Where is carolyn correa

She is charged with 15 offences, including kidnapping, aggravated assault and arson. Police suspect Ms Correa, thought to be related to the girl's father, set the fire in Philadelphia as a cover that would allow her to abduct the child. Authorities at the time concluded that the day-old baby's body had been consumed by the blaze. Ms Cuevas said she had always suspected that the girl did not die in the fire. Officials said Ms Cuevas would be reunited with her daughter when the girl was judged to be emotionally prepared.

Correa's suicidal thoughts and screaming-baby hallucinations are the latest twists in a story that has captured worldwide attention. Correa faces a preliminary hearing Friday on charges that she kidnapped day-old Delimar Vera from her Philadelphia crib six years ago, then set the house on fire to cover the crime. Luzaida Cuevas, Delimar's biological mother, told police she saw the girl at a party in January and knew she was her child.

She said she went to a state legislator with strands of the girl's hair. Others have since said the gathering was last year, not this, and other questions have arisen about Cuevas' story of how she rediscovered her long-lost daughter.

Unfamiliarity isn't the only hurdle to clear: Delimar doesn't speak Spanish, and her mother speaks very little English. Experts say the energetic little girl probably faces a long and difficult adjustment as she comes to terms with her new life and new identity.

David Fassler, a University of Vermont professor of psychiatry and a child psychiatrist. Child welfare experts and psychologists said extreme care needs to be taken to help Delimar with the fear, insecurity, confusion and guilt that she has probably already begun to experience.

Asked how she felt, she replied with a giggle: "Happy. I would be really surprised if this doesn't take some toll on her. He said he was in the kitchen when Aaliyah came to his side. Correa introduced her as her daughter, and told the girl that Vera was her cousin. The girl kept looking at Vera. The next day he called Cuevas to tell her he suspected that the girl called Aaliyah was their Delimar.

She looks like us. She looks like you. She has my coloring. I don't know. I have this feeling. That's when Cuevas told him she still had the girl's hairs from the year before, he said. Cuevas then went to Rep. Cruz, who contacted an assistant district attorney, who in turn persuaded the police Special Victim's Unit to investigate. Vera said he tried to contact authorities. They knew how to find Carolyn. Why would she want to hire an investigator? When she knew who she was and where she was?

That's something I need to ask Pedro and her. Evelyn Vera said she has called Cuevas but has not heard back from her and hasn't had a chance to question her brother. She said she was "as shocked as everyone else" when she heard that Aaliyah was Delimar, and wonders how and why Correa did it. I think something must have happened to make her do this," she said. Zucker, Correa's attorney, is baffled by all the conflicting information. At this point, I really don't know what it is," he said.

Zucker is unclear about which legal strategy he will use for Correa, although he's considering an insanity defense. He still has a lot of interviews and research to do, he said. He said he believes the baby she had in December was either stillborn or she had a miscarriage.

He's looking into whether that could have led her to suffer some sort of extreme postpartum mental illness and to eventually convince herself that Aaliyah was her child. As to whether he believes that she had a role in taking Delimar, he said, "I can tell you as the years passed, she believed this was her daughter, and that's what we're looking into now.

In , Correa had a baby with her current husband, Bryan Busardo. The girl, who had a heart defect, died a few hours after birth, Zucker said. Correa also has had two miscarriages, according to Moore, who took a paternity test in to be able to visit Aaliyah more often.

The test proved he is not her father. Friends describe Correa as an energetic, lively, doting mother. She took her for all kinds of stuff. She was a very good mother.

She really cared for this child. But she has a blemished history. In she was sentenced to five years' probation for setting a fire in a Hamilton, N. Police say she stole and cashed company checks and was trying to destroy evidence. For now, Correa awaits an April 16 preliminary hearing on charges that she abducted Delimar.