KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) — A jury in Kennewick heard graphic testimony Wednesday in the murder trial of a woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and cutting the baby from her womb.
The Tri-City Herald reports a forensic pathologist testified the victim, Araceli Camacho Gomez, suffered dozens of knife wounds and likely was unconscious from loss of blood when her baby was removed.
The Benton County Superior Court jury also heard a recorded statement from the 25-year-old defendant, Phiengchai Sisouvanh Synhavong (PEE’-en-chay SIS’-oo-vahn SIN’-ha-vahng). She told police she “just snapped.” She is pleading not guilty by reason of insanity.
The baby survived the June 2008 attack at a Kennewick park and lives with its father.
