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It’s a terrible story. A Massachusetts woman named Darlene Haynes was 8-months pregnant. She was murdered and her baby was cut from her and kidnapped. Police have now Julie Corey who apparently lived in the same apartment building at one point. The baby was “found” alive at a local hospital and is doing well.As I looked at differing media accounts, I noticed that some members of the media seem to be struggling with the proper language to use in this case. Technically, Darlene Hayes had a fetus inside her. But when she was murdered and cut open, was a baby...

The woman who authorities say was found with the missing Worcester baby will be arraigned on fugitive from justice charges in a Concord, N.H., courtroom this morning. Julie A. Corey, 35, of 3 Henry Terrace in Worcester, was arrested by New Hampshire State Police yesterday. Authorities say Ms. Corey was found in Plymouth, N.H., yesterday with the baby that had been cut from the womb of the Worcester woman found slain in her Worcester apartment earlier this week. Her arraignment is slated for shortly before 11 a.m. in Concord. The arraignment will take place via videoconferencing, with Ms. Corey remaining...

(CNN) -- Police are searching for someone who killed a woman in her Massachusetts apartment and cut an 8-month-old fetus from her body. Officers found Darlene Haynes dead after neighbors complained about a stench coming from her Worcester apartment. The 23-year-old was found in the closet of a bedroom, wrapped in bedding, according to authorities. She was last seen on Thursday, police said.

Detectives and worried relatives are searching desperately for a cold-hearted killer who murdered an 8-months-pregnant Massachusetts mom, cut her uterus open and took her nearly full-term baby girl. The decomposing body of 23-year-old Darlene Haynes was found wrapped in a blanket and dumped in a closet Monday in her apartment in Worcester.