Union, Mo. – Police released a sketch Monday of a woman they believe stole a baby after slashing the mother’s throat, hoping to generate new clues in the 4-day-old case.
Stephenie Ochsenbine, 21, helped police artists with the composite drawing of the woman she said attacked her at her home on Friday and snatched her baby, Abigale Lynn Woods, now 10 days old.
The drawing shows a woman with dark hair wearing a baseball cap. Franklin County Sheriff Gary Toelke said the suspect is believed to be between 5 feet 4 inches to 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs about 200 pounds.
“I think the leads are over 250, and we anticipate getting more calls with the release of the composite,” Toelke said at a news conference releasing the sketch.
Toelke said Ochsenbine “wasn’t completely happy” with the sketch, “but it’s the best we could come up with.” Ochsenbine was released from the hospital Sunday.
FBI Agent Roland Corvington said he was hopeful the baby, called Abby by her relatives, is alive. “From history, if somebody wants a child, I would assume that child’s being taken care of,” he said.
Corvington said authorities were still awaiting lab results on fingerprints from a knife found near the home, southwest of St. Louis.
