Forensic Transmissions Episode 45: 911 Call and Court Testimony, Michelle Wilkins case
This episode presents the court testimony and 911 call of Michelle Wilkins, 26, who went to the home of Dynel Lane, 35, in Longmont, Colorado, in response to a Craiglist ad for free baby clothes for her unborn baby.
Lane stabbed and choked Michelle, who was heavily pregnant, until she lost consciousness. She then cut Michelle’s baby from her womb and left her to die in the basement. She had told her husband that she was pregnant with a baby boy, and on the day of the attack told him she herself had suffered a miscarriage.
The baby died, and Michelle, who managed to recover and call 911, spent 5 days in the ICU. Lane was convicted of the unlawful termination of a pregnancy, and four counts of felony assault. Because the baby was still a fetus when it had been removed from Michelle’s womb, she could not be charged with murder.
She was found guilty of all charges, and sentenced to 100 years in prison.