Complaints of a nasty smell led the landlord to check on the apartment of Darlene Hayes. He made a horrific discovery on the 27th of July in 2009.Inside a closet lay the severely beaten and decomposing body of 23-year-old Darlene Hayes. It was clear that Darlene had been dead in the hot July heat for several days. The most disturbing fact of the scene was that Darlene had been 8 months pregnant… and her unborn child was missing.


SOURCES:
1) True Crime New England
2) Find a Grave: Darlene Haynes
3) Woman gets life for killing neighbor, cutting baby from womb
4) New Photos of Baby Stolen From Dead Mother's Womb
5) VINE
6) Mass. woman found guilty in cut-from-womb killing
7) Julie Corey, who was found guilty of killing her former neighbor and removing her unborn baby, motions for a new trial, claiming ‘mental impairment’
8) Julie Corey, who was found guilty of killing her former neighbor and removing her unborn baby, denied new trial, first-degree murder conviction upheld
9) Julie Corey's father: 'I don't think justice has been served'
10) Murderpedia: Julie Corey