\nA Brazilian woman has been arrested for killing a pregnant first-time mum then ripping her unborn baby from her belly, police reported today.
\nSuelen Coimbra do Carmo, 27, is alleged to have lured Naiara Silva Costa, 22, who was eight months pregnant, to her home on Tuesday under the false pretence she would donate bags of new clothes and accessories for the baby.
\nCarmo has been accused of drugged, hung, then stabbed the victim, cutting the baby from the mother\u2019s womb.
\nThe child, a girl, did not survive.
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\nSuelen Coimbra do Carmo has been arrested for killing a pregnant first-time mum then ripping her unborn baby from her belly <\/em>
\nTo cover her tracks cops claimed Carmo buried Mrs Costa\u2019s body in a shallow grave in the back yard of the house where she lived in Goi\u00e2nia, central west Brazil.
\nThe baby was found wrapped in some clothes and dumped in a bowl left on a bed inside the property.
\nAccording to detective Azuen Magda Albarello, Carmo confessed to killing the married mum who worked as a beautician on the day she they met up.
\nCarmo revealed she found her victim online after the mum-to-be posted an appeal for help for clothes for her baby.
\nDet. Albarello said: \u201cSuelen joined a mother\u2019s group on social network and saw Naiara was asking for help.
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\n\u201cThey began to exchange messages, and the woman agreed with the victim to meet in\u00a0Goiania, pretending she would deliver a complete trousseau for the baby.
\n\u201cSuelen collected Naiara in the capital, then took her by car to her house in Ner\u00f3polis (a neighbourhood in the city) where the crime happened.\u201d
\nThe accused is reported to have had an abortion two months ago after splitting from her partner who allegedly didn\u2019t want the child.
\nNeighbours who were not aware of the accused circumstances said she \u2018wore large flowing dresses and looked like she was pregnant.\u2019
\nCops were alerted after a suspicious neighbour, who was asked to dig the hole in the yard for Carmo, reported his concerns.
\nMarcos Pereira, a bricklayer, said: \u201cSuelen called me to ask if I could do her a favour because she wanted to plant some spring onions in her garden, but as she was pregnant it would be difficult. I said no problem.
\n\u201cI dug down far enough to plant vegetables but she insisted on the hole being a metre deep by two metres wide. I found that strange and unnecessary.
\n\u201cThen when she said she was going to get some cement to put around the hole to make it look nice, I became really suspicious because she said she was pregnant but she didn\u2019t need any help carrying the cement bag.\u201d
\nWhen officers arrived at the property they described the accused as nervous and unwilling to open the door to answer any questions.
\nA cop jumped over the property wall to inspect the area and discovered the victim\u2019s mutilated body buried in the makeshift grave, partially covered with dirt.
\nDet. Albarello said under questioning Carmo gave details of the cold-bloodied killing and revealed the young mum suffered a horrific death.
\nShe said: \u201cNaiara died in a terrifying and helpless way probably knowing her child was going to be taken from her. She was doped with a powerful dose of rivotril, a lethal drug that incapacitates the victim.
\n\u201cOnce the medication took hold the accused confessed she tied a rope around the victim\u2019s neck and hung her until she was sure Naiara was dead.
\n\u201cCarmo told us, at that time, the baby was still alive and moving in the woman\u2019s womb.
\n\u201cShe took a scalpel and slashed open the pregnant belly. But she was shocked to find the baby was in a bad way because the umbilical cord was wrapped twice around the child\u2019s neck.
\n\u201cCarmo tried to breathe life into the infant but all her attempts to resuscitate failed,\u201d Det Albarello reported.
\nCops found plastic gloves, a scalpel and the medicine apparently used to drug the victim in the property.
\nDet. Albarello said: \u201cThe evidence indicates that this heinous crime was pre-planned and we believe Carmo was intent on getting a baby for herself after the loss of her own child.\u201d
\nMrs Costa\u2019s husband, who has not been named, is said to be under sedation following the shocking murder of his wife and child.
\nCarmo is facing two charges of murder and has been remanded in custody to appear in court next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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