WORCESTER, Mass. — A woman accused of kidnapping a baby girl who had been cut from her mother's womb has been ordered held on $500,000 cash bail.
Julie Corey was arraigned on a kidnapping charge Wednesday in Worcester after being extradited to Massachusetts from New Hampshire.
Authorities arrested Corey on July 29 after finding her with the baby at a homeless shelter in Plymouth, N.H.
DNA tests confirmed that the baby was cut from the womb of Darlene Haynes, who was found dead in her Worcester home two days earlier.
Prosecutors have declined to say whether they expect to charge Corey in Haynes' killing.
Corey's attorney said she had "something of a tortured childhood" and is the mother of five children.
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WORCESTER, Mass.
A woman accused of kidnapping a baby girl who had been cut from her mother's womb has agreed to return to Massachusetts from New Hampshire to face charges.
Julie Corey had the baby girl with her when she was arrested at a New Hampshire homeless shelter on July 29. DNA tests have confirmed that the baby was cut from the womb of Darlene Haynes, who was found dead in her Worcester home two days earlier.
Tim Connolly, a spokesman for Worcester District Attorney Joseph Early Jr., said arrangements are being made to bring Corey back within a few days. She will then be arraigned on the kidnapping charge.
Connolly declined to say whether prosecutors expect to charge Corey in Haynes' killing.
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