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L.A. Times Archives Feb. 13, 2007 12 AM PT Share via Close extra sharing options Email Facebook X LinkedIn Threads Reddit WhatsApp Copy Link URL Copied! Print From Times Wire Reports
A woman pleaded guilty in Pittsburgh to attempted homicide, assault and kidnapping for trying to cut a fetus from her neighbor’s womb. Peggy Jo Conner, 39, was accused of plotting to steal
Valerie Oskin’s baby and pass it off as her own. Oskin and the baby survived after a boy spotted the women, and authorities were called.
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