A baby girl cut from her murdered mother's womb by a woman who later tried to pass the child off as her own is in very good condition, according to the Kansas hospital taking care of her.
"She remains in very good condition, resting comfortably in the neonatal intensive care unit," a hospital spokeswoman said, adding the girl's father, Mr Zeb Stinnett, had asked that no other information be released. It is not known how long the child would remain at the medical center.
Ms Lisa Montgomery (36) - the woman who FBI agents said confessed to the murder and kidnapping - has been charged under federal law with kidnapping resulting in death.
The victim, eight months pregnant Bobbie Jo Stinnett (23), was found strangled in her Missouri home on Thursday with her abdomen sliced open, the baby gone and the umbilical cord cut.
The FBI said Ms Montgomery came to Ms Stinnett's home after inquiring over the Internet about buying a rat terrier dog, a breed Ms Stinnett raised.
It was a trace on the e-mail that led investigators to track down Ms Montgomery at her home in Kansas. She had been showing off the child as her own and told her husband that she had suddenly given birth.
Police also said Ms Montgomery had told her family she suffered a miscarriage at some time in the past, though it was not known when or if she really had been pregnant. No information has been released on what might have motivated the crime.
Ms Montgomery's husband has not been charged.