New York Post (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
PITTSBURGH - The woman whose body was found with her uterus cut open, and who appeared to have been pregnant, has been positively identified, the Allegheny County medical examiner said yesterday. Dr. Karl Williams, the medical examiner, said the...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
... The body was positively identified through dental records, Allegheny County Medical Examiner Karl Williams said Sunday.
In the criminal complaint, police said that video surveillance at the Allegheny County Jail from Tuesday afternoon shows Curry-Demus talking with Johnson for several minutes. The women were visiting different inmates, police said.
Allegheny County Police...
IOL (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Pittsburgh - A woman suspected of cutting open a pregnant woman's uterus and stealing the baby has been charged with homicide, unlawful restraint and kidnapping.Andrea Curry-Demus, 38, is charged with the death of Kia Johnson, 18. She is accused of taking the baby boy to a Pittsburgh hospital and claiming it was her own.Johnson's body was found on Friday in Curry-Demus's flat. Medical examiner Karl...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
... coming from the unit.She appeared to have been dead for about two days, said medical examiner Karl Williams, who identified Ms Johnson using dental records.Her hands and feet were bound with duct tape and her face was covered with plastic and duct tape. She had been pregnant and her body showed “evidence that there had been a partial evisceration - her abdomen had been opened with...
Fair Proxy Web (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
... was in a state of moderate decomposition and she had been dead about two days, Medical Examiner Karl Williams said. The cause of death hasn’t been determined, he said. The woman’s hands and feet were bound by duct tape. A placenta was found at the scene, Williams told reporters. Johnson’s body was found two days after Curry-Demus arrived at a hospital with a newborn, claiming...
The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
A woman found dead with her abdomen cut open in western Pennsylvania may be a missing pregnant 18-year-old, a medical examiner said Saturday. The body was discovered in the Wilkinsburg apartment of Andrea Curry-Demus, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. She was arrested Thursday when she brought a newborn baby to a hospital, claiming she had just given birth to the child. Dr. Karl Williams,...
CBS 4 - South Florida's Source for (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
... can't be too many cases similar to this at the same time," Allegheny County Medical Examiner Dr. Karl Williams said.The body was found Friday after reporters called authorities about a foul odor coming from inside Curry-Demus' Wilkinsburg apartment. Police had been at the building Thursday night, but did not go into that apartment, Wilkinsburg Police Chief Ophelia Coleman said. Instead,...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
... of Andrea Curry-Demus, the woman who went to the hospital, Allegheny County Medical Examiner Karl Williams said.The body showed "evidence that there had been a partial evisceration - meaning her abdomen had been opened with a sharp weapon. The uterus had been opened," he said. She had been pregnant, and a placenta was found in the apartment.The body "was in a state of moderate decomposition,"...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
... can't be too many cases similar to this at the same time," Allegheny County Medical Examiner Dr. Karl Williams said.
Morton said the woman's fingerprints didn't match any of those in a police database and she had no identifying scars or tattoos. Williams said dental records would be used to try to identify her.
The body was found Friday after reporters called authorities...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
... The body was positively identified through dental records, Allegheny County Medical Examiner Karl Williams said Sunday.In the criminal complaint, police said that video surveillance at the Allegheny County Jail from Tuesday afternoon shows Curry-Demus talking with Johnson for several minutes. The women were at the jail visiting different inmates.Raleigh, N.C.Cristóbal heads east of...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
PITTSBURGH — The woman whose body was found with her uterus cut open in the apartment of a woman who had a baby that wasn't her own has been positively identified, the Allegheny County medical examiner said Sunday. Dr. Karl Williams, the medical examiner, said the identity of 18-year-old Kia Johnson was confirmed with dental records. She is from McKeesport, just outside Pittsburgh. Johnson's...
ABC News (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
... can't be too many cases similar to this at the same time," Allegheny County Medical Examiner Dr. Karl Williams said.The body was found Friday after reporters called authorities about a foul odor coming from inside Curry-Demus' Wilkinsburg apartment. Police had been at the building Thursday night, but did not go into that apartment, Wilkinsburg Police Chief Ophelia Coleman said. Instead,...
Clutch Magazine (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
... state of moderate decomposition" and the woman had been dead for about two days, Medical Examiner Karl Williams said in a written statement. The woman's hands and feet were bound by duct tape. The cause of death remains undetermined, Williams said. Drugs were found at the scene, and authorities are awaiting toxicology results to determine whether the woman was sedated, he said....
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
... can't be too many cases similar to this at the same time," Allegheny County Medical Examiner Dr. Karl Williams said.The body was found Friday after reporters called authorities about a foul odor coming from inside Curry-Demus' Wilkinsburg apartment. Police had been at the building Thursday night, but did not go into that apartment, Wilkinsburg Police Chief Ophelia Coleman said. Instead,...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
... to have been dead for about two days before she was found, Allegheny County Medical Examiner Karl Williams said in a statement. The woman's hands and feet were bound with duct tape, and her face was covered with a plastic material that had also been secured with duct tape. Curry-Demus, 38, of suburban Wilkinsburg, showed up at West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh on Thursday with a newborn...
