Disturbing: Woman (44) kills pregnant woman and cuts the baby out of her belly
Benton County (Missouri/USA) - It is a shocking crime that can hardly be surpassed in cruelty. Because she wanted a child, Amber Waterman (44) kidnapped a pregnant woman and cut open her stomach. Mother and unborn child died - the perpetrator was convicted.

Amber Waterman will spend the rest of her life behind bars.
A court in the US state of Missouri found it proven that the now 44-year-old lured the heavily pregnant Ashley Bush (†33) into her home in 2022, only to overpower her and cut the unborn child out of her stomach with a kitchen knife. This is reported by the KNWA channel.
Both Ashley and her unborn daughter, whom she wanted to name Valkyrie, did not survive the horrific ordeal.
After the atrocity, Waterman called 911, claiming to have just given birth to a baby girl in her van. But the little girl was not breathing, the killer claimed.
The construct of lies came crashing down when the alarmed emergency doctor became suspicious and questioned the supposed mother about the details of the made-up pregnancy. Amber Waterman immediately admitted to the crime and was arrested shortly afterwards.
She called herself Lucy on Facebook

The killer called herself "Lucy" on Facebook, reports the"Law & Crime" website. In October 2022, she contacted Ashley, who was 31 weeks pregnant at the time, on the platform and pretended to be able to find the young woman a lucrative home office job. This was followed by a job interview in a library in the US state of Arkansas.
Ashley trusted her killer when, after the second meeting, she asked her to get into her van to drive to the supposed supervisor and sign the employment contract. Instead, she took the pregnant woman to her home in Pineville, Missouri, where the 33-year-old was left to die a gruesome death.
Investigators believe that Amber Waterman first shot her victim and then used a knife to open her stomach and separate the unborn girl from her womb. She then tried to burn the body.
Amber Waterman was spared the death penalty in court. Instead, Judge Stephen R. Bough sentenced the baby murderer to two life sentences - to be served consecutively. In a separate trial, her husband Jamie Waterman has to answer for aiding and abetting kidnapping resulting in death.
The gruesome murder of Ashley Bush and the unborn Valkyrie is all too painfully reminiscent of another, no less serious crime: In November 2020, 29-year-old Taylor Rene Parker murdered her pregnant girlfriend Reagan (†21) only to rob her of her baby.