<p>Korena Roberts, 27, battered eight months pregnant Heather Snively with a collapsible police baton after luring her to her home in Oregon, Daily Mail reported on Thursday. <br /><br />She then used a sharp instrument to cut the unborn baby from Snively's abdomen.<br />An autopsy showed that the baby boy, who did not survive, had been torn from Snively's womb.<br /><br />Her body was found stuffed into the crawlspace in the kitchen of Roberts' home in Portland, Oregon, in June 2009.<br /><br />Police were alerted to the murder after paramedics were called to the home and discovered Roberts' boyfriend Yan Shubin desperately trying to revive a newborn baby and large amounts of blood on the floor.<br /><br />Roberts, who has two children under 10, told paramedics she was the mother of the baby and was rushed to hospital, where an examination revealed she had not given birth.<br /><br />For months before the killing, Roberts told neighbours that she was pregnant, going as far as buying a stroller, baby formula and parenting magazines.<br /><br />Weeks before her death, Snively moved to Oregon from Maryland to be with her fiance.<br />Detectives said they believe Roberts and her victim met online through the Craiglist website where both women were looking for baby clothes.<br /><br />During a bail hearing, Roberts' lawyer said she had given birth to a stillborn child in 2007 and was obsessed with babies, repeatedly watching videos of births on YouTube, sewing baby clothes and telling people she was pregnant.<br /><br />Neighbours said they often saw Roberts walking with Snively.<br /><br />Detectives said they believed Roberts deliberately lured Snively to her home with the intention of killing her and stealing her unborn baby.<br /><br />Snively's mother Heidi Kidd said Roberts told her daughter she was pregnant and wanted to exchange baby clothes.<br /><br />Kidd, who earlier revealed the baby boy would have been called John Steven, said: "I guess they decided to meet and I guess that was the wrong thing to do."</p>
<p>Korena Roberts, 27, battered eight months pregnant Heather Snively with a collapsible police baton after luring her to her home in Oregon, Daily Mail reported on Thursday. <br /><br />She then used a sharp instrument to cut the unborn baby from Snively's abdomen.<br />An autopsy showed that the baby boy, who did not survive, had been torn from Snively's womb.<br /><br />Her body was found stuffed into the crawlspace in the kitchen of Roberts' home in Portland, Oregon, in June 2009.<br /><br />Police were alerted to the murder after paramedics were called to the home and discovered Roberts' boyfriend Yan Shubin desperately trying to revive a newborn baby and large amounts of blood on the floor.<br /><br />Roberts, who has two children under 10, told paramedics she was the mother of the baby and was rushed to hospital, where an examination revealed she had not given birth.<br /><br />For months before the killing, Roberts told neighbours that she was pregnant, going as far as buying a stroller, baby formula and parenting magazines.<br /><br />Weeks before her death, Snively moved to Oregon from Maryland to be with her fiance.<br />Detectives said they believe Roberts and her victim met online through the Craiglist website where both women were looking for baby clothes.<br /><br />During a bail hearing, Roberts' lawyer said she had given birth to a stillborn child in 2007 and was obsessed with babies, repeatedly watching videos of births on YouTube, sewing baby clothes and telling people she was pregnant.<br /><br />Neighbours said they often saw Roberts walking with Snively.<br /><br />Detectives said they believed Roberts deliberately lured Snively to her home with the intention of killing her and stealing her unborn baby.<br /><br />Snively's mother Heidi Kidd said Roberts told her daughter she was pregnant and wanted to exchange baby clothes.<br /><br />Kidd, who earlier revealed the baby boy would have been called John Steven, said: "I guess they decided to meet and I guess that was the wrong thing to do."</p>