Killer of pregnant woman gets life in prison without parole

• Suspect in pregnant woman's murder left trail of Craigslist clues
• Pregnant woman found dead
• Documents indicate violent struggle between pregnant woman and accused killer

Booking Photo (Washington Co. Sheriff's Office)

PORTLAND, Ore. -- A woman who murdered an expectant mother and her unborn child changed her plea Wednesday on aggravated murder charges to guilty in exchange for life in prison, avoiding a trial and possible death penalty conviction.Korena Roberts pleaded guilty to murdering 21-year-old Heather Snively and her unborn child. Snively was found dead inside the crawl space of her Beaverton home in June, 2009.
Roberts was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Last week, Judge Donald le Tourneau rejected all defense motions and ruled prosecutors could proceed to trial with the death penalty a possibility after her original not guilty plea.
Detectives said Roberts killed Snively and cutting her unborn child out of her womb, then claiming it as her own. Friends believe Snively and Roberts met on the website Craigslist.
According to police, Roberts told her live-in boyfriend she was pregnant with twins. Investigators note, she's not. According to her boyfriend, Yan Shubin, "Korena was taking pre-natal pills," and pretended to go to an ultra sound appointment. Shubin told detectives, his girlfriend "was taking mid-wife classes at PCC community college."
When her boyfriend found Roberts on the day of the murder, police suggest, "Korena was sitting in the tub with an infant only wearing a bra." She initially told medics, she'd just given birth. But, the documents show, Roberts later told her boyfriend "she did a horrible thing."
Courtesy KGW.com