Yet she was out on the streets unsupervised despite having attempted to kill a mother and cut out her baby in 1990. Just three days after that assault she snatched a three-week-old baby from a hospital.
Curry did her time and got married. Somewhere along the way she met 18-year-old Kia Johnson. Johnson had no idea what kind of person Curry-Demus was because unlike sex offenders people who attempt to kill people and steal their babies aren’t on a list. But they should be, because Kia Johnson was murdered, her baby cut out and now in the hospital because of the trauma. The prognosis for the child isn’t good. Andrea-Curry-Demus had struck again:
PITTSBURGH — A woman suspected of cutting open a pregnant woman’s uterus and stealing the baby has been charged with homicide, unlawful restraint and kidnapping, police said Sunday.
Andrea Curry-Demus, 38, of Wilkinsburg, is charged in the death of Kia Johnson, 18, of McKeesport. Curry-Demus is accused of taking the baby boy to a Pittsburgh hospital and claiming it was her own.
Johnson’s body was found Friday in Curry-Demus’s apartment. The body was positively identified through dental records, Allegheny County Medical Examiner Karl Williams said Sunday.
Police said Sunday that the two likely met during visitation at the Allegheny County Jail. Police believe they were there at the same time to visit different inmates.
Curry-Demus showed up at the hospital Thursday with a newborn that still had the umbilical cord attached, police said. Tests later proved that she was not the mother.
Police said Curry-Demus then said she bought the baby for $1,000 from the baby’s mother.
The baby was “apparently doing well,” Williams said Saturday. The hospital would not release any information about the boy’s condition.
Curry-Demas was paroled in 1998 after serving less than 10 years for her previous crimes. Her husband is in prison for raping a child, which makes her obsession with stealing children even more sinister.
Kia Johnson lost her life to a person who should have still been in jail, a person who was no doubt known to be a public menace, a person who steals children and married a child rapist. Light sentences for violent criminals do not serve the public. Just ask Kia Johnson’s baby, if the child survives.