PERPETRATOR (S) DATA: 14 year old & 16 year old Columbian females

VICTIM:   17 year old Maria Amparo Rivera Girata

METHOD OF LOCATING VICTIM: were acquainted; told victim of (fake) job interview opportunity

SURVIVAL OF MOTHER:   yes

SURVIVAL OF FETUS:  yes

DID PERPETRATOR HAVE CHILDREN:   no, older teenager had miscarried

FAKED PREGNANCY:  yes

MOTIVE:   prevent boyfriend from leaving her.

EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE SOUGHT:  yes

OUTCOME 16 year old sentenced to 15 years incarceration

The name of the 16 year old perpetrator and her 14 year old accomplice were not provided to the media. The media reported that they were cousins. 

The older teen had been pregnant but miscarried and did not wish to lose her boyfriend if he learned of this. 

The victim and the perpetrators were acquainted.  The two teens offered to walk Rivera Girata to a place offering employment.  When she arrived, the teens brandished a knife, tied her up, and cut into her. 

According to the mother of the 14 year old perpetrator, the young teen returned from visiting the older cousin, carrying a newborn.  The baby was having difficulty breathing, so the teen’s mother to the hospital where it was placed in an incubator because it was only 7 months’ gestation. 

 

 

 

Teenage girls rip unborn baby from mother’s womb

Dos chicas hicieron una cesárea a otra para robar su bebé

https://www.foxnews.com/world/teen-girls-reportedly-cut-baby-from-colombian-mothers-womb

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1253650/Teenagers-rip-womans-baby-womb-makeshift-caesarean.html

https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-12230540