PERPETRATOR DATA: 49 year old; Columbia; had male accomplice
VICTIM: 28 yr old Yulexis Vallecillos
METHOD OF LOCATING VICTIM: victim was not a Columbian national; Mosquera offered her assistance registering, also offered baby clothes.
SURVIVAL OF MOTHER: no
SURVIVAL OF FETUS: yes
DID PERPETRATOR HAVE CHILDREN: no
FAKED PREGNANCY: yes, told family of deceased husband that she was pregnant with his child
MOTIVE: to continue to receive financial support from the family of her deceased husband.
EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE SOUGHT: yes
OUTCOME: does not appear to have gone to trial yet
Vallecillos was invited to pick up free baby clothes at Mosquera’s home. Instead, she was attacked by 21 yr old Luis Felipe Victoria Arenas, who Mosquera had hired to kill Vallecillos and cut out her fetus. Mosquera took the newborn to the hospital, claiming to have given birth at home. However, the medical exam indicated that she had not recently given birth, and the police were called. Mosquera eloped and was on the run for several months.