Slain BYU Student Brooke Wilberger's Body Found
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Now, the man arrested in her slaying has pleaded guilty to murder and pointed police to the spot near the rugged Oregon coast where he had dumped her body.
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September 22, 2009 11:15 AM CORVALLIS, Ore. - 19-year-old college student Brooke Wilberger disappeared five years ago in an abduction that became one of the most publicized in Oregon history.
Now, the man arrested in her slaying has pleaded guilty to murder and pointed police to the spot near the rugged Oregon coast where he had dumped her body.
Now, the man arrested in her slaying has pleaded guilty to murder and pointed police to the spot near the rugged Oregon coast where he had dumped her body.
August 14, 2009 9:45 AM
Got Milk ...with Morphine? Cops Say Mom Fed Baby Tainted Breast Milk
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PORTLAND, Ore. - A 25-year-old former medical assistant on probation for a similar crime laced her breast milk with morphine and fed it to her 2-month-old daughter in an effort to attract the attention of the child's father, authorities alleged Thursday.
Sarah Rose Dillard-Lubin, of Aloha, was on probation from California for feeding her son, who was 10 months old at the time, two opiate pills, officials said.
PORTLAND, Ore. - A 25-year-old former medical assistant on probation for a similar crime laced her breast milk with morphine and fed it to her 2-month-old daughter in an effort to attract the attention of the child's father, authorities alleged Thursday.
Sarah Rose Dillard-Lubin, of Aloha, was on probation from California for feeding her son, who was 10 months old at the time, two opiate pills, officials said.
July 24, 2009 6:45 AM 
OREGON CITY, Ore. - Their prayers to save their dying daughter went unanswered. But an Oregon jury has shown mercy on an Oregon couple on trial for using prayer instead of medicine in their failed attempt to save their 15-month-old girl.
Carl Worthington was convicted of criminal mistreatment Thursday, a misdemeanor punishable by no more than a year in jail. His wife, Raylene Worthington, walked free.
Mixed Blessing: Parents Beat Manslaughter Charge in Baby's "Faith Healing" Death
(AP Photo/Doug Beghtel)
Carl Worthington was convicted of criminal mistreatment Thursday, a misdemeanor punishable by no more than a year in jail. His wife, Raylene Worthington, walked free.
July 14, 2009 1:25 PM 
OREGON CITY, Ore. - A few days after her toddler died, Raylene Worthington told detectives that the child had been choking on phlegm.
But on the witness stand Monday, accused of using prayer instead of medicine to heal her increasingly ill child, Worthington said she didn't remember the 15-month-old girl choking at all.
Worthington contested or said she didn't remember several points from interviews with police on the night of the death and two days later.
Did Keeping Their Faith Kill Their Child?
(AP Photo/Randy L. Rasmussen)
But on the witness stand Monday, accused of using prayer instead of medicine to heal her increasingly ill child, Worthington said she didn't remember the 15-month-old girl choking at all.
Worthington contested or said she didn't remember several points from interviews with police on the night of the death and two days later.
July 13, 2009 12:20 PM 
OREGON CITY, Ore. - Carl and Raylene Worthington, parents of a 15-month old daughter, Ava, put their faith in spiritual healing, when their child got sick. Now the couple is on trial for manslaughter and criminal mistreatment for the infant’s death.
Carl Brent Worthington testified Friday that in the hours before his daughter died of pneumonia, he didn't lose his faith, which he called a gift from God. But Worthington wouldn't say whether he would have done anything differently or taken the 15-month-old to a doctor last year.
Dad Who Chose Prayer Over Doctors ‘Shocked' by Daughters Death
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Carl Brent Worthington testified Friday that in the hours before his daughter died of pneumonia, he didn't lose his faith, which he called a gift from God. But Worthington wouldn't say whether he would have done anything differently or taken the 15-month-old to a doctor last year.
June 16, 2009 10:59 AM OREGON CITY, Ore. - When their daughter grew sick with pneumonia, Carl and Raylene Worthington, prosecutors say, did not take the child to the hospital. Instead, they prayed for the 15-month-old because of religious beliefs. Ava ultimately died and now the couple faces manslaughter charges in what is now being labeled as a prayer death.
Parents Face Manslaughter Charges For Choosing Prayer Over Doctors
(AP Photo/Doug Beghtel)
June 10, 2009 10:00 AM 
HILLSBORO, Ore. - A woman accused of killing an expectant mother and cutting her child from the womb may have contacted other pregnant women in the weeks before she settled on a victim, detectives say.
The new details emerged as prosecutors awaited autopsy results to determine if the child ever drew a breath, the legal threshold in Oregon to determine whether murder charges can be brought against 27-year-old Korena Roberts in the baby's death. Prosecutors will have to decide by Monday, the deadline for a grand jury indictment and Roberts' next scheduled court appearance.
Alleged Mom Killer May Have Contacted Other Pregnant Women
(AP Photo/The Kidd family)
The new details emerged as prosecutors awaited autopsy results to determine if the child ever drew a breath, the legal threshold in Oregon to determine whether murder charges can be brought against 27-year-old Korena Roberts in the baby's death. Prosecutors will have to decide by Monday, the deadline for a grand jury indictment and Roberts' next scheduled court appearance.
June 9, 2009 7:43 AM 
HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) Korena Roberts sifted through her neighbor's rummage sale until she pulled out an item that caught her eye: a blue stroller decorated with teddy bears.
Her neighbor, Wendy Pursinger, asked why she needed it. Roberts' two children had long outgrown being pushed in a baby carriage.
“I'm pregnant, of course,” Roberts told Pursinger.
Baby Cut From Woman’s Womb In Slaying
(AP Photo/The Kidd family)
Her neighbor, Wendy Pursinger, asked why she needed it. Roberts' two children had long outgrown being pushed in a baby carriage.
“I'm pregnant, of course,” Roberts told Pursinger.
June 8, 2009 2:20 PM 
PORTLAND, Ore. - Police are trying to unravel a gruesome mystery in Washington County that’s left a mother and recent newborn dead. According to police, Korena Elaine Roberts, 27, called 911 claiming her newborn child was not breathing.
Paramedics rushed both her and the infant to the hospital. The baby did not survive, but police became suspicious of Roberts after doctors noticed she bore no signs of pregnancy. Police then found the 21-year-old newborn’s mother, Heather M. Snively, in a crawl space in Roberts' home in Beaverton, a Portland suburb.
Woman Charged With Killing Expectant Mom Lured Through Craigslist
(AP Photo/Washington Co. Sheriff)
Paramedics rushed both her and the infant to the hospital. The baby did not survive, but police became suspicious of Roberts after doctors noticed she bore no signs of pregnancy. Police then found the 21-year-old newborn’s mother, Heather M. Snively, in a crawl space in Roberts' home in Beaverton, a Portland suburb.
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