Family of Baby Cut From Mother's Womb Billed $300,000 -- in Alleged Killer's Name

The family of a baby cut from his murdered mother's womb has been charged more than $300,000 for his hospital care -- and the bill is in the alleged killer's name.

The infant, named Yovanny Jadiel Lopez, died nearly two months after the alleged murderer, Clarisa Figueroa, killed the baby's mother, Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, and cut Yovanny from her womb. According to Chicago Sun-Times Thursday, the hospital bills identified the now-deceased child as "Figueroa, Boy," as Figueroa had pretended to give birth to the child and cared for him in the hospital.

"It's atrocious, it's horrible," family's attorney Frank Avil told People of the mix-up. "It's hard for me to understand the lack of humanity.”

The hospital, Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, told People in a statement, it has "had discussions with the family regarding inadvertent billing and we regret this error."

Two days before Yovanny passed on June 14, Clarisa Figueroa, 46, and her 24-year-old daughter, Desiree Figueroa, were charged with first-degree murder of Yovanny's 19-year-old mother Marlen Ochoa-Lopez.

Her body was discovered in a trash can behind Figueroa's Chicago house in May, the result of a horrific plot by the pair to kidnap the unborn child and pass it off as their own, prosecutors say.

Ochoa-Lopez had been lured to the home with the promise of free baby clothes, which the elder Figueroa had posted in a mommy Facebook group.

Figueroa, whose adult son previously died of natural causes, had also used Facebook to document a fake pregnancy for months, despite having her Fallopian tubes tied.

Police and prosecutors learned of the grim details after the younger Figueroa gave "a full video-recorded confession" to assist her mother in the killing, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Ochoa-Lopez's husband, who shared his name with his now-deceased son, had been clinging to hope the boy would survive, but he was severely brain-damaged. He died in his dad's arms.

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