Pregnant Woman Sliced Open In Baby Snatch Bid
 

PA-- A woman was charged in the US today with cutting open her pregnant neighbour's belly with a razor knife to try and steal her baby, an effort that was thwarted when a passer-by saw what was happening and alerted authorities.
The victim, Valerie Oskin, 30, was taken to a hospital, where an emergency Caesarean section was performed. Hospital officials said this afternoon they couldn't release any information about Oskin or her baby.

Peggy Jo Conner, 38, of Ford City, Pennsylvania, hit Oskin over the head with a baseball bat, state police said.

She then drove Oskin about 25 kilometres to a secluded, wooded area in Armstrong County, about 80 kilometres northeast of Pittsburgh, and cut Oskin across her abdomen, Trooper Jonathan Bayer said.

"She was sliced over an old (Cesarean) scar and severely bleeding," Bayer said.

A teenager on an all-terrain vehicle came across the two women in the woods.

"She probably would have bled to death if this young boy had not discovered her when he did," Bayer said.

Although Conner told the boy that Oskin was fine, he called his father, who notified police. Bayer said he believed Oskin was in her third trimester of pregnancy.

Conner was arraigned today on charges of attempted homicide, aggravated assault and aggravated assault of an unborn child.

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