Killing of fetus to be capital case
A prosecutor in Belleville said he would seek the death penalty against a woman accused of cutting a fetus from a friend’s womb, killing both.
Authorities say Tiffany Hall, 24, also confessed to killing her friend’s three children. St. Clair County State’s Atty. Robert Haida said he is preparing a case on those deaths for a grand jury.
Hall is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Jimella Tunstall, 23, and of intentional homicide of an unborn child. Hall has pleaded not guilty.
Authorities have not disclosed a motive.
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