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Mother, daughter plotted killing of pregnant woman to steal her baby for nearly a month, prosecutors say

A mother and daughter plotted to kill a pregnant woman and cut the baby from her womb before actually carrying out the killing in the living room of their Scottsdale home, prosecutors said Friday.

After luring 19-year-old Marlen Ochoa-Lopez to their brick ranch-style home in the 4100 block of West 77th Place, Clarisa Figueroa, 46, strangled the young mother with a coaxial cable for up to five minutes, Assistant State’s Attorney James Murphy said.

Clarisa Figueroa’s daughter, Desiree Figueroa, then brought her mother a butcher’s knife from the kitchen, which was used to cut Ochoa-Lopez’s baby from her womb, Murphy said.