A nurse stabs expectant mother to death, steals unborn baby
A nurse stabs expectant mother to death, steals unborn baby On this day in 1975, a nurse, Norma Jean Armistead stabs expectant mother to death, steals unborn baby. Norma checked herself into a hospital with a newborn that she claimed to given birth at home. Doctors were confused with Norma’s claim until it was revealed that a 28 year old woman had died in her apartment and had a baby cut out of her body. Norma was then convicted for murder and sent to prison for life. Norma Armistead checks herself into Kaiser Hospital in Los Angeles, California, with a newborn that she claims to have given birth to at home. Some staff members were already aware that Armistead, a nurse at the hospital, had a pregnancy listed on her medical charts the previous year, but dismissed it as a mistake because they didn’t believe the 44-year-old woman was still capable of getting pregnant. Examining doctors were even more confused when it appeared that Armistead hadn’t actually given birth. The mystery was soo...