Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Woman Indicted in Friend, Fetus Slaying

BELLEVILLE, Ill. - A prosecutor said Friday his office could decide by year's end whether to seek the death penalty against a woman accused of killing her pregnant friend and the fetus she allegedly cut from the friend's womb.

A St. Clair County grand jury on Friday indicted 24-year-old Tiffany Hall on charges of first-degree murder in last month's death of Jimella Tunstall, 23, and of intentional homicide of an unborn child - Tunstall's 7-month-old fetus.

The charges replace identical counts in an earlier criminal complaint. Each charge carries a penalty of 20 to 60 years or life in prison.

Meanwhile, prosecutor Robert Haida said investigators continue to probe …

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