CHILLING messages between a mum and a pregnant teen before she was murdered show how she was lured to her death.

A mother and daughter were this week charged with murdering Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui, who was strangled and her baby "forcibly removed" in Chicago.

15 Marlen disappeared on April 23 after leaving her high school Credit: Hand out

15 Baby Yadiel is brain damaged and on life support following the horrific attack on his mum

High school student Marlen, 19, was lured to a home with a Facebook offer of free baby clothes and a pushchair, say cops. She was nine months pregnant.

On the same day, Clarisa Figueroa, 46, is said to have called 911 claiming her newborn baby had breathing problems and an ambulance took him to hospital.

Neighbours saw her covered in blood and she told them she had just given birth, according to reports.

Later she set up a GoFundMe page hoping to raise $9,000 for a funeral for her "sick baby" - who she named Xander - claiming he was about to die.

But police acting on a tip off DNA tested the baby and discovered she was not his mother.

Marlen's body was discovered after Figueroa and three others were taken into custody by detectives.

CHILLING MESSAGES

Pictures posted on a Facebook group for new mums called 'Help A Sister Out' - show Clarisa befriending Marlen.

On March 5, Clarisa said: "Who is due in May where is the May mama's at.

"Due to the fact that I'm in school and can't work at the moment, I can't afford to buy the rest of the things since I’m short on cash right now."

Marlen later said: "Hello ladies, I'm due May 10 and I still need a ton of things for my son."

Clarisa then posted a picture on Facebook three weeks later and said she was preparing for "Xander"

But one friend quizzed her who believed she had her "tubes tied."

15 Police say the baby was cut from the lifeless body of Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui Credit: Chicago Police Department

15 Murder suspect Clarisa Figueroa, 46, allegedly pretended to be the baby real mother Credit: AFP

15 Her daughter Desiree, 24, has also been charged with murder Credit: AFP

15 Chilling messages between a mum and a pregnant teen before she was murdered show how she was lured to her death Credit: Facebook

15 A mother and daughter were this week charged with murdering Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui, who was strangled and her baby "forcibly removed" in Chicago Credit: Facebook

15 Clarisa's boyfriend Piotr Bobak is accused of covering up the grisly crime Credit: AFP

15 The baby's dad said: 'It's painful to lose your wife, the woman you love the most'

The victim's husband, who has named his brain-damaged son Yadiel, released photos of him in hospital last night as the alleged killers were identified by cops.

Clarisa Figueroa, 46, and her daughter Desiree, 24, have both been charged with first degree murder.

Clarisa's boyfriend Piotr Bobak, 40, was charged with concealing the murder. A fourth suspect was released.

"She was giving clothes away, supposedly under the pretence that her daughters had been given clothes and they had all these extra boy clothes," said Cecelia Garcia, a spokeswoman for the victim's family.

"We believe that she was murdered and we believe that the baby was forcibly removed following that murder," said Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.

Marlen's car was found a block away from the woman's home last month.

The teenager allegedly met the stranger on a Facebook group called 'Help a Sister Out' when Marlen wrote a post about how she was struggling to pay for bits she needed for unborn tot in March.

She wrote: "Hello ladies, I'm due May 10 and I still need a ton of things for my son,"

"Due to the fact that I'm in school and can't work at the moment, I can't afford to buy the rest of the things since I’m short on cash right now."

During the disturbing investigation, cops found the suspected killer had posted about her baby 'Xander' as early as February - with pictures of a nursery ready for her new arrival.

Bobak also posted an ultrasound as his cover photo on Facebook. Police later found that the photo is one often used to make fake scan pictures.

I have a lot of pain, a lot of anguish, a lot of sadness. “It’s painful to lose your wife, the woman you love the most. It’s painful. Giovanni Lopez

A neighbour said she saw Figueroa standing outside her house with the baby and her t-shirt and hands were covered in blood - but her shorts were spotless.

Concerned, she asked if she was OK, and Figueroa replied: "I've just had a baby. It's not breathing. I stood up and the baby came out."

The neighbour said: "Before she left in an ambulance, she told me several times, 'Please call up someone to come and lock the house'" as she was living in her parent's basement.

On her GoFundMe page, Figueroa wrote: "Baby Xander, despite all he is going through is a little fighter, and has already captured the hearts of many family members.

"Honoring the short life that baby Xander had is one small way to help provide closure and start the mourning process for the family."

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Marlen disappeared on April 23 after leaving her high school and didn't pick her older son up from daycare.

An autopsy revealed that the teen died from "ligature strangulation".

Her grief-stricken husband Giovanni Lopez said: “I have a lot of pain, a lot of anguish, a lot of sadness.

“It’s painful to lose your wife, the woman you love the most. It’s painful.”

He said those responsible for the murder “don’t know the pain they’ve caused” his family.

“We’re gonna have justice with those responsible,” he told reporters. “We’re gonna go hard after them. "We won’t let it go.”

"We believe all of them played some role in this unspeakable act of violence," Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said of the three suspects.

"We believe that she was murdered and we believe that the baby was forcibly removed following that murder."

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Giovanni Lopez was able to see his son for the first time on Tuesday night.

The baby's real and devastated family say that they have no intention of taking him off life support machine.

But Yadiel has suffered brain damage and people close to the infant have said that it "doesn't look good".

15 The pictures of Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui's baby were used on a GoFundMe page Credit: Gofundme

15 A potential family member of the woman in question shared a picture and GoFundMe plea for her 'brother' Credit: Gofundme

15 A neighbour said that she saw the woman with blood on her hands and t-shirt standing outside her house holding the baby Credit: Gofundme

15 Arnulfo Ochoa, the father of Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, is surrounded by family members and supporters, as he walks into the Cook County medical examiner's office to identify his daughter's body Credit: AP:Associated Press

15 Cops say the victim died of strangulation and her death is being treated as murder Credit: Fox News

15 The victim's husband said her killers would pay for their crimes Credit: Police hand out