In a shocking incident, a Brazilian woman killed her pregnant friend before stealing her unborn baby from her womb using a knife.

27-year-old Rozalba Maria Grime was recently sentenced to 57 years behind bars for the heinous crime. According to a report by Newsflash, Grime lured Flavia Godinho Mafra, a 24-year-old teacher, on Aug. 27, 2020, to an old pottery site in the town of Canelinha, where she struck her several times on the head with a brick.

The outlet reported that Grime then used a utility knife to slice open her friend’s belly and pull out the baby before hiding the mom-to-be in a kiln when she died of a haemorrhage. Mafra was 36 weeks pregnant.

After committing the heinous crime, Grime went with her partner — who believed she had been pregnant — to a hospital, where she told staff she had just given birth. But they were suspicious of her account and called the police.

Her partner, who was considered a suspect, was acquitted of any involvement on July 27.

During the 15-hour trial, Grime told the court how she had planned the crime and researched how to remove the unborn child from the woman’s womb and simulate the symptoms of pregnancy and childbirth.

Grime was convicted of aggravated murder, attempted murder of a baby, concealment of a corpse, obstruction of justice, abduction of a minor and denying the rights of a newborn.