The women accused in cutting the baby from womb charged in baby’s death

A mother and daughter who are accused of cutting the baby from a Chicago woman’s womb are now also charged with murder in the baby’s death.

Fox 2 in St. Louis reports Cook County prosecutors announced on Thursday the latest charge against 46-year-old Clarisa Figueroa and her daughter, 26-year-old Desire Figueroa.

The women were already charged with first-degree murder in the killing of 19-year-old Marlen Ochoa-Lopez whose body was discovered days after Clarisa Figueroa went to a hospital with the gravely ill newborn claiming it was hers.

According to Fox2 News, authorities said the two women strangled Ochoa-Lopez and then cut the baby from the womb.

When the brain-damaged infant died in June, police said they expected to bring additional murder charges against the defendants.