minutes ago, 46 years of age, the baby isn t breathe be. reporter: the next day, ochoa-lopez s husband reported marla missing but it wasn t until may 7th when the case took a turn after a friend of the victim told detectives about ochoa-lopez s chat site. this led officials to figueroa s home where they spoke to her daughter. they talked to desiree for a while and they were able to kind of solicit from desiree, well, where s your mom at? they continued to talk to her and talk to her and she said, well, my mom did also just deliver a baby. reporter: police interviewed figueroa at the hospital where she claimed the baby was hers and admitted to knowing the victim saying she gave her baby clothes in the past but denied seeing her on the 23rd. she was arrested after dna evidence showed she not the mother of the child. ochoa-lopez s family say they want justice for their only daughter.
charged and they were all denied bond. the mother strangles marlen ochoa lopez who was nine months pregnant with her second child and the mother allegedly cut the infant out of the victim s womb. clarissa called the 911 standing on the street with a newborn baby stating i just had a baby. they should be celebrating the birth of a young baby instead their mourning the loss of the mother and possible lip the young child. cnn jean casarez is here to explain just how and i know this started with a facebook request for a stroller and some baby clothes? it was so innocent on the part of the victim. it was april 23rd and that is the last time that mrs. lopez was ever seen alive. her husband went to police after that saying my wife is gone and my wife is nine months pregnant. she s about ready to give birth. so from april 23rd on chicago
police say they tried everything that technology would allow to try to find her car, try to find her. they went to hospitals to see if she had gone to a hospital to give birth. absolutely nothing. on may 7th, they were talking with a friend of hers that happened to mention, you know, she was a part of a chat group. and so that friend got enough information to detectives that they were able to get into that chat room and they found the conversation between the victim and clarissa figueroa, now defendant, where the victim is saying, i m going to school, i can t work, i don t have the money for baby clothes, but i m just about to give birth, and figaro said, come on over to the house, we can give you clothes. so she went over to the home on april 23rd and prosecutors and police are alleging it was on that day, after she got into the home that figueroa, with the assistance of her daughter, suffocated her to death with a cord and then after that,