Veronica Deramous cut the pregnant woman's womb with a utility knife to get at the baby
Veronica Deramous wanted a baby. She just didn’t want to have one the natural way. So police say she approached a 29-year-old woman at a Washington D.C. pregnancy shelter, saying she wanted to adopt her baby.
According to police, Deramous got the woman to come to her Suitland, Maryland home.
That’s where she tied the expectant woman up with duct tape and held her hostage for several days.
Deramous’ 17-year-old son was home at the time, but says he didn’t know what was happening in the back room.
Deramous kept the woman hydrated and fed, apparently to keep the baby healthy.
But sometime over the weekend, she decided to take the child by force. So she cut the woman’s womb with a utility knife.
Police say Deramous had no medical training, and provided the woman with no pain killers.
The woman managed to escape Sunday morning after Deramous went to sleep.
Residents in the apartment complex called the cops when they heard the two women struggling in the hall.
By the time officers arrived, they say the woman’s injuries were so severe that neither mother nor child was expected to survive.
The woman underwent an emergency C-section. Mother and daughter appear to be in critical condition, but they’re expected to recover.
Deramous is facing charges of attempted murder, assault and unlawful imprisonment.
The baby girl, meanwhile, has been named Miracle.
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