Woman stabbed, baby cut from womb.

[Unamused Cat]

A 27-year-old pregnant Pasco woman was stabbed multiple times in the chest and her nearly full-term baby was cut from her womb before her body was left in Columbia Park late Friday, police said today.

When Araceli Camacho Gomez was found, her hands and feet were bound with yarn and she had “massive trauma to her stomach area,” court documents said.

Phiengchai Sisouvanh Synhavong is accused of committing the gruesome crime and trying to pass the infant boy off as her own, officials say.

The 23-year-old Kennewick woman appeared in Benton County Superior Court this afternoon where she was ordered held without bail in the county jail.

Sisouvanh Synhavong’s arraignment on aggravated first-degree murder is set for Wednesday morning. If convicted she faces life in prison without parole or prosecutors could seek the death penalty.

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/226872.html

[Nell]

Oh man UC! You had to post this. I am not leaving my house till this baby is born now.

[Unamused Cat]

Oh man UC! You had to post this. I am not leaving my house till this baby is born now.

When are you due?

[w8ng4msrgt]

Someone needs to cut this fat cow

[Heather]

Fucking bitch. In a time where you're expecting such happiness, for that to be literally ripped from you is mind-boggling. I hope the baby is at least okay...

[Unamused Cat]

Someone needs to cut this fat cow

She looks like she is carrying twins, one in each cheek.

[~Absynthe~]

This is so sad..I feel so sorry for the baby and it's momma, this was supposed to be a joy in her life and it has become such a tragedy for both of them.

There are so many children out there up for adoption and she had to do this...

But to commit a crime like this I am sure that she wouldn't of pass all the tests to adopt!!!:twitch:

[petrina]

with YARN ! ......is nothing sacred??!!??!!

[Jaded]

Damn....I hate stories like this. :(

[Lizard]

Oh man UC! You had to post this. I am not leaving my house till this baby is born now.

You and your baby belong to us now. Let anyone try to fuck with you.


They will regret it.


Nell and her baby are safe. Period.

[Aelwynn]

Wow...that just scared the bejesus outta me. That is such a wicked, evil thing to do to a person. I hope the mom and the baby are going to be okay.

Edit: Oh no..the mommy died. So terrible. I'm sure she was in a lot of pain too.

[Nell]

Oh lizard how sweet! I love you too! And I am due August 12th. So I better be ok until then, cause I don't think my man could handle this!

[Rotten Apple]

Here is her myspace:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...endid=56685651

Does anyone know how to get into the private ones?

[Zora]

Holy SHIT.

This breaks my heart. What does one call the mental illness with which this bitch, with the unpronounceable name, has been afflicted?

SICK, beyond belief.

[petrina]

fuckeduptedness?

[ImmortalOne]

People had me paranoid about putting up "It's a girl" signs when Nadezdha was born because of a case where the baby was taken at a week old and the mom stabbed or something... don't worry Nell, we've got your back.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Good news! Despite not breathing and in critical condition when found, baby survived and has gone home to Dad, 2-year-old sister Brenda, and 10-year-old brother Juan Carlos!
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/1154/story/278759.html

From a touching article written a month after mom died:

In a letter Araceli Gomez left for her husband two days before she was found stabbed to death with her unborn baby cut from her womb, she talked about coping with the loss of a loved one.

She wrote that God lets us borrow our children from him and that we shouldn't cry or suffer when he takes them from us, Juan Gomez said.

Although Araceli's letter to her husband was about accepting the loss of a child, it has spoken to him in the days since her death. Still, he struggles to follow her message.

He said he thinks his wife had a premonition of what was going to happen. In her pregnancy with Salvador, she was restless and desperate, he said, even though when she was pregnant with their daughter she didn't complain or worry at all.

The baby was sent to Deaconess Medical Center where he is reported to be in serious condition. Paramedics found him not breathing the night he was cut from his mother.

But on Monday, Juan received a call from a doctor saying the baby is improving -- gaining weight and drinking from a bottle. Juan hopes his son will be able to come home in a month or less.

The doctors have been studying the baby's brain activity, and there's a good chance he'll have normal functions, Juan said.

Araceli chose the baby's name, Salvador, because it was the name of her father, who had died two months earlier, but Juan thinks it's more than a coincidence that she picked a name meaning "savior."

In Mexico, Salvador is a common name like Juan or Pedro, and its meaning has been lost in the bustle of everyday life, Juan said.

