PERPETRATOR DATA: 37 year old
VICTIM: 21 year old Carolyn Simpson was 6 months pregnant
METHOD OF LOCATING VICTIM: Met through mutual friends, persuaded victim to meet up under guise of giving her baby supplies
SURVIVAL OF MOTHER: no
SURVIVAL OF FETUS: no
DID PERPETRATOR HAVE CHILDREN: not noted in data.
FAKED PREGNANCY: yes, for 10 months, given a shower.
MOTIVE: wanted a baby, had claimed to be pregnant for so long that she needed to make good on her claims.
EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE SOUGHT: yes
OUTCOME: pled guilty to remove possibility of death sentence; sentenced to life in prison.
Goodson and Simpson were introduced to each other about a month before the crime. Goodson persuaded Simpson to come to Goodson’s workplace with the promise of baby clothes, and security cameras showed them leaving the building together. It appears that Goodson convinced Simpson to leave with her, and then murdered the pregnant woman before attempting a caesarean section. Goodson presented herself and the corpse of a pre-term infant at the local hospital claiming to have given birth. Four days afterwards, Simpson’s corpse was found in a ditch.
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