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On April 1, Ochoa-Lopez visited the Figueroa residence in the 4100 block of W. 77th Place. Figueroa, who prosecutors said had previously confided to her daughter that she needed help killing a pregnant woman and taking her baby, told her that they needed to kill Ochoa-Lopez, according to the proffer.
The younger Figueroa refused and told her undisclosed boyfriend, who was at the home, what her mother wanted done. The boyfriend threatened to call the police.
After Ochoa-Lopez left the house, the younger Figueroa told her boyfriend it had all been an April Fool’s joke, prosecutors said. On April 23, Ochoa-Lopez returned to the Figueroa home, driving her black Honda Civic there.
As Ochoa-Lopez sat on a couch in the living room, the two Figueroa women discussed in the kitchen — with music blaring to drown out their voices — their plan to strangle her and cut the baby from the womb, prosecutors alleged. On returning to the living room, the younger Figueroa distracted Ochoa-Lopez with a family photo album, while her mother stepped behind the couch and wrapped the cable around her neck, prosecutors said.
Ochoa-Lopez was able to place her fingers between her neck and the cable, but the elder Figueroa told her daughter, “You’re not doing your f------ job,” prosecutors alleged. The daughter then peeled back Ochoa-Lopez’s fingers one-by-one from the cable, and her mother tightened the cable around her neck before getting atop the victim, according to prosecutors. She continued to strangle her for four to five minutes until Ochoa-Lopez died, prosecutors said.