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Chicago woman, 46, her daughter, 24, and her boyfriend charged in the murder of a pregnant teen whose baby boy was cut from her belly in sickening ‘womb raider’ plot, that also harmed the infant – Clarisa and Desiree Figueroa face aggravated murder

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Pregnant teen found strangled with baby cut out of her womb
A mother and daughter are among three people accused of killing a pregnant Chicago teen whose baby boy was cut from her belly in sickening ‘womb raider’ plot
Clarisa Figueroa, 46, Desiree Figueroa, 24, and Piotr Bobak, 40, were charged on Thursday
Police said the Figueroas killed Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui, 19, and took her unborn baby
Bobak is charged with helping conceal crime after body was found in trash can in their home
Ochoa-Uriostegui was found strangled behind Figueroa’s house on Wednesday, the married teen was 9 months pregnant and had been missing since April 23 
On April 23, Clarisa Figueroa called 911 and said she had just given birth, the distressed infant has since been hospitalized, while the alleged mother set up a GoFundMe page, for his medical expenses 
Detectives tested the baby’s DNA and found that he was not Figueroa’s son
They then visited the house and found teen’s body inside a trash can in the yard
Clarisa and Desiree Figueroa are each charged with first-degree murder and aggravated battery of a child causing permanent disability
Bobak is charged with felony counts of concealing a death and concealing a homicide
All three are due in court for bond hearings on Friday
Clarissa Figueroa 1Clarisa Figueroa, 46, is the alleged mastermind of the womb raiding plot that ended in the killing of Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui
Police in Chicago have announced charges in the case of murdered 19-year-old Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui , whose unborn baby was cut from her womb. Charged on Thursday were Clarisa Figueroa, 46, her daughter Desiree Figueroa, 24, and Clarissa’s boyfriend Piotr Bobak, 40.

Police say that after luring the nine-months pregnant Ochoa-Uriostegui to their home with the offer of free baby clothes, the Figueroas strangled the teen to death with an electronics cable and cut the unborn baby from her womb.
The ring leader of the plot, who also posed as the mother of a baby stolen from the womb of his murdered mother is among three charged in the heinous crime.
Clarisa and Desiree Figueroa are each charged with first-degree murder and aggravated battery of a child causing permanent disability.
Bobak is charged with felony counts of concealing a death and concealing a homicide.
All three are due in court for bond hearings on Friday.

Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui, [left], and her son [right)]The body of Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui, 19, [left] was discovered on Wednesday. Her son, Yadiel Yiovanni Lopez [right] has been in Christ hospital for three weeks on life support 

Police found Ochoa-Uriostegui’s body and the murder weapon in a trash can in the backyard of the suspects’ home on Wednesday.
Police say that after luring the nine-months pregnant Ochoa-Uriostegui to their home with the offer of free baby clothes, the Figueroas strangled the teen to death with an electronics cable and cut the unborn baby from her womb.
Clarisa Figueroa called 911 on April 23 claiming she had just given birth and the baby wasn’t breathing, but DNA testing proved that the baby was actually the son of the slain teen, police say.
Police found Ochoa-Uriostegui’s body and the murder weapon in a trash can in the backyard of the suspects’ home on Wednesday.
The baby boy, Yadiel, is now in the custody of Ochoa-Uriostegui’s husband, and is in the hospital fighting for his life.
Desiree Figueroa,[left], and Piotr Bobak 1Desiree Figueroa, 24, and Piotr Bobak, 40, were also charged in connection with the murder
Clarissa Figueroa and the chile she stole from Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui iClarisa Figueroa posted this photo to a fundraising page saying it shows her and the baby she claimed was her own. However there is suspicion that the photo was obtained elsewhere
Gofundme page created by Clarissa Figueroa 1The suspects apparently created a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for the baby’s medical expenses. Police say Clarisa Figueroa called 911 claiming she had just given birth at home
Clarissa figueroa, Desiree Figueroa,, and Piotr Bobak arrested 1In the photo, authorities take the three suspects into custody after the body of a pregnant teen was found in a trash can in their yard.
They allegedly strangled the teen to death and cut out the child from her womb. Killing the mother and harming the infant
Police say that Clarisa Figueroa’s natural-born adult son, Xavier, died in 2017 of natural causes.
Online fundraising appeals show that Clarisa Figueroa and Bobak claimed to be the parents of a premature child born on April 23, which they had named Xander Xavier Bobak.
Earlier on Thursday, the trio of suspects were seen being put in handcuffs outside their Chicago home as new, haunting details of their alleged womb raiding plot emerged.
Social media posts revealed that the suspects have been posting online in recent months about the arrival of a baby boy, decorating a nursery and seeking out expectant mothers on Facebook. 
After allegedly killing the teen and cutting the boy out of her, Clarisa Figueroa called 911 claiming to have just given birth and demanding an ambulance.
Clarissa Figueroa,[left], and Piotr Bobak 1Grim reaper: Community members say Clarisa Figueroa [left, and right with boyfriend Bobak] had tried to lure other pregnant women to her home with offers of free baby items
Gofundme page created by Clarissa Figueroa 4Clarisa Figueroa claimed in a fundraising appeal that she had given birth prematurely 
 
It was previously reported that Ochoa-Uriostegui’s body was discovered after police took the 46-year-old Clarissa Figueroa, her boyfriend, her adult daughter, and her daughter’s boyfriend all into custody for questioning. 
An anonymous tip led detectives to check the DNA of the baby after the Figueroa set up a GoFundMe page to raise $9,000 for the baby’s medical and funeral, claiming the boy was sick and wouldn’t survive for long. 
 
Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui 2The victim, Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui, seen [in a recent photo with her three-year-old son], was nine months pregnant when she was killed and her womb raided by members of the Figueroa family
Results showed that the baby, who has been in the hospital for nearly a month, was Ochoa-Uriostegui’s child.
The disturbing story follows the same pattern as a number of fetal abduction cases in the US. 
Thw victim was seen leaving Latino Youth High School in Pilsen on April 23.
Her family said she then drove to a home on Chicago’s Southwest Side after a woman on Facebook said she had a stroller and baby clothes she wanted to give away, according to the Chicago Tribune. 
Ochoa-Uriostegui’s car was found a block away from the woman’s home earlier this month. 
The teen reportedly met the 46-year-old Figueroa on a Facebook group called ‘Help a Sister Out’.
‘Hello ladies, I’m due May 10 and I still need a ton of things for my son,’ she wrote on March 5.
‘Due to the fact that I’m in school and can’t work at the moment, I can’t afford to buy the rest of the things since I’m short on cash right now.’
The woman, who had claimed on the group that she was pregnant as well,  responded and offered to give the teen ‘brand new boy clothes’ for free. 
Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui's son 2Giovanni Lopez, Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui’s husband finally got to meet his son [photo], who he named Yadiel Yiovanni Lopez, three weeks after he was born. The family said they have no plans to take Yadiel off life support
Social media screen grabs have revealed that the woman began posting about a baby as early as February 5. She shared a photo on her page of a crib up against the wall that was decorated with letters spelling out the name ‘Xander’.
‘Baby Xander’s crib is set up now we’re just waiting for your arrival,’ she wrote in the caption.
Xander is the same name she would use when she created the GoFundMe for the baby in May.
On March 5, the woman not only responded to Ochoa-Uriostegui on the Help A Sister Out Facebook page , but also posted on the group herself.
‘Who is due in May where is the May mama’s at?’ she wrote.
After one woman responded ‘right here’, she replied: ‘I don’t feel lonely anymore yay’.
Around that time, the woman also appeared to have created a baby registry – which has since been wiped – and claimed her due date was at the end of May. 
Later that month, on her own Facebook page, the woman posted another photo of the nursery in her home. It showed that a mural of a tree had been painted to surround the letters spelling ‘Xander’. 
Messages exchange between Clarissa Figueroa and Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui 1Messages are seen above between the suspect and the victim, who went by Marlen Lopez, her husband’s last name, on her personal Facebook. The victim reportedly met the 46-year-old woman on a Facebook group called ‘Help a Sister Out’
Clarissa Figueroa fake pregnancy postFigueroa also posted this in the mother’s group in March. After one woman responded ‘right here’, she replied: ‘I don’t feel lonely anymore yay’
‘Finally finished the babies section so all we need to do is wait for his arrival (sic),’ she wrote in the caption.
One friend who commented on the post asked how she could be pregnant again if she had gotten her ‘Fallopian tubes’ tied.
‘Yeah I’m having a baby I’m due in May,’ the woman said, claiming that her tubes were untied during ’emergency surgery’ for her appendix. 
‘Crazy girl! Get yourself a lawyer regardless of the little miracle, get your $$$,’ her friend responded.
‘Yeah I was actually thinking about the same thing,’ she replied. 
On the night the teen disappeared, the woman allegedly called 911 and said she had just given birth and the baby wasn’t breathing. 
Clarissa Figueroa fake pregnancy post 2laying the fake trail, social media screen grabs show she began posting about a baby as early as February 5
Fake ultrasound 1Clarisa Figueroa’s boyfriend Bobak posted this ultrasound as his cover photo. The photo was a match to one that is often used to fake ultrasounds
The woman told the dispatcher that the baby was ‘pale and blue’ and that she was doing CPR.
A neighbor saw the woman standing outside her front door with the baby, who was wrapped in a white sheet.
She noticed blood stains on the woman’s hands and on her T-shirt, but none on her shorts. 
‘I said, “What’s up?’ and she said, “I just had the baby. It’s not breathing,”‘ the neighbor, who did not want to be identified, told the Chicago Sun-Times. ‘She said, “I stood up and the baby came out.”‘ 
The neighbor said the paramedics never went inside the house. 
Pictured is Ochoa-Uriostegui with her elder son in 2016
Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui 3Hours after Ochoa-Uriostegui disappeared a 46-year-old woman called 911 claiming she had given birth to a boy at the home and was suffering ‘post-delivery issues’. Authorities later discovered that thepregnant teen’s unborn son had been ‘forcibly removed’ from her body after the murder.
Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui's body was discovered behind this home 1Ochoa-Uriostegui’s body was discovered behind this home after police took the 46-year-old woman, as well as her boyfriend and her daughter, into custody for questioning
Police cllect evidence from Clarissa Figueroa's homePolice collecting evidence in Clarissa Figueroa’s home on Wednesday afternoon
‘Before she left in an ambulance, she told me several times, “Please call up someone to come and lock the house,”‘ the neighbor added, revealing that the woman was living in her parents’ basement.
Ochoa-Uriostegui was reported missing that same day after she didn’t pick up her three-year-old son from daycare.
An autopsy revealed that the teen died from ‘ligature strangulation’. Her death has been ruled a homicide.
‘We believe all of them played some role in this unspeakable act of violence,’ Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said of the three persons of interest.
‘We believe that she was murdered and we believe that the baby was forcibly removed following that murder.’ Charges have yet to be filed.
The GoFundMe that led to the woman’s arrest claimed that she was 36 weeks pregnant when she began to ‘experience labor pains while alone in her house’.
Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui's son 5The 46-year-old woman’s boyfriend posted a link to a GoFundMe they created for the baby and said he had been born on April 23, the same day Ochoa-Uriostegui disappeared
Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui's son 4Desiree Figueroa, who has also been charged with the murder, likewise posted a photo of the GoFundMe, claiming it was to support her baby brother
‘Within moments, she gave birth to her son Xander at 7lbs as she called 911 and followed the instructions of the emergency dispatcher,’ it read.
The GoFundMe claimed that doctors found the woman was ‘suffering from preeclampsia,’ pregnancy related hypertension that can lead to a stroke.
It stated that the woman and her boyfriend were ‘preparing to say goodbye to their baby boy’ and had accepted that ‘Xander won’t survive too much longer’.   
‘Baby Xander, despite all he is going through is a little fighter, and has already captured the hearts of many family members,’ it added. ‘Honoring the short life that baby Xander had is one small way to help provide closure and start the mourning process for the family.’ 
A woman who used to let the 46-year-old woman babysit her child said she had begun to act strangely recently and frequently spoke about motherhood.
‘She told me how she was getting really attached to the baby, how she couldn’t wait to be a mom again,’ the woman told ABC 7.     
Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui and her husband Giovanni Lopez on their wedding day 1Giovanni Lopez, and Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui  on their wedding day in 2017 
Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui with her husband Giovanni Lopez, and three-year-old son 1 1  Lopez family: Ochoa-Uriostegui and her husband also shared a three-year-old son. She was reported missing on April 23 after she didn’t pick up her  son from daycare
Giovanni Lopez, Ochoa-Uriostegui’s husband, was able to visit his son for the first time on Tuesday night and named him Yadiel Yiovanni Lopez.
Sara Walker, a student pastor who is helping Ochoa-Uriostegui’s family communicate with police, said the newborn has severe brain damage and is on life support.
‘It does not look good for the baby, but they are praying and hopeful,’ she added.
The family said they have no plans to take Yadiel off life support as they are holding onto hope that their last connection to Ochoa-Uriostegui will make it through. 
Lopez, who had lived with Ochoa-Uriostegui for the last four years, said he was in a ‘lot of pain, a lot of anguish, a lot sadness’.
He said she dreamed of going to college and becoming a fashion designer.   
Giovanni Lopez 1Grief-stricken husband, giovanni Lopez, [photo] was at the Cook County medical examiner’s office Wednesday evening. “I have a lot of pain, a lot of anguish, a lot of sadness,” he told reporters. “It’s painful to lose your wife, the woman you love the most. It’s painful.
Arnulfo Ochoa 1Broken: Arnulfo Ochoa, had to be carried as he walked into the Medical Examiner’s office to see his dead daughter’s body on Thursday morning
Raquel UriosteguiThe victim’s mother Raquel Uriostegui held back tears as she spoke to reporters outside the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office after identifying her dead daughter’s body
‘It’s painful to lose your wife, the woman you love the most,’ he added. ‘It’s painful.’
‘Why did these bad people do this? She did nothing to them. She was a good person.’
‘Even though we found her without a life, at least we’re grateful that we found her,’ added Ochoa-Uriostegui’s father Arnulfo Ochoa. 
Ochoa-Uriostegui’s family said they are now determined to get justice for the teen.
‘We’re gonna have justice with those responsible,’ Lopez told Fox News 32. ‘We’re gonna go hard after them. We won’t let it go. They don’t know the pain they’ve caused. They don’t know.’ 

 

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