Pregnant Woman's Attacker Obsessed Enough to Kill to Have Kids

Las Vegas SUN: Police: Pregnant Woman's Attacker Obsessed: "February 13, 2005
Police: Pregnant Woman's Attacker Obsessed
FORT MITCHELL, Ky. (AP) - A woman stabbed to death while possibly trying to steal a pregnant woman's fetus had been carrying an ultrasound picture of someone else's twins and was wearing maternity clothing filled with padding.

Police said 26-year-old Sarah Brady, who was nine months pregnant, acted in self-defense Thursday when she killed Katherine Smith.

No charges had been filed Sunday and Commonwealth Attorney Bill Crockett said he hadn't decided whether to present the case to a grand jury.

The attack happened after Smith called Brady and asked her to come over and pick up a package supposedly delivered to her by mistake.

'She was mentally disturbed,' Fort Mitchell police Sgt. Tom Loos said of Smith. 'There is no question about it.'

Smith, 22, had been falsely telling neighbors for weeks that she was pregnant, and a search of her apartment after her death revealed a full baby nursery, investigators said.

Brady told police she was attacked when she went into Smith's first-floor apartment to look at the woman's nursery. Police released details of Brady's statement Saturday.

'Katie reached into her pocket, pulled out this knife that was already open, put it in the overhand thrust position and attacked her with it,' Loos said. 'Sarah was able to make it out into the hallway, but Katie reached out, grabbed her by the hair, and pulled her back in.'

Loos said it appears that Brady struck Smith on the head with an ash tray and then grabbed the knife, stabbing Smith three times, including once in the upper chest.

Loos said that when Brady ran out of the apartment and flagged down a passing motorist for help, Smith removed her maternity underwear stuffed with padding and called 911. Dispatchers kept her on the line until she lost consciousness.

Smith bled to death. Police de"