Trial delayed for woman accused of killing Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, whose baby was cut from womb (2024)

Figueroa was sentenced to 50 years in prison. The infant, Yovanny Jadiel Lopez, died several weeks later.

Little Village nonprofit holds baby showers to help mothers in need like Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, who was killed in 2019.

Lawyers for Clarisa Figueroa want psychiatric records for the state’s key witness, Figueroa’s daughter Desiree.

In a deal that will send her to prison for 30 years, Desiree Figueroa pleaded guilty on Monday to the 2019 murder of the pregnant 19-year-old.

Piotr Bobak cleaned up the 2019 murder scene and claimed the infant was his son in a bid to get charitable donations, prosecutors said.

Desiree Figueroa, 25, was transported from Cook County Jail to Stroger Hospital and gave birth to an infant on Nov. 1, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office said.

Defense lawyers had asked Judge Peggy Chiampas for a gag order after teen murder victim’s supporters’ frequent public comments about three defendants charged in the triple-murder.

Yovani Lopez and his supporters claim they have a right to demand justice — publicly— for the slain teen mom and the couple’s child.

Bills from Christ Medical Center also refer to the baby as “Figueroa, boy” — the last name of the woman accused of killing him and his mom.

Clarisa Figueroa and her daughter, Desiree Figueroa, were charged with murder and denied bail. They already faced similar charges in the death of the baby’s mother.

Cook County prosecutors added two dozen new counts to the indictment against two of the suspects, but there are no charges yet connected to the death of Marlen Ochoa-Lopez’s newborn, who died after weeks on life support.

Relatives of murdered mom Marlen Ochoa-Lopez criticized a report that found Christ Medical Center in compliance with federal regulations despite “deficiencies” in how the hospital handled the situation.

The infant who was cut from his 19-year-old mother’s womb succumbed to his brain injuries Friday, a family spokeswoman said.

A new indictment adds to charges against Clarisa and Desiree Figueroa for allegedly killing the pregnant 19-year-old and cutting child from her belly.

Piotr Bobak is accused helping clean the crime scene and trying to raise money for a dying infant he claimed was his son.

Hundreds filed into a Stickney funeral home to pay respects a month after Marlen Ochoa-Lopez’s grisly murder.

The two-day wake for Marlen Ochoa-Lopez continues Friday with her funeral scheduled for Saturday.

Illinois Department of Public Health officials are investigating Christ Medical Center in connection with its handling of the baby of Marlen Ochoa-Lopez.

The sheriff’s office said if the agency finds that Christ Medical Center violated the Abuse and Neglected Children Reporting Act, it would investigate.

Artist Milton Coronado started the mural Sunday to pay tribute to Ochoa, the 19-year-old expectant mother slain last month.

Two days of visitation are scheduled at Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Stickney.

Christ Medical Center won’t say how long Clarisa Figueroa was hospitalized — or when workers began to question whether she’d actually given birth.

It is gruesome. It is grisly. It’s as bad as it gets.

Activists trying to raise awareness about missing black women have complained detectives are too slow to follow up on leads. The decision by the father of Marlen Ochoa-Lopez to turn to a private investigator in the search for his daughter boosts that perception.

The three people charged in the slaying of Marlen Ochoa-Lopez were denied bail Friday.

Desiree Figueroa admitted to helping her mother, Clarisa Figueroa, strangle Marlen Ochoa-Lopez with a coaxial cable, police said.

Clarisa Figueroa — charged with murdering a pregnant woman and cutting the woman’s baby out of her womb — drank and smoked while telling people she was expecting her own baby, neighbors said.

Three people have been charged in the murder of Marlen Ochoa-Lopez.

A body found in a garbage can Wednesday in the 4100 block of West 77th Place is that of the pregnant woman, Marlen Ochoa-Lopez.