RAVENNA, Ohio — A pregnant woman whose baby was torn from the womb moments after she was shot to death was confirmed Friday as the mother of the infant found in the home of the alleged killer.

        Portage County Prosecutor Victor V. Vigluicci said genetic tests confirmed the week-old baby named Oscar is the son of Jon Andrews and his slain wife, Theresa, 23.

        The tests showed that Michelle Bica, 39, who police believe faked a pregnancy, then abducted and killed Mrs. Andrews for her baby, was unrelated to the child, Mr. Vigluicci said. Ms. Bica shot and killed herself as officers arrived to question her about the pregnant woman's disappearance.

        The baby was discharged from a hospital in good health on Thursday in the temporary custody of Mr. Andrews, pending the DNA results.

        Mrs. Andrews' body was found Monday night buried in the dirt floor of Ms. Bica's garage.

        Police Chief Randall McCoy said Mrs. Andrews and Ms. Bica may have met during a chance encounter three or four weeks ago in the baby aisle of a department store in this community 32 miles southeast of Cleveland.

        “It was just an — "Oh, you're pregnant? I'm pregnant, too' — type deal,” Chief McCoy said.

        Chief McCoy was quoted by the Akron Beacon Journal as saying that Ms. Bica and her husband, a jail guard who was questioned in the case but not charged, approached the Andrews couple and struck up a conversation. “Michelle Bica did most of the talking,” the chief said.

        Investigators think Ms. Bica began to stalk Mrs. Andrews and stopped stalking another woman — a speculation based on the timing when Ms. Bica switched the sex and delivery date of the child she claimed to be carrying.

        Chief McCoy said Jon Andrews identified Ms. Bica on Wednesday night as the woman he and his wife had met at the store.

        Neighbors and police said Ms. Bica told people until early September that she was pregnant with a girl. She later said results of an ultrasound revealed she actually was expecting a boy, and her due date was pushed back two weeks to Sept. 20.

        Mrs. Andrews had paged her husband at work on Sept. 27, the day she disappeared, and said a woman had called inquiring about a vehicle they were trying to sell.

        Jon Andrews told police that when he got home that afternoon, the vehicle was gone and his wife was missing. Police found the vehicle about a block away and later said they found the Jeep keys in Ms. Bica's purse.

        A series of cellular phone calls to the Andrews house led police to Ms. Bica.

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