Sick news out of Colorado:

Police in the US state of Colorado say a woman stabbed a pregnant mother in the stomach and took her unborn child.

The victim, who was seven months pregnant, is likely to survive following surgery, but the baby died.

The pregnant woman was visiting the suspect’s home to buy baby clothes that had been advertised on the online marketplace Craigslist.

The suspect, Dynel Catrece Lane, lost a 19-month-old child over a decade ago when he drowned in a small fish pond.

The 26-year-old expectant mother was responding to an online advertisement for baby clothes when the attack occurred on Wednesday.

“When she got into the house, she was attacked, she was beaten, and her baby was removed or cut out of her,” Longmont Police Cdr Jeff Satur said.