Pregnant Ky. woman murdered, newborn kidnapped, say police

By: Casey Glynn
Topics: Daily Blotter

Kathy Coy

/ WKYT

(CBS/AP/WLKY) Bowling Green, K.Y. - A southern Kentucky woman has been charged with murder and kidnapping, after a hospital reported a suspicious birth on Wednesday. Kathy Michelle Coy, 33, of Morgantown, is accused of murdering pregnant woman Jamie Stice, and kidnapping her newborn baby, authorities said Thursday.

After receiving a tip from an employee of the Medical Center at Bowling Green Wednesday afternoon, authorities found Stice's dead body in a wooded area in the Oakland community, said Kentucky State Trooper Jonathan Biven. According to Biven, police interviewed Coy at the hospital and arrested her early Thursday morning.

Police say the baby boy is recovering at Bowling Green Medical Center, reports affiliate CBS WLKY.

The nature of the crime came as a shock to Coy's neighbors. According to Darla Mueller, the entire neighborhood had thought Coy was expecting, reports WLKY.

"She has been telling everyone that she was pregnant and we had no reason not to believe otherwise," Mueller said.

Coy may be looking at the death penalty, says Warren County Commonwealth's Attorney Chris Cohron.

"Due to the possibility of this being a death penalty case, that's why she's being held without bond," Cohron told The Associated Press.

According to state police, Coy was arraigned Thursday morning and is now being held at the Warren County Jail in Bowling Green. She is due in court again on Tuesday.

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by tickle222 April 18, 2012 1:22 PM EDT: She should be drawn and quartered.; Reply to this comment


by Orator63 April 19, 2011 7:33 PM EDT: A similar case happened in New Mexico in 1987. 10-years later, the victim's husband and the child went on camera in a very moving news story on KOB-TV. That video can be viewed at the end of this blog post:
http://beyond90seconds.com/2008/07/01/a-baby-cut-from-a-mothers-bodyagain/; Reply to this comment


by Orator63 April 19, 2011 7:30 PM EDT: A similar case happened in New Mexico in 1987. 10-years later, the victim's husband and the child went on camera in a very moving news story on KOB-TV. That video can be at end of this blog post:
http://beyond90seconds.com/2008/07/01/a-baby-cut-from-a-mothers-bodyagain/; Reply to this comment


by HellsKitchen13 April 16, 2011 2:02 PM EDT: This is so horribly written. She is "accused of murdering pregnant woman Jamie Stice, and kidnapping her newborn baby." Being cut out of a woman's stomach is not "newborn." This psycho cut open a woman and stole a fetus. She did not kidnap a "newborn."; Reply to this comment


by eeriecheerio April 15, 2011 5:40 PM EDT: I say a hanging is in order here... maybe mr tinfoil man could officiate...; Reply to this comment

by stevador39 April 15, 2011 1:44 PM EDT

She planned it and murdered a woman because she thought she would get away with it. That's because of all the hatred Christians turn on women and childrer turned on women.

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by EJGB April 15, 2011 2:28 PM EDT: What you said made absolutely no sense whatsoever.

She is clearly a disturbed woman. Religion had nothing to do with this. Put your tinfoil hat back on and schlep back into your basement.