More Good Publicity for Craigslist

The hits just keep on coming for Craigslist. Last week we noted the case where a monster hired someone to rape his wife through the online service, and now comes this gruesome news.

A pregnant 21-year-old found dead with her baby no longer in her womb befriended through Craigslist the woman charged with killing her, her mother said yesterday.

Police said they found Heather M. Snively's body Friday in a crawl space in Korena Elaine Roberts's home in Beaverton, a Portland suburb. They'd been called there because a newborn wasn't breathing. The baby later died.

Roberts (see photo) told officers she'd recently given birth to the baby boy, said Sergeant David Thompson of the Washington County Sheriff's Office, and both were taken to a hospital. Doctors could not save the baby, and they alerted authorities after determining Roberts had not given birth.

Roberts, 27, was charged with murder in Snively's death and could face charges in the baby's death as well, Thompson said. She was being held without bond and the jail did not list an attorney.

Autopsy results were scheduled to be released today and Thompson would not say whether Snively gave birth before she died or if the baby was removed. Police have not released a motive for the killing.

Snively's mother, Heidi Kidd of St. Albans, W.Va., said Snively met Roberts a few weeks ago through Craigslist, the online classified service. Roberts told Snively she was pregnant and wanted baby clothes, Kidd said. They befriended one another and kept talking online.

"I guess they decided to meet and I guess that was the wrong thing to do," she said. "But Heather's always been a very trusting person."