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 PITTSBURGH (AP) - A woman pleaded guilty Monday to attempted homicide, assault and kidnapping for trying to cut a fetus from her neighbor's womb. Peggy Jo Conner, 39, was accused of plotting to steal Valerie Oskin's baby and pass it off as her own. Both Oskin and the baby survived after a boy on an all-terrain vehicle spotted the two women in a clearing.
The plea came as Conner's trial was to begin Monday.
"I think she wanted to take responsibility and have that going for her in the sentencing hearing," Conner's attorney, David J. DeFazio, told The Associated Press. "She is facing repercussions to her behavior but, given her options, I think she is satisfied."
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