An important story will go unmentioned in the squalid trial of a woman named Dynel Lane. It is a story critical to understanding what took place in Longmont, Colo., on March 18, 2015.

That was the day when Lane allegedly used Craigslist to lure a seven-months-pregnant Michelle Wilkins to her home using the false promise of free maternity clothes. She stabbed Wilkins and knocked her out by choking her. Lane then allegedly cut open Wilkins’ abdomen and ripped her little girl, Aurora, from her womb. The baby, at 34 weeks’ gestation, probably survived for a short time, and Lane’s husband told police he saw the baby breathing when he came home to find this appalling scene. Wilkins did survive, and called 911 from Lane’s basement.