Police: Texas woman killed mother, abducted her newborn girl
DALLAS (AP) — A woman who was hiding a recent miscarriage from her family fatally stabbed a mother and abducted her infant daughter, Houston police said Thursday.
Erika Jisela Miranda-Alvarez, 28, is charged with capital murder in the death of 33-year-old Carolina Flores, Police Chief Art Acevedo said at a news conference. He said Miranda-Alvarez had known Flores and Flores' brother for about five years.
Miranda-Alvarez concealed her miscarriage from family members and claimed that she had just returned from the hospital after giving birth, Acevedo said.
"The woman was due to have a baby in January and she lost that baby," he said.
The body of Carolina Flores was discovered around midday Tuesday.