Adult daughter agrees to testify against mother who allegedly strangled pregnant teen and cut baby out of her abdomen

Desiree Figueroa agreed to testify against her mother, Clarisa Figueroa, who allegedly strangled Marlen Ochoa-Lopez and cut a baby out of the victim

Desiree Figueroa (left) and her mother, Clarisa Figueroa (right), murdered Marlen Ochoa-Lopez and cut the vicitm’s baby, Yovanny Jadiel Lopez, out of the her body. (Mug shots: Chicago Police Department via AP)

When Desiree Figueroa spoke at her sentencing Thursday in a Chicago, Illinois, courtroom for helping murder pregnant woman Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, 19, she acknowledged “I can never apologize enough for what I did,” according to Chicago outlet WGN.

Judge Peggy Chiampas threw that phrasing back at her and offered no solace to the defendant as she sentenced her to 30 years in prison.

“Your mom put you in the position you were in, and so did you,” Chiampas said. “You’re right. You can never apologize. I want you to live with that for the rest of your life.”

The defendant’s mother Clarisa Figueroa lured the victim, Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, 19, to her Chicago home in April 2019 by offering free baby clothes. At one point, Ochoa-Lopez, then nine months pregnant, was looking at a photo album featuring the elder Figueroa’s recently deceased son. Figueroa used this moment to begin strangling her with a coaxial cable.

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