Gabriela Osorio, 28, is being held on suspicion of attempted murder and kidnapping. (Santa Ana Police Department) |
SANTA ANA -- A woman who lied about being pregnant and was desperate for a baby has been arrested for stabbing another woman and attempting to steal her week-old daughter, police say.
Police were sent to a home in the 2000 block of N. Fairview St. around 3:30 p.m. Friday after someone reported a stabbing there, according to Cpl. Anthony Bertagna of the Santa Ana Police Department.
The suspect, 28-year-old Gabriela Osorio of Santa Ana, tried to suffocate the 26-year-old female Hispanic victim before stabbing her three times and fleeing with her baby, Bertagna said.
During the struggle, the victim bit the tip of Osorio's finger off and managed to escape and alert family members, who called police. The family members talked Osorio into surrendering the baby, who was not hurt.
The victim, whose identity is being protected, told officers that one week earlier, she had struck a friendship with Osorio and invited her to come visit her newborn baby.
According to police reports, Osorio showed up uninvited at the victim's home on the day of the attack.
The victim was treated at the scene and taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said. Osorio was also taken to a hospital to treat her finger injury.
The baby was returned to the mother, and both were safe at home, according to police.
After an investigation, detectives say they learned it had been Osorio's intention to murder the mother and kidnap her baby. She was arrested for attempted murder and attempted kidnapping.
Osorio apparently faked a pregnancy for nine months. She told her family in March that she had given birth to a baby who had to remain hospitalized with a medical problem, Bertagna said. She then began looking in hospitals and medical clinics for a baby to kidnap.
Police were sent to a home in the 2000 block of N. Fairview St. around 3:30 p.m. Friday after someone reported a stabbing there, according to Cpl. Anthony Bertagna of the Santa Ana Police Department.
The suspect, 28-year-old Gabriela Osorio of Santa Ana, tried to suffocate the 26-year-old female Hispanic victim before stabbing her three times and fleeing with her baby, Bertagna said.
During the struggle, the victim bit the tip of Osorio's finger off and managed to escape and alert family members, who called police. The family members talked Osorio into surrendering the baby, who was not hurt.
The victim, whose identity is being protected, told officers that one week earlier, she had struck a friendship with Osorio and invited her to come visit her newborn baby.
According to police reports, Osorio showed up uninvited at the victim's home on the day of the attack.
The victim was treated at the scene and taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said. Osorio was also taken to a hospital to treat her finger injury.
The baby was returned to the mother, and both were safe at home, according to police.
After an investigation, detectives say they learned it had been Osorio's intention to murder the mother and kidnap her baby. She was arrested for attempted murder and attempted kidnapping.
Osorio apparently faked a pregnancy for nine months. She told her family in March that she had given birth to a baby who had to remain hospitalized with a medical problem, Bertagna said. She then began looking in hospitals and medical clinics for a baby to kidnap.
