Authorities in Michigan have charged a woman and her husband with murdering her pregnant biological daughter, whose body was discovered in a wooded area three weeks after she went missing, according to the Associated Press.

Rebecca Park, 22, was just days away from giving birth when she disappeared on Nov. 3.

Cortney Bartholomew is Park’s biological mother, however, she was adopted as a child and raised by another family alongside her siblings.

Cortney Bartholomew, 40, and her husband, Brad Bartholomew, 47, were charged Tuesday with murder, torture, and several related offenses. According to the prosecutor, Johanna Carey told the court that Park’s baby had been cut from her body when searchers found her remains last week.

“Mr. Bartholomew brought Rebecca to their home, forced her into another vehicle and took her into the woods where they stabbed her, forced her to lie on the ground while they cut her baby out, ultimately caused her death and the death of the baby,”

Carey said.

The couple appeared in court by video from jail and were denied bond. Carey said investigators are still working to determine why the killing happened.

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