Medical center didn't alert police about woman charged in pregnant 19-year-old's death, despite no signs of giving birth

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Monday, May 20, 2019
Medical center didn't alert police about woman charged in pregnant 19-year-old's death
Illinois DCFS and Oak Lawn police say they were not alerted when Clarisa Figueroa came in with a newborn baby.

CHICAGO, Illinois -- Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and Oak Lawn police say Christ Medical Center did not alert them about Clarisa Figueroa when she arrived at the hospital with a newborn, despite showing no signs of having just given birth.

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Figueroa is one of the people accused of killing Marlen Ochoa-Lopez and removing her newborn from her womb.

"It's so hurtful, so hurtful to see the person, your wife, who you lived with for four years and now you see her with her eyes closed," he said.

Paramedics brought Figueroa to the hospital on April 23, but police didn't connect her to Ochoa-Lopez's murder until three weeks later.

The baby boy is not expected to survive.

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