Bronx woman who stabbed pregnant friend claims she acted in self-defense, cut child from womb to ‘save the baby’: cop sources – New York Daily News Advertisement Bronx Bronx woman who stabbed pregnant friend claims she acted in self-defense, cut child from womb to ‘save the baby’: cop sources By Rocco Parascandola, Denis Slattery and Thomas Tracy Police Bureau Chief and New York Daily News Nov 22, 2015 at 1:47 am A baby-obsessed Bronx woman who stabbed an expectant mom to death claimed she killed her former pal in self-defense and cut the baby from her belly to save the newborn's life. The accused killer's defense emerged on Saturday, along with bizarre details of her fascination with babies – and grisly details of the savage murder. Advertisement Ashleigh Wade, 22, was sitting on the stoop of her building, her hands dripping with blood after the knife attack. She told cops she stabbed Angelikque Sutton "as many times as she could," a police source said. Inside Wade's apartment and surrounded by a sea of red, Sutton was barely alive, police said. She had been stabbed repeatedly in her neck and body and had a deep gash across her stomach, police said. Advertisement The baby's placenta was found on the bathroom floor, officials said. And the bloody knife used in the killing was found nearby. Both mother and baby were rushed to Montefiore Medical Center, where Sutton, 22, died a little after 3:30 p.m. After initially claiming she had just given birth to the baby herself, Wade later changed her twisted tune and said it was her pregnant victim who attacked her inside her home on Monticello Ave. in Wakefield. Ashleigh Wade (pictured) is accused in the stabbing death of expecting mother Angelikque Sutton in the Bronx on Friday, and attempting to cut Sutton’s unborn child from the womb in order to save it. (Facebook) Wade claimed Sutton lunged at her with a knife, but she wrestled it away and jammed it into the pregnant woman's neck. She then cut open Sutton's stomach to save the unborn child, she told cops. "She said she wanted to save the baby," a police source with knowledge of the case said Saturday. Wade, who was transferred from Jacobi Medical Center to Elmhurst Center Hospital in Queens on Saturday while undergoing psychiatric evaluation, was arrested and charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon. She had never been arrested before, police said. The Facebook page of the unhinged woman's boyfriend, Angel Praylow, 27, who walked in on the bloody scene, offered a glimpse into Wade's baby crazy ways. Praylow had been posting pictures of baby clothes and sonograms on Facebook in recent months and Wade had registered for gifts at Babies "R" Us, claiming a due date of Nov. 16. Angelikque Sutton (pictured) was eight-and-a-half months pregnant when she was attacked Friday. She was rushed to the hospital, where she died. The baby is recovering. (Facebook) The sonograms appear to be lifted from an unrelated blog. "u stole my pic," Wade even jokes under one image. Advertisement When her family inquired about the big day, Praylow wrote, ". . . today her due day but she not ready to come out yet." Police said they have no knowledge that Wade is pregnant or has ever been pregnant. She refused to consent to a medical exam as of early Saturday. According to sources, Wade told her estranged family she "had a baby" that died shortly after being born in 2014. But when pressed for further details, she clammed up and wouldn't say what hospital she had given birth in or provide any other details. Crime scene officers carry evidence into the 47 Precinct in the Bronx. Wade was found at the scene of the knifing, and admitted to stabbing Sutton "as many times as she could." (Vic Nicastro/Vic Nicastro) "She seems obsessed with babies," the police source said. Neighbors could barely believe the bloodshed that unfolded Friday afternoon about 2 p.m. Advertisement "She was very quiet," Taneka S., 33, said of Wade. "It's just sad. The situation is very sad. Young girls, whole life in front of them." Angela Parris, a nurse and Wade's landlord, believed her tenant may have been pregnant at some point. "She probably was pregnant in the beginning and lost the baby," she said. "She had me fooled terribly." Detectives from the NYPD Crime Scene Unit bringing several bags of material gathered from the scene of the earlier stabbing death of Sutton. (Sam Costanza/for New York Daily News) Sutton's grief-stricken family declined to talk Saturday as they left Montefiore Medical Center, where the baby, named Genesis, was recovering. Wade told police that she and Sutton went to the fifth grade together, lost touch, then rekindled their friendship recently on Facebook. Breaking News As it happens Get updates on the coronavirus pandemic and other news as it happens with our free breaking news email alerts. > In the days before the murder, Wade said she and Sutton dined at an Applebee's in Co-op City and even went shopping for baby-related items at Toys R' Us. Advertisement But their friendship soured Friday when they started "talking about the past," Wade told police, according to sources. After the explosion of violence, Wade called Praylow and told him to come over right away "because she did something really bad," police sources said. When police arrived Praylow was standing outside with two friends, holding Genesis swaddled in a jacket. Cheryl Wilson knew Sutton, her next-door neighbor and St. John's grad, when she was just a child. "No one deserves to die like that, have your baby cut out of you," Wilson said. With Chris Sommerfeldt,, Laura Bult, Dale W. 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