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Darlene Haynes was about eight months pregnant when she was last seen alive. Her body was discovered Monday after her landlord went to check on a report of a strong odor coming from her apartment in Worcester, New England’s second-largest city.

Police say the 23-year-old Haynes was found wrapped in bedding. An autopsy shows her fetus was removed.

Haynes’s body reportedly was so mangled and decomposed that police said they could not immediately identify her gender.

Police say the missing infant could survive but would need medical attention immediately.

“Medical personnel have stated that at 8 months the fetus is viable and could survive; however, it would be needing medical attention immediately,” Sgt. Kerry Hazelhurst said. “So we’re urging the public that if they know of anybody who all of the sudden has an infant in their possession who didn’t appear to be pregnant to contact the police.”

The number for Worcester Police is 508-799-8651.

Worcester Police said that Darlene Haynes, 23, was about 8 months pregnant when she was last seen alive on Thursday. Her landlord discovered her body Monday when checking on a report of a strong odor coming from her home. Police said Haynes was found wrapped in a comforter.

The death has been ruled a homicide.

Police confirmed to the Worcester Telegram & Gazette that they have interviewed Haynes’ boyfriend, Roberto C. Rodriguez. The report by the Telegram & Gazette cited court records as saying Haynes had an active restraining order out against Rodriguez for an alleged assault on June 24th.

Police have said that they do not have any suspects at this.

Darlene does have several different MySpace profiles but the one she seems to have used most recently is here. She hasn’t logged in since September of last year and there really doesn’t seem to be a whole lot there that would point to anything specific as far as this case is concerned.