Andrea Curry-Demus
Andrea Curry-Demus was arrested after she lied about giving birth prematurely. Initially she was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and other minor charges.
However, on July 18, 2008, police found the body of 18-year-old Kia Johnson in the apartment of Curry-Demus. 1 The body's hands were duct taped together and her uterus had been cut.2 On June 20, 2008, Demus was charged with criminal homicide kidnapping and unlawful restraint.3
Fast Facts
- Age: 38 years old at time of arrest4
- Called paramedics on July 16, 2008, said she gave birth prematurely5
- Told hospital she had just given birth
- Umbilical cord still attached to baby
- Hospital tests showed she was not the mother
- Admitted to police that she "bought" the baby for $1,000 from a woman named "Tina"
- Told police she had a miscarriage in June of 20086
- Body discovered in the home of Curry-Demus on July 18, 20087
- Charged with murder on July 20, 20083
Faking Childbirth
Demus called paramedics on July 16, 2008, telling the medics that she had given birth prematurely. The infant's umbilical cord was still attached.
West Penn Hospital, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, notified police after hospital tests proved she was not the baby's natural mother. She later told police that she bought the baby from a woman only known as "Tina" for $1,000.6
She was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and police are investigating to find the infant's natural mother.4
Demus History of Baby-Stealing
In 1990, Demus was accused of kidnapping an infant from a children's hospital. Additionally, around the same time, she was charged when she stabbed a woman in an alleged plot to steal an infant from a home in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania.6
- ↑ Associated Press: Cops: Body at Home of Woman Who Claimed Baby Buy (July 18, 2008)
- ↑ Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Autopsy: Woman Had Uterus Cut Open (July 19, 2009)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 CNN: Woman Charged in Death of Eviscerated Pregnant Teen(July 20, 2008)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 FOXNews: Woman Allegedly Pays $1,000 for Baby, Claims She Gave Birth to It (July 18, 2008)
- ↑ Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Woman tells police she paid $1,000 for newborn (July 18, 2008)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 KDKA: Police: Woman Allegedly Bought Newborn Baby (July 18, 2008)
- ↑ Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Autopsy: Woman Had Uterus Cut Open (July 19, 2009)
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