Court papers: Oregon woman whose fetus was cut out died after violent struggle with attacker

September 24th, 2009 Ore. Supreme Court rejects mandatory sentencingPORTLAND, Ore. — Sometimes a mandatory sentence can be too much.

September 4th, 2009 US base in Iraq honors killed Oregon soldierREDMOND, Ore. — An air passenger terminal at a base northeast of Baghdad has been named for a soldier from Oregon who died from injuries in the Iraq war.

August 17th, 2009 Marriott drops blame-victim defense in Conn. rapeNEW HAVEN, Conn.

August 3rd, 2009 Oregon man arrested in triple slayingELGIN, Ore. — An Oregon house painter wanted for the murders of three acquaintances, including a woman whose severed hand was found by a child catching goldfish, has been captured in Washington state.

July 29th, 2009 Mass. woman killed, infant removed from her wombWORCESTER, Mass. — Police in central Massachusetts are trying to figure out who killed an expectant mother, removed a fetus from her womb and dumped her body in a closet.

July 16th, 2009 No charges against Mesa police in fetus flushingPHOENIX — Prosecutors in Arizona won't file charges against five Mesa police officers for their role in flushing a stillborn fetus down a toilet. The Maricopa County Attorney's Office determined a crime wasn't committed last month when an officer flushed the 4-inch fetus down a toilet in a motel room.

July 3rd, 2009 Oregon woman obsessed with rabbits back in jailPORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon woman obsessed with bunnies has been ordered back behind bars after police found her in a hotel room with more than a dozen rabbits.

June 10th, 2009 Ore. lawmaker wants charges for killing unbornSALEM, Ore. — In the wake of an attack on a woman who died along with her unborn child, a state lawmaker wants Oregon to join 36 states and the federal government in making it a crime to harm a fetus.

June 8th, 2009 Autopsy: "blunt force" killed pregnant Ore. womanPORTLAND, Ore.

June 8th, 2009 Ore. investigators: Woman cut open, baby takenHILLSBORO, Ore. — A pregnant 21-year-old newcomer to Oregon who was found dead in a crawl space of a home had been cut open and her baby taken from her womb, investigators said Monday.

June 4th, 2009 Police: 5 cops on paid leave after 1 flushes fetusMESA, Ariz. — Police in Arizona say five officers have been placed on paid leave after one allegedly flushed a fetus down a toilet.

May 29th, 2009 Accused reckless driver allegedly kicks troopersPORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon State Police arrested a 27-year-old woman accused of driving recklessly and kicking a state trooper in the face.

April 12th, 2009 TAIPEI - A Taiwan man has been sentenced to eight months' imprisonment for selling a house without telling the buyer that someone had committed suicide there, a newspaper said Sunday. The Panchiao District Court handed down the sentence to Lee Chiong-chi Saturday because he did not tell the buyer, Chang, that it was a 'violent house' - a Taiwan term meaning an unnatural death, murder or suicide had occurred at the house, the Liberty Times reported.

March 6th, 2009 MOSCOW - A court in the Sverdlovsk region in Russia's Urals has sentenced a woman to 10 years in prison for killing her three-year-old son in a violent attack during which she bit the child over 50 times. Investigators said that Svetlana, aged 31, had been drinking with two friends at her home in Kamensk-Uralsky in October 2008.

February 8th, 2009 LONDON - RnB star Chris Brown, who was supposed to perform at the 51st Grammy Awards, is now being investigated by police in an alleged assault on an unidentified woman. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) questioned Brown Sunday night, but are refusing to reveal the woman's identity.