Parents of slain pregnant woman forgive suspect

By DAN NEPHIN • ASSOCIATED PRESS • July 26, 2008 MCKEESPORT, Pa.-- The parents of a slain pregnant woman said Friday they have forgiven the suspect charged with killing their daughter and cutting her baby out of the womb. The parents of Kia Johnson, 18, spoke after a funeral for their daughter, whose body was found bound and eviscerated last week in the Wilkinsburg home of Andrea Curry-Demus. "I forgive her for the simple fact that if she wouldn't have took the baby to the hospital, we would not have been able to find our daughter," said Johnson's mother, Darlene Lee, of Washington, D.C. Her father, Eric Johnson Sr., of McKeesport, said he also forgave the woman, saying he had God in his heart. Allegheny County police say Curry-Demus, 38, took the newborn boy with his umbilical cord still attached to a Pittsburgh hospital on... [read full story]                    

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