--- title: Woman Whose Baby Was Cut from Her Womb Speaks Out description: The woman whose baby was brutally cut from her womb during an attack last March is now speaking out about the experience. canonical: https://time.com/4241892/michelle-wilkins-baby-cut-from-womb/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-29T20:12:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T15:28:44.025Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Colorado Woman Whose Baby Was Cut from Her Womb Speaks Out og:description: "It's really been crippling" og:url: https://time.com/4241892/michelle-wilkins-baby-cut-from-womb/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8585166706271d4/69887fa3e20a879ee1a8fc5a/michelle-wilkins-speaks-to-media-baby-cut-from-womb.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Boulder, Dynel Lane, fetal abduction, trial, Michelle Wilkins og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Colorado Woman Whose Baby Was Cut from Her Womb Speaks Out twitter:description: "It's really been crippling" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8585166706271d4/69887fa3e20a879ee1a8fc5a/michelle-wilkins-speaks-to-media-baby-cut-from-womb.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Colorado Woman Whose Baby Was Cut from Her Womb Speaks Out  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Feb 29, 2016 8:12 PM CUT  Michelle Wilkins speaks to the media after Dynel Lane was found guilty of attempted first-degree murder, assault and unlawful termination of a pregnancy in Boulder, Colo. on Feb. 23, 2016. Michelle Wilkins speaks to the media after Dynel Lane was found guilty of attempted first-degree murder, assault and unlawful termination of a pregnancy in Boulder, Colo. on Feb. 23, 2016.Matthew Jonas—AP  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Feb 29, 2016 8:12 PM CUT The woman whose baby was brutally [cut from her womb](http://time.com/3750652/baby-womb-stabbed-craigslist/ "undefined") during an attack last March is now speaking out about the experience. “It’s really been crippling,” Michelle Wilkins, 27, [told ](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20990273,00.html "undefined")[_People_](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20990273,00.html "undefined")of her ordeal. “There was this confusion of how to handle it because physically I’m good. I’m still a very young person and so I felt this drive to live, but so much within me was just so tired and exhausted and overwhelmed with everything that I’ve experienced.” Dynel Lane, the woman who killed Wilkins’ baby, was [convicted of murder](http://time.com/4234185/dynel-lane-baby-cut-from-womb-conviction-murder/ "undefined") in February. It was during Lane’s trial that Wilkins says she felt in touch with her anger. “I don’t mean anger like blinding or all consuming because I still maintain a perspective of her humanity, my humanity, and how we are connected by that,” she said. “But we also make choices which have consequences and in her case those consequences caused a lot of pain.” [_Read more at People.com_](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20990273,00.html "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4241892/michelle-wilkins-baby-cut-from-womb/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4241892/michelle-wilkins-baby-cut-from-womb/"},"headline":"Colorado Woman Whose Baby Was Cut from Her Womb Speaks Out","datePublished":"2016-02-29T20:12:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:28:44.025Z","description":"\"It's really been crippling\"","url":"https://time.com/4241892/michelle-wilkins-baby-cut-from-womb/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8585166706271d4/69887fa3e20a879ee1a8fc5a/michelle-wilkins-speaks-to-media-baby-cut-from-womb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8585166706271d4/69887fa3e20a879ee1a8fc5a/michelle-wilkins-speaks-to-media-baby-cut-from-womb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Boulder, Dynel Lane, fetal abduction, trial, Michelle Wilkins","caption":"Michelle Wilkins speaks to the media after Dynel Lane was found guilty of attempted first-degree murder, assault and unlawful termination of a pregnancy in Boulder, Colo. on Feb. 23, 2016.","creditText":"Matthew Jonas—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/4241892/michelle-wilkins-baby-cut-from-womb/","name":"Colorado Woman Whose Baby Was Cut from Her Womb Speaks Out"}}]}] ```