--- description: The woman is expected to survive title: Baby Cut From Woman's Womb When She Responded to a Craigslist Ad image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Baby Cut From Woman's Womb When She Responded to a Craigslist Ad  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 19, 2015 1:05 PM CUT  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 19, 2015 1:05 PM CUT A pregnant woman was [stabbed and her fetus was cut from her womb](http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci%5F27735844/person-taken-hospital-after-reported-stabbing-longmont "undefined") when she responded to an ad on Craigslist offering baby clothes, according to a report. The 26-year-old woman, who was seven months pregnant, was found by police at the scene of the stabbing in Longmont, Colo. on Wednesday afternoon, the Denver _Post_ reports. The victim underwent surgery and is expected to recover. Police arrested the suspect in the stabbing when she arrived at a local hospital with the baby, which did not survive. The suspect claimed to have suffered a miscarriage. Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett told the Denver _Post_ that this case could be complex. “The issues involving an unborn child are complicated under Colorado law,” he said. “In most circumstances, if a child was not actually born alive, then homicide charges are not possible.” The suspect was arrested on felony charges including attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault and child abuse knowingly and recklessly resulting in death. \[[_Denver Post_](http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci%5F27735844/person-taken-hospital-after-reported-stabbing-longmont "undefined")\] _Read next:_ [_5 Surefire Signs That Craigslist Ad is Fake_](http://time.com/3674514/5-signs-fake-craigslist-ad/?iid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3750652/baby-womb-stabbed-craigslist/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3750652/baby-womb-stabbed-craigslist/"},"headline":"Baby Cut From Woman's Womb When She Responded to a Craigslist Ad","datePublished":"2015-03-19T13:05:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:17:05.854Z","description":"The woman is expected to survive","url":"https://time.com/3750652/baby-womb-stabbed-craigslist/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3750652/baby-womb-stabbed-craigslist/","name":"Baby Cut From Woman's Womb When She Responded to a Craigslist Ad"}}]}] ```