Criminal defense attorney publicly reprimanded
The state Supreme Court publicly reprimanded a Milwaukee criminal defense attorney Wednesday for mismanaging matters in the cases of five clients.
Woman sentenced to life for fetal abduction (UPDATE)
A Milwaukee woman who confessed to police that she tried to steal a baby by killing a pregnant woman and cutting out the full-term fetus was sentenced Thursday to life in prison with no chance of parole.
Sentencing in Dec. for fetal-abduction case
The Milwaukee woman convicted this week of trying to steal a baby by killing a pregnant woman and cutting out her full-term fetus will find out her sentence later this year.
Jury convicts woman in fetal-abduction deaths
A Milwaukee woman was convicted Thursday of killing a pregnant woman and trying to steal her full-term fetus last year.
Testimony ends in fetal-abduction trial (UPDATE)
The Milwaukee woman accused of killing a pregnant woman last year and trying to steal her unborn baby has chosen not to testify in her own defense.
Video: Fetal-abduction suspect details attack
A Milwaukee woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and trying to steal her fetus described the attack in a videotape prosecutors played for jurors Wednesday, telling investigators she repeatedly bashed the victim in the head with a baseball bat before choking[...]
Defense argues intent in fetal abduction case (UPDATE)
The defense attorney for a Milwaukee woman accused of killing a young mother by cutting the fetus from her womb says the key legal question is intent.
Jury selection begins in mother, fetus killing (UPDATE)
Jury selection is under way in the trial of a Milwaukee woman accused of killing a young mother by cutting her full-term fetus from her womb.
Woman drops insanity plea in fetal abduction
A Milwaukee woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and trying to steal her full-term fetus dropped her insanity plea during a final hearing Thursday before her trial starts next week.
Judge allows statements in fetal abduction case
A judge is allowing some incriminating statements of a woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and then trying to steal her unborn baby.
Insanity plea for Wis. woman in fetal abduction (UPDATE)
By DINESH RAMDE Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — The lawyer for a Milwaukee woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and trying to steal her full-term fetus entered an insanity plea on his client’s behalf Wednesday, and said he’ll ask a judge to throw out her confessions to investigators. Attorney Robert D’Arruda told reporters he’s […]
Insanity plea possible in fetal-abduction case
By DINESH RAMDE Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and cutting out her full-term fetus in the hopes of raising the child as her own might plead insanity, one of her lawyers said. Annette Morales-Rodriguez, who is charged with two counts of first-degree intentional homicide, sat stoically […]
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