Remains of baby girl found after being cut out of heavily pregnant mum’s womb as she was stabbed to death

THE remains of a baby girl have been found after the unborn child was cut out of a heavily pregnant mum’s womb as she was stabbed to death. María Camila Potosí, who was eight months pregnant, disappeared after leaving for a routine antenatal check on July 16. María Camila Potosí was stabbed to death and her baby was ripped out of her womb She was seen climbing onto the back of a motorcycle ridden by a woman just before she was murdered Credit: Jam Press The mum-to-be was found wrapped in sheets and buried beneath a pile of blankets on the banks of the Meléndez River in Cali City, Colombia, on 20 July. When cops lifted the pile, they saw that her hands and feet were bound and her body bore multiple savage stab wounds, alongside clear signs she had been tortured. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! María,21, had earlier helped care for a sick relative at her sister-in-law’s home in Meléndez before heading to her appointment. She then sent her mum a quick message about a last-minute medical errand before disappearing. Her husband raised the alarm when she failed to return home. The horrifying discovery was made around four miles from her home. Her unborn baby had been ripped from her womb and was missing. María’s family were left desperately clinging to hope that the baby girl had somehow survived the brutal attack. Most read in The Sun Her mum Alba Ruby Gómez said: “They told me the baby was not in her body. “That filled me with hope she was alive.” But police discovered the remains of an unborn girl in woodland near where María’s body was found yesterday, 30 July. Investigators suspect the tiny remains belong to María’s daughter, who was due to be named Alahia. Investigators suspect the tiny remains belong to María’s daughter, who was due to be named Alahia Credit: Jam Press The horrifying discovery was made around four miles from her home Credit: Jam Press Forensic experts must still carry out checks to confirm the baby’s identity, while preliminary findings suggest she died around the same time as her mum. After the grim discovery, Alba said: “We weren’t expecting this. “It hit us like a bucket of cold water.” The heartbroken mum had previously pleaded for her missing granddaughter to be returned safely. “The only thing I ask with this appeal and with the hopeful faith I hold that my baby is alive – is for her to be found,” she said. “I ask that the people who have her search their hearts and return her to me.” CCTV footage captured María’s final known movements on the afternoon she vanished. She was seen climbing onto the back of a motorcycle ridden by a woman she had met two months earlier through a local support scheme for pregnant women. Police have now arrested five people, including the woman who allegedly rode the bike Credit: Jam Press/Seguridad y Justicia Before her disappearance, María had proudly revealed she was expecting a girl Credit: Jam Press Police have now arrested five people, including the woman who allegedly rode the bike. Cops suspect a gang plotted the kidnapping and murder, with one suspect allegedly coordinating the abduction while two others carried out the killing. A fourth suspect allegedly dumped María’s body. Two of the five suspects were already arranging passports to flee the country, according to police. They face charges of aggravated femicide, kidnapping and forced disappearance. Relatives remembered María as kind, innocent and overly trusting, with her greatest dream being to become a mother and build a family home. The case is being investigated as a possible feminicide. The investigation continues. Comment now