DCFS, police not alerted to Marlen Ochoa-Lopez death suspect despite no signs of giving birth, officials say

Monday, May 20, 2019
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and Oak Lawn police say Christ Medical Center did not alert them about Clarisa Figueroa when she arrived at the hospital with a newborn, despite showing no signs of having just given birth.

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Figueroa is one of the people accused of killing Marlen Ochoa-Lopez and removing her newborn from her womb.

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Paramedics brought Figueroa to the hospital on April 23rd, but police didn't connect her to Ochoa-Lopez's murder until three weeks later.

The baby boy is not expected to survive.

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