A Kentucky woman was arrested Thursday on charges of kidnapping and murdering a pregnant woman, police said, and tests were being conducted to determine whether she took the victim's child.
Authorities at Bowling Green Medical Center called police Wednesday about a "suspicious birth" after a woman identified as Kathy Michelle Coy, 33, arrived at the hospital with a newborn boy claiming it was hers, said Bowling Green Police spokesman Jonathan Biven.
In an ensuing investigation, detectives located the remains of 21-year-old Jamie Stice in a wooded area off a highway in Oakland, Kentucky.
Investigators are currently performing forensic testing to determine whether the baby is a genetic match to Stice, Biven added.
The baby remains at the medical center, where he will be for the next few weeks, he said.
"He's healthy, and that's a miracle, especially under the circumstances," James Reynolds, who CNN affiliate WBKO reported as the baby's father.
The baby was due to be born on May 24, Reynolds added, fueling speculation that the child was extracted early.
"She was robbed of her motherhood," Stice's cousin Carolyn Miracle told WBKO.
Coy is expected to be formally arraigned Tuesday. It is not immediately clear whether Coy had acquired legal counsel.
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