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 CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) - For years, one thing had controlled Rayshaun Parson's dreams, behavior and sometimes even her body, those who know her say — a baby of her own.
It was an obsession that some say included a so-called phantom pregnancy — a rare medical phenomenon in which women who aren't pregnant experience physical and emotional changes similar to those of expectant mothers. It continued through two miscarriages and a difficult breakup with a boyfriend.
Finally, police say, Parson — posing as a hospital worker — snatched a newborn girl from a maternity ward in Lubbock, Texas, placed the tiny infant in a handbag and fled on March 10.
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