US set to execute woman who cut newborn from mother's womb | World
Thursday, 17 Dec 2020 10:38 AM MYT CHICAGO, Dec 17 — In 2004, Lisa Montgomery strangled a pregnant woman to death and used a kitchen knife to remove the unborn baby from the victim’s uterus so she could kidnap the girl. Sixteen years on, the United States is preparing to execute her, and experts are still studying the case so they can understand what prompts such a crime — and how to prevent it in future. “It’s such a horrific act to do and it takes a lot of planning,” says Ann Burgess, a professor at Boston College who has studied the rare phenomenon of foetal abduction since the...