Yovanny Jadiel Lopez had been hospitalized since April 23, after police said his mother, 19-year-old Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, was killed by a woman offering baby clothes on Facebook and her daughter.
Lopez family spokeswoman Julie Contreras said in a statement that Yovanny died Friday of severe brain injury. The family will hold a private funeral service for the infant.
“Please keep his family in your thoughts and prayers as they go through this difficult time,” Contreras said.
Yovanny was hospitalized after authorities said Clarissa Figueroa, 46, called 911 to falsely claim she’d given birth to a child who was not breathing. Tests later confirmed the boy was Ochoa-Lopez’s son.
Prosecutors said Wednesday that Figueroa plotted for months to get a newborn before she and her daughter strangled Ochoa-Lopez and cut her baby from her womb using a butcher's knife, The Associated Press reported.
Clarissa Figueroa and her daughter, 24-year-old Desiree Figueroa, were formally charged Wednesday with first-degree murder, WGN-TV reported. They remained jailed Friday without bond.
Clarissa Figueroa's boyfriend, Piotr Boback, has also been charged with one count of concealment of a homicide. His attorney, Hal Garfinkel, told WGN-TV he was not guilty.
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