Wilkins was attacked in the home of Dynel Lane, 35, in Lane's home after she answered a Craiglist ad for free baby clothes for her unborn baby girl. Wilkins planned to name the girl Aurora. When she arrived at Lane's Longmont, Colorado, home, Wilkins was stabbed and choked until she lost consciousness.Feb 29, 2016
seven monthsIn a pained, breathless voice, Wilkins told the dispatcher that she was seven months pregnant.Feb 16, 2016
PUBLISHED: July 2, 2020 at 4:51 p.m. | UPDATED: July 2, 2020 at 4:52 p.m. The Colorado Court of Appeals upheld the conviction and 100-year prison sentence for Dynel Lane, the Longmont woman convicted of cutting the unborn fetus from another woman in 2015.Jul 2, 2020
Now, the Boulder County coroner's office has finally released its findings about the death of the child Wilkins named Aurora. No cause of death for the 34-week-old fetus was stated, according to the Longmont Times-Call. Instead, the case is being characterized as an instance of "fetal demise."
NCMEC lists 327 infant abductions as occurring between 1964 and October 2019, though the exact number of those that involved an attack on a pregnant woman is not specified. "It is relatively rare for infants to be abducted by strangers. But it does happen.Oct 18, 2020