By STEVEN DUBOIS, Associated Press Writer Steven Dubois, Associated Press Writer – Sun Jun 7, 8:50 pm ET
PORTLAND, Ore. – A pregnant 21-year-old found dead with her baby no longer in her womb befriended the woman charged with killing her through Craigslist, her mother said Sunday.

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

Roberts told officers she'd recently given birth to the baby boy, said Sgt. 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 Monday and Thompson would not say whether Snively gave birth before she died or 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."

Thompson said detectives have not confirmed the women met through Craigslist.

Roberts has two children, both under 10, who were staying with relatives and not at home when police believe Snively was killed, Thompson said.

Kidd said her daughter was eight months pregnant, and Snively's Facebook photo shows her lifting a pink shirt to expose a large belly.

Snively and her boyfriend, identified by Kidd as Christopher Popp, recently moved to Oregon from Maryland because he got a better job. Popp, the baby's father, reported Snively missing Friday night and is not a suspect, Thompson said.

Kidd said her first grandson was to be named John Steven.

"I'm still in shock; it hasn't hit me," she said. "I mean, that initial phone call; I just couldn't believe it. I just could not believe I was talking about my own child."

The should shut down CraigsList.. that place is nothing be trouble it seems..

I've never checked it out...and with all the stories I hear...i'll leave it that way

It's not craigslist that is the problem, it's people that still, in this day and age, act with out thinking. People are the problem, not the list.

Craigslist is like any other free classifieds site. There will always be those that use it for ill, but that should not mean that every looses out because of what a few do. I have used craigslist several times. There are ads on there I can't believe people would put up, but you take the good with the bad, ya know.

Some day soon the paranoia patrol will try to find a way to shut down craigs list and others and when that happens everyone looses, people have to take personal responsibilty too.

I'd hate to loose another good source to ignorance.

That is ****ing crazy!!!

Isn't this crazy? This woman has to be a bit slow to think she can go into a hospital and tell them she has just given birth and get away with it!!!

The child's natural mother stuffed in a crawlspace.

There sure are some sick individuals in this world!!!!!