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Nurse Kills Pregnant Woman Cuts Baby From Womb To Claim As Her Own

Armistead, an obstetrics nurse, visited Viramontes at her apartment. Viramontes was then anesthetized intravenously and stabbed, receiving a deep gash to her neck, which penetrated her spine. The victim was 9 months pregnant at the time of her murder, and Armistead removed her son by cesarean section.

Vincent Bloodworth
Vincent Bloodworth
Jul 02, 202234 Shares1.9K Views
Nurse Kills Pregnant Woman Cuts Baby From Womb To Claim As Her Own

Armistead, an obstetrics nurse, visited Viramontes at her apartment. Viramontes was then anesthetized intravenously and stabbed, receiving a deep gash to her neck, which penetrated her spine. The victim was 9 months pregnant at the time of her murder, and Armistead removed her son by cesarean section.

After the murder, Armistead took the baby to the hospital where she worked and claimed she had delivered the infant en route to the hospital. Hospital staff became suspicious, especially after an examination revealed Armistead had not delivered a child recently, and police were notified. It was also found Armistead had had a hysterectomy in the 1960s.

Viramontes was discovered later in the morning of her murder, found by her three children, whose ages ranged from 4 to 8. Her autopsy revealed she had bled to death from her stab wounds. Police quickly connected the murdered woman and the stolen newborn. Armistead was arrested for murder, and the baby was returned to his father.

It was soon revealed this was not the first newborn Armistead had kidnapped. In September 1974, Armistead had been the only medical personnel in a delivery room during the birth of a baby girl. She told the parents their daughter was stillborn and produced a corpse. Unknown to the family at the time, the swapped baby had died nine days before and had been kept in frozen storage at the hospital.

Despite the body showing signs of deterioration, emitting a “foul” smell, and being noticeably smaller than a full-term baby, hospital doctors accepted Armistead’s story. Eight months later, the stolen baby was found in Armistead’s home and returned to her biological parents following a conclusive blood test proving her identity.

During the trial, Armistead claimed she had gone to Viramontes’ apartment to administer labor-inducing medication (Viramontes was a week past her due date at the time of her murder). Armistead claimed she then had a “vision,” believing her victim to be her boyfriend’s former wife, whom she believed she was attacked during the murder.

After she washed her hands clean of blood, she testified that she noticed Viramontes was “dead or dying” and cut her fetus from her womb to save his life. Armistead was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.

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