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To: SecularBull who wrote (6056)	10/6/2000 1:27:19 AM
From: T L Comiskey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

The Associated Press R A V E N N A, Ohio, Oct. 5 — A baby boy police say was cut from the womb of his dead mother left the hospital today, wrapped in a black and white blanket. Jon Andrews, husband of the slain woman, carried the child he has named Oscar out of Robinson Memorial Hospital and left for the house of an unidentified relative. The child, wearing a black and white knit hat, cried briefly as a nurse and others worked to strap him into a car seat. Test results are still pending to confirm that Andrews, 23, is the father of the infant found in the house where police say Andrews’ wife, Theresa, was killed. However, authorities say all evidence points to the child being his baby. “This is probably the best thing, under the circumstances,” police Chief Randall McCoy said of the baby’s release from the hospital. The test results are expected Friday. Andrews’ attorney, Nicholas Phillips, said the family will be in seclusion with the baby until Sunday, the day of Ms. Andrews’ funeral. Infant Is ‘God’s Gift,’ Says Father Jon Andrews “asked to me to mention to everyone that young Oscar is God’s gift to the world, as well as Theresa’s gift,” Phillips told reporters gathered outside the hospital. The 8-pound, 6-ounce infant was found late Monday at the house of Michelle Bica, 39. Authorities say Bica pretended to be pregnant, then abducted and killed 23-year-old Ms. Andrews, and took the child as her own. Bica killed herself as police arrived to question her about Ms. Andrews’ disappearance. Authorities then found the pregnant woman buried in Bica’s garage. The coroner said Ms. Andrews was shot once in the back and likely died instantly. The .22-caliber bullet matched ammunition in the gun Bica used to kill herself. Bica left no note of explanation, Detective Greg Francis said Wednesday. The heavyset Michelle Bica told her husband, Thomas, the baby was theirs and that she had given birth while he was working, Francis said Wednesday. Prosecutor Victor Vigluicci said the baby probably was delivered Sept. 27, the day Ms. Andrews disappeared in Ravenna, a city of about 12,000 some 30 miles southeast of Cleveland. Ms. Andrews had paged her husband at work and said a woman had called inquiring about a vehicle they were trying to sell. Andrews, a sheet-metal worker, told police that when he got home that afternoon, the vehicle was gone and his wife was missing. Police found the vehicle about a block away and later found the Jeep keys in Bica’s purse. A series of cellular phone calls to the Andrews house led police to Bica. There was no indication the women had known each other. Mysteries Remain Since Bica’s suicide, investigators have not been able or willing to say: Whether Michelle Bica planned the baby theft or acted impulsively; What knife or other instrument she used and whether it was found; How she managed to take the victim’s body from her house to her detached garage about 10 feet away in daylight and bury it without anyone knowing. Thomas Bica, 41, a county corrections officer, was questioned and released. He had met his wife in 1994 while she served a jail sentence for receiving stolen property, Vigluicci said.

To: SecularBull who wrote (6056)	10/6/2000 7:00:37 AM
From: Clappy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

Well stated. I agree with you. I asked this question last night: If a person murders a pregnant woman (and the unborn child dies, too), should the murderer be charged with double homicide? Good question. I guess if it was determined that abortion was determined to be equal to murder or a homicide, then the answer would be yes. If abortion was considered reckless endangerment or some other term, it would be considered 1 homicide & 1 reckless endangerment. Under the current rules, the baby has the same rights as her appendix... I assume it's considered 1 homicide and that is all. If a pregnant woman is the victim in a car accident where it is clearly the other drivers fault, and in result the woman loses her baby, is she entitled to be awarded damages? If so, then there is "value" attached to that unborn child. It's more than some sort of object growing inside her. Why isn't that same "value" seen when a woman walks into abort an unborn child? Much more emphasis must be placed on education of the consequences of sex to today's children. Instead they are seeing a clear message that there are none. Take a pill and get rid of your problem... Just like a headache... It just isn't right. -Clappy