Horror as woman ‘stabbed to death and unborn baby ripped from womb’ | World | News

A pregnant mum was kidnapped and killed before her unborn baby was cut from her womb, according to reports. A desperate police search was launched for the child following the horrific incident.

The 21-year-old victim was discovered wrapped in sheets and underneath a pile of blankets and when officers uncovered her body they discovered her child had been cut from her womb.

Maria Camila Potosi, 21, reportedly disappeared after leaving her home in Cali, Colombia, for a routine antenatal check on July 16, reports The Sun.

Reports from the South American country suggest that CCTV footage from the afternoon of her disappearance captured her final known movements.

She was seen climbing onto the back of a motorcycle ridden by a woman she knew, who has been spoken to by police.

Maria’s mother Alba Gomez has issued a plea to whoever killed her daughter to return her granddaughter, who she has named Alahia, Colombian news organisation RCN Noticias said.

She said: “The only thing I ask with this appeal and with the hopeful faith I hold that my baby is alive – is for her to be found,” she said.

“I ask that the people who have her search their hearts and return her to me.”

On the day of her kidnapping, Maria had cared for an unwell family member at her sister-in-law’s home in Melendez, later heading to her appointment, it is believed.

When she failed to return home afterwards her husband raised the alarm and her body was discovered on July 20, it is reported.