The mother of slain pregnant woman Rebecca Park allegedly confessed to cutting her daughter’s unborn baby out of her womb — and claimed the child’s father was her own husband, the mom-to-be’s stepfather, according to court documents.
Park, 22, was found dead in the Manistee National Forest in Michigan on Nov. 25, weeks after she vanished on Nov. 3, when she was 38 weeks pregnant.
Parks’ mother, Cortney Bartholomew, 40, and her stepfather, 47-year-old Bradly Bartholomew, allegedly dragged her to the woods, stabbed her, and cut her baby out of her womb, Wexford County prosecutors said, according to the Detroit Free Press.
Though the victim’s mother initially denied taking part in the gruesome killing, she later confessed to cops that Park was conscious when she cut the baby out of her as Bradly held a knife to her throat, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by UpNorthLive.
Cortney tried to tie off the baby’s umbilical cord, and once the child was removed, Bradley slit his stepdaughter’s throat, the documents alleged.
She also allegedly admitted to cops that her husband Bradly had impregnated her daughter and was the father of the baby, according to the affidavit.
The baby never took a breath, and the couple later placed the child in a GFL garbage tote at a house north of their residence, the filing said.
The couple face identical charges, including first-degree premeditated murder, felony murder, torture in a place of confinement, conspiracy to commit torture, assault of a pregnant woman with the intention to cause miscarriage or stillbirth, conspiracy to commit that assault, unlawful imprisonment and moving a dead body.
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