A woman who suffered a miscarriage paid hitmen to murder a homeless pregnant woman and steal her baby.
The lifeless body of Sandra Johanna Alvarez Solano, 37, was found on April 9 in a roadside field in Soacha, outside Bogota in Colombia.
She was found with cuts to her throat, face and abdomen after she was partially eaten by carrion birds.
The woman was half-naked, her hands and feet had been bound, and her intestines were hanging out. Her blood-soaked clothes were found nearby.
It is believed she was brutally killed the night before on the orders of 23-year-old Yadira Alexandra Yepes Sotelo.
Sotelo has been arrested by the authorities and is said to have confessed to the disturbing crime.
Soacha mayor Juan Carlos Saldarriaga said a woman who had previously lost her own baby had paid equivalent to £3,080 for the pregnant woman to be murdered and her unborn child stolen.
Mayor Saldarriaga told local news: "The murder victim was a homeless woman whom they tried to win over and earn her friendship so they could later carry out the acts.
"It's a grim subject, the perpetrator of the acts under investigation was paid 15 million pesos."
Sotelo had reportedly lost her own baby two months prior and instead of telling her partner or relatives, she is said to have continued to pretend to be pregnant.
She then tried to pass the stolen baby off as her own.
Her family took her and the newborn to the hospital after she said she gave birth suddenly.
Doctors at the hospital found she lacked the physical characteristics and hormonal load of a recently pregnant woman, raising their suspicions.
Police said they found inconsistencies in her statement when they interviewed her.
CCTV footage was later found showing her with a baby in her arms as she walked alongside two men in a rural area close to where the body was found.
She reportedly has a criminal record for aggravated theft and was under house arrest for another murder at the time of the latest crime.
The baby is reportedly under the care of the Colombian Family Welfare Institute and is said to be in good health.
Sandra's baby was stolen from her during her 37th week of pregnancy.
The police are now attempting to find the two suspected material authors of the crime.
It is believed the three worked together to lure Sandra, a homeless woman, by inviting her to consume hallucinogens in the area where her body was found.
It was there that the men allegedly used a knife to commit the crime, leaving the victim to bleed to death.
Sotelo has reportedly been charged with aggravated homicide, torture and trafficking of children and adolescents.
