Fred Harteis News Articles - Missing 'Baby Abby' found alive

Fred Harteis News Articles - A Missouri woman stabbed a mother and abducted her 11-day-old girl after miscarrying a near-full-term baby herself earlier Friday, the FBI said Tuesday, announcing the infant's recovery.

Abigale Lynn Woods has been missing since Shannon Beck, who lives several miles away from the victim, stabbed 21-year-old Stephanie Ochsenbine and slashed her throat, said FBI Special Agent Roland Corvington.

A sign outside Ochsenbine's Lonedell, Missouri, home announcing Abigale's September 8 birth played a part in how Beck chose her victim, he said.

Beck took the baby, but left Ochsenbine's 1-year-old son Connor unharmed, police said. Ochsenbine walked about 300 yards to a neighbor's home and reported, "Someone stole my baby."

Beck called her sister-in-law, Dorothy Torrez, Sunday to say she had given birth, and Torrez visited Beck Monday and Tuesday, Corvington said.

While accompanying her to a doctor's appointment Tuesday, Torrez noticed makeup on the baby's forehead, the special agent said. Police reports had indicated the baby had a birthmark on her forehead.

While Beck was inside the doctor's office, Torrez rubbed Abigale's forehead with her cap and the makeup came off, revealing a birthmark, Corvington said. Torrez called her own husband and Beck's husband before confronting Beck.

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