Mass. woman found with baby cut from womb indicted on murder charge in mother’s killing

Mass. woman charged with murder in womb-cut case

WORCESTER, Mass. — A Massachusetts woman who allegedly faked her own pregnancy has been charged with killing her pregnant friend, cutting her baby girl from her womb and kidnapping the infant.

Julie Corey was initially charged with kidnapping after authorities found her and the baby in a homeless shelter in Plymouth, N.H., in July.

A Worcester County grand jury indicted her Thursday on murder and kidnapping charges.

DNA tests confirmed that the baby was cut from the womb of Darlene Haynes. Haynes, who was eight months pregnant when she was killed, was found dead in her Worcester home two days before Corey’s arrest.

Haynes and her boyfriend were friends with Corey and her boyfriend. In the months before Haynes was killed, Corey told her family and boyfriend that she was pregnant.