KENT, Ohio — Theresa Andrews never saw her newborn son. Her widower, Jonathan, knows they will meet again one day.

        Mrs. Andrews, who was killed and had her baby cut from her womb, was remembered Sunday by about 1,400 family members, friends and strangers who filled Roosevelt High School auditorium for a funeral. About 200 stood in the lobby and hundreds more waited outside in the rain and cold.

        Mrs. Andrews, 23, of Ravenna was abducted Sept. 27 and shot to death by a woman the couple had met a few weeks earlier while shopping for baby clothes at Wal-Mart.

        Michelle Bica, 39, of Ravenna passed the Andrews' child off as her own before killing her self. The infant, named Oscar, survived and was returned to his father late last week.

        Mr. Andrews thinks he, his slain wife and their child will be reunited if he remains faithful to God and his religion.

        “We can only imagine the joy that he will have, not only to welcome her back, but to introduce her to the son that she did not get to hold in her arms — Oscar Gavin,” said Dave Iannel li, a Jehovah's Witnesses religious leader from New York who delivered the eulogy.

        As the family sat in the auditorium's front row, Oscar was with his pediatrician during the service in a room close by.

        The auditorium was filled with plants, a bouquet of roses and photos of Mrs. Andrews. Her body will be cremated.

        The Andrews' attorney said the family sympathizes with Ms. Bica's relatives. “As horrible and as tragic as this is, the Bica family is experiencing a death in their family as well,” Nicholas Phillips said. “Regardless of the circumstances, the preciousness of human life is apparent, and they respect what the Bicas are going through.”

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