A 16-year-old pregnant girl in Brazil was murdered and her unborn baby was stolen by a woman posing as a donor of free baby clothes. The 25-year-old attacker had recently suffered a miscarriage and was trying to pass the baby off as her own. The crime was uncovered when suspicious hospital staff realized the baby's origin.
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