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Grand Jury has indicted Roberts for the murder of Heather Snively, but only for robbery for the alleged stealing of the victim's fetus.
PORTLAND, Ore. -- A Washington County, Oregon grand jury charged Korena Roberts with four additional charges of aggravated murder and two counts of robbery.
Roberts pleaded not guilty to each of these charges.
Roberts is accused of killing 21-year-old Heather Snively of St. Albans, West Virginia. Snively had recently moved with the baby's father to Oregon when got a new job.
Investigators said Roberts cut Snively’s unborn baby boy out of her womb. Both the mother and the fetus died as a result.
Roberts will not be charged in the death of Snively's child. Instead, she will be charged with robbery, when she allegedly cut the baby from Snively's body. Oregon laws do not protect the unborn child unless it can be proven the baby died outside the womb. The autopsy could not confirm that, Portland prosecutors said.
Meanwhile, funeral services for Heather Snively, who was eight months pregnant when she was killed, will be held Tuesday in her home town of Saint Albans, West Virginia.
Anyone wishing to help the family pay for the funeral expenses can send donations to the Heather Snively Memorial Fund, care of Green Valley Church of God, 518 Green Valley Drive, St. Albans, West Virginia.
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