Pregnant woman sliced open in box cutter attack as stranger tries to steal baby | World | News
A brave mother-to-be narrowly escaped death when a near stranger launched a terrifying attack to steal her unborn child.
Veronica Deramous met Teka Adams at a homeless shelter in Washington, USA and convinced her to return to her home. Upon the arrival of pregnant Teka, Deramous launched a terrifying attack, attempting to remove Teka’s unborn baby with a box cutter. The expectant mother barely managed to escape, holding both her own intestines and her baby inside by holding her open abdomen.
On December 6, 2009, Teka’s baby was born via emergency caesarean section. According to The Washington Post, she named the baby Miracle.
Deramous was arrested later the same day and charged with attempted murder. Teka stated in the court in 2010 that she and her baby would die if Deramous stayed at her house any longer. Mirror.
He asked Deramous to take care of Miracle. Teka said, “Do you see her? It’s beautiful.”
“You could have taken that from me.” Teka confronted Deramous’ family members and said, “I hope you are all proud of your daughter and sister.”
However, Deramous claimed that he met Teka months ago and that the expectant mother expressed that she wanted to terminate her pregnancy.
According to Deramous, she told Teka about her longing for a child, and this led to an agreement in which Deramous would buy the baby from Teka for $5000 and both women would share contact information.
Deramous insisted that Teka came to his house voluntarily to give birth, but while claiming that a fight broke out, he claimed that Teka had memory loss because she consumed whiskey on the morning of her escape.
In Prince George’s County Circuit Court, Teka called on the attacker to “rot forever” behind bars.
When Deramous insisted that he had bought clothes for the baby girl, Teka responded; “Where are they? Where are they? Fight me now!” Judge C.
Philip Nichols Jr. pleaded guilty to first-degree assault on Deramous and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. The judge also accepted the guilty plea for false imprisonment under the Alford doctrine; whereby Deramous avoided admitting guilt to the charge while admitting the compelling evidence against him and imposed a life sentence with all but 15 years suspended.
Assistant State’s Attorney Scott Carrington, who prosecuted, said Deramous was a fraud “from the moment he opened his mouth.”
“I thought the trial was the best outcome,” Ivey said. “I think this is a win for both the victim and society.”
