investigators did not released the name of the pregnant woman.

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