Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Chicago Tribune

    Mother and daughter charged with strangling teen mom, cutting baby from womb

    by Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune May 16, 2019 5 minutes

    CHICAGO - A mother and her daughter have been charged in the killing of a 19-year-old pregnant woman who was strangled before her baby boy was cut from her womb.

    At a news conference Thursday, Chicago police officials said detectives found coaxial cable used to strangle Marlen Ochoa-Lopez in the same garbage can in which her body was found in the family's backyard.

    Clarisa Figueroa, 46, and her daughter, Desiree, 24, were both charged with first-degree murder.

    The older Figueroa's boyfriend, Piotr Bobak, 40, was charged with concealment of a homicide.

    Police said the younger Figueroa confessed to assisting her mother in strangling Ochoa-Lopez.

    Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said the elder Figueroa had lost a son in his 20s in 2017 when he

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Chicago Tribune

    Chicago Tribune4 min read
    Frustrations Rise After 9 Year Old Girl Attacked By Unleashed Dog In Chicago: ‘She Was Traumatized’
    CHICAGO — Nine-year-old Natalie Sieracki spent her sister’s softball game cartwheeling on the grass in Horner Park Saturday evening. She didn’t notice the large, unleashed dog nearby until it attacked her. When she broke away from the animal, she ra
    Chicago Tribune7 min read
    Chicago Area’s Independent Bookstores See Revival
    CHICAGO — Renting out a Lincoln Park brownstone for $200 may be considered unusual, but a 300-year-old vampire who wears three-piece suits and enjoys Taylor Swift music wouldn’t know any better. After all, he has also been imprisoned in a vampire dun
    Chicago Tribune3 min readAmerican Government
    Measure To Create New State Agency For Childhood Services Now On Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s Desk
    The Illinois House on Thursday passed Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s initiative to consolidate early childhood services under a single agency, paving the way for the creation of a new state Department of Early Childhood. “We can make early childhood simpler, b

    Related Books & Audiobooks