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Chicago woman pleads guilty, gets 50 years for cutting child from victim's womb

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

A Chicago woman accused of luring a pregnant teenager to her home and cutting her baby from her womb with a butcher knife nearly five years ago pleaded guilty to murder Tuesday and was sentenced to 50 years in prison.

, 51, seated in a wheelchair and Judge Peggy Chiampas asked her if she understood she would need to serve the entire sentence and would not receive early release on parole, news outlets reported.

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