But the name's true meaning is one of hope, hope that the savior is going to come, he said.

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennew...ry/247159.html

[nurseronda]

No death penalty for pregnant woman's death.


PASCO, Wash. – A Tri-Cities woman accused of killing a pregnant mother and removing the baby will not face the death penalty.

Phiengchai Sisouvanh Synhavong is charged with first degree murder. Prosecutors say they do not believe such a sentence would ever be upheld.

Police say Synhavong killed Araceli Gomez, removed her baby, and tried to pass it off as her own.

The baby boy, Salvador Campos, cut from his mother's womb in the Tri-Cities continues to recover at home with his father and siblings. Campos spent several weeks at Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane after his mother was murdered.

Doctors say the infant likely suffered some brain damage when he was deprived of oxygen and may never be able to walk properly. However, a first glance, Salvador appears healthy and normal.

http://www.krem.com/news/local/stori....82830bec.html

[Kalehue]

No death penalty for pregnant woman's death.

How disappointing.

[Shroomer]

Thanks for the update. When this happened I was in the middle of a real estate transaction with this bitches parents. They suddenly stopped the transaction and we never heard from them again.

[Ninja0980]

How on earth could anyone have thought this cow was pregnant. No amount of alcohol could make her look good

[Silvahalo]

This mother died in a most horrific way. I can't imagine her last thoughts...I just hope she wasn't aware what was happening. Baby Salvador came into this world under such heinous circumstances, it is little wonder how he survived and has little ill effects from his ordeal.

I believe babies who come into the world under stressful, violent situations are left with markings of that experience. He might wonder one day why he feels amiss or why he sleeps fitfully on many nights. I don't know if the father plans on telling him just how he came to be born, but I'd say, focus on the love his mother had for him before he was ripped from her very body. Tell him he was loved as he began to grow and that his mothers last thoughts were of him.

Araceli Gomez, I pray you are at peace and you know your baby made it and is living a life for both of you. Salvador, be happy and never forget the first love bestowed on you was that of your mama. Kisses sweet one....you are so perfect, your mother would be so proud.



baby Salvador

[Lizard]

I believe babies who come into the world under stressful, violent situations are left with markings of that experience. He might wonder one day why he feels amiss or why he sleeps fitfully on many nights.

This is a fascinating area that I keep meaning to explore, silva: is there evidence that experiences that would be traumatic to older persons are equally traumatic (or traumatic at all) to the very young? nurseronda has told me that with regard to the children she's worked with, they have no memory of their experiences, so by what mechanism would their earliest experiences (especially those that occurred before they acquired the ability to communicate with language) influence them?

I prefer to not share information that feels particularly "personal" on this site, but in this case, it feels appropriate. I was born two months premature in 1967 and was expected to die. Realize, this was before advances that drastically increased the likelihood of survival for premature babies. I spent an entire month in the hospital, and because of the times, this was an entire month during which I had NO physical contact with my mother, my father, or my siblings--a fact about which I was made aware only recently. Naturally, I have to wonder if this influenced me somehow, but all things considered, I would have to say that I am no more dysfunctional, warped, or damaged than any other person I know.

I am well aware that personal experience is not sufficient to make steadfast claims regarding the workings of the universe, but until I can do some exploration, I would say that the negative effects this child will face are not from the actual experience of being removed from his mother's womb but the ongoing effects of being without a mother, family members treating him differently because of the circumstances surrounding his birth, and so on.

[PoongyPrincess]

This settles it, before we try for our next baby I am getting a concealed firearms carry permit. These back alley cesarean butchers are the worst copycat crimes I've ever heard of. It makes me wish that the first one or two had never been publicized in the media because it seems to just give fucktards ideas.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

A judge has decided that Phiengchai Sisouvanh Synhavong is competent to stand trial in the death of a pregnant Pasco mother whose baby boy was cut from the womb.

Judge Robert Swisher announced his ruling this afternoon in Benton County Superior Court.

A new trial date will be scheduled.

Sisouvanh Synhavong, 25, kept her eyes looking down at the table in front of her during the hearing.

She is charged with first-degree murder in the June 2008 death of Araceli Camacho Gomez.

An Eastern State Hospital psychologist testified at the outset of a hearing that lasted over three days that Sisouvanh Synhavong is exaggerating or feigning psychological symptoms.

