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AP-Stolen Fetus (Tops)

Witnesses say Kansas woman pretended stolen baby was hers

MELVERN, Kan. (AP) - Witnesses say a Kansas woman charged with killing an expectant mother was seen showing off a tiny baby girl as her own.
Hours later, Lisa Montgomery was arrested. Authorities say she soon confessed to strangling 23-year-old Bobbie Jo Stinnett, a Missouri woman she'd met on the Internet, cutting open her womb and stealing her fetus. Stinnett had been eight months pregnant.
Authorities say Montgomery is the mother of two high school-age children, and had recently been pregnant -- though the outcome of that pregnancy is unclear. They say she admitted lying to her husband about what had happened.
Witnesses report Montgomery had shown patrons of a local cafe her baby, then took the child to visit a pastor. The infant is reportedly in good health and has been returned to her family.
Montgomery is due in federal court Monday.

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