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A Michigan mother has been charged with first-degree murder after prosecutors allege she and the victim's stepfather tortured and killed her 22-year-old pregnant daughter, then cut the unborn baby from her womb in a wooded national forest. A Michigan woman has been charged with the murder of her pregnant daughter in what prosecutors are calling a "truly horrific homicide." Cortney Bartholomew, 40, and the victim's stepfather, Brad Bartholomew, were arrested and charged on Tuesday with first-degree murder, torture, and assault on a pregnant individual resulting in death. The victim, 22-year-old Rebecca Park, was nearly 39 weeks pregnant when she visited her mother on November 3 and subsequently vanished. According to prosecutor Johanna Carey, the couple lured Rebecca to their home in Boon Township, forced her into a car, drove her to the Huron-Manistee National Forest, stabbed her, and cut the unborn child from her womb. The baby has not been found. Rebecca...