Randall Strandquist said that during the Kennewick woman’s 15-day stay at the Medical Lake facility, she was “clear in thought and speech” when she thought doctors and staff weren’t watching.

Sisouvanh Synhavong’s lawyers argued that she should be sent back to the state facility for either a “redo” or to be treated with medications for a number of mental illnesses.

Swisher said he believed Sisouvanh Synhavong decided during her inpatient stay when to exhibit bizarre or delusional behavior and when to turn it off and become social with her peers, such as playing card games and keeping score.

“Based upon the totality of the evidence, I find that the defendant has not met the burden of proving incompetence,” Swisher told a crowded courtroom.
[...]

The baby, Salvador Gomez, survived and is being raised by his father and older siblings.

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/0...g-suspect.html

[truckermo]

This is a fascinating area that I keep meaning to explore, silva: is there evidence that experiences that would be traumatic to older persons are equally traumatic (or traumatic at all) to the very young?

Read: The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog, goes into detail of how trauma, even early, may affect children. Hard to put down, and impossible not to cry.

[Athena]

There's a significant difference between trauma while young and trauma while being born. While I don't believe it's impossible to be impacted by birthing trauma, it's nowhere near the impact trauma has once it can be absorbed. The brain of a newborn, especially one that is premature to some degree, may seem amazing, but it's actually remarkably incapable.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Prosecutors and defense attorneys are on track to start the trial of a Pasco woman charged with murder.

Phien Sisouvanh is accused of stabbing a pregnant woman in Columbia Park and cutting the unborn child from the womb.

Attorneys on Thursday began what is called a 3.5 hearing. This determines if statements a defendant makes to police during an initial investigation can be admissible at trial.

Police detectives testified how they were called to the parking lot at WorkSource in Kennewick, where paramedics were helping a woman who said she had just given birth.

Later at the hospital after doctors concluded she hadn't given birth, Detective Ryan Kelly asked Sisouvanh if the mother was okay. Detective Kelly says Sisouvanh told him, " I don't think so."

Kelly says Sisouvanh told him the mother was along Columbia Park Trail.

The trial is set to begin at the end of the month.

http://www.kndo.com/Global/story.asp?S=13090745

A woman accused of killing a pregnant Pasco mother was frantic and in the midst of an apparent crisis when police found her in the back seat of a car holding a newborn, a Kennewick detective said today.

As paramedics and police tended to the baby who was not breathing, Phiengchai Sisouvanh Synhavong was heard inside the car asking if her baby was OK.

“She was very frantic, excited, seemed like she was in a crisis of some kind,” Kennewick police Detective Ryan Kelly said about that night in June 2008.
[...]

Kelly said after noticing blood both inside and outside the car, and an extreme amount of condensation on the interior windshield that appeared to have been wiped away, he asked Sisouvanh Synhavong if anyone else was with her.

Her voice was high and panicky when she replied that her husband wasn’t there, he said.

The baby boy left in an ambulance for Kennewick General Hospital, followed by a second ambulance carrying Sisouvanh Synhavong.

Unaware that they were then dealing with a crime scene, officers made sure the car parked in front of WorkSource was locked and drove off, either for the hospital or other late-night emergency calls.

“At the time she left in the ambulance, did you have any reason to believe she had not given birth?” asked Benton County Prosecutor Andy Miller.

“No, I did not,” Kelly responded.
[...]

“Initially I was thinking there might have been a friend of hers that she was trying to protect, maybe the friend was using drugs,” Brooks testified today. “I didn’t know. I was thinking hundreds of scenarios in my mind … because it didn’t make sense to me.”

Kelly then joined the doctor inside the exam room.

“I had asked her about the mother of the child and asked if the person was OK,” Kelly said. “She said she didn’t think so, and she said that she was in Columbia Park.”

That’s when Kelly learned a crime may have been committed and read Sisouvanh Synhavong her constitutional rights before further questioning her.

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/0...es-murder.html

[62julietandvoid]

I wonder if these few kids that survived this kind of thing will ever find out exactly how they were born

[VXIII]

I wonder if these few kids that survived this kind of thing will ever find out exactly how they were born

Lets hope they never do, I cant understand this one, why, why, why? I dont get it and I dont see how anyone can do this shit. Glad the baby is with his fanily now and how did she think this was going to work anyway? How could one woman do this to another? This killing of pregnant women and cutting the babies out has happened quite a bit in the last few years, this is one of the most disgusting crimes on earth. This fat bitch deserves to die the same way...