( CNN ) -- A Milwaukee woman accused of killing a pregnant mother and her unborn son just days before he was due to be born was charged Monday with two counts of homicide . Annette Morales-Rodriguez , 33 , is accused of killing 23-year-old Maritza Ramirez-Cruz and then cutting the baby from her womb last week , according to police and a criminal complaint . It was not immediately clear Monday whether the defendant had obtained legal representation . Morales-Rodriguez , who first tried to pass the child off as her own , allegedly told police that her boyfriend wanted a son and that she could not get pregnant . She had told her boyfriend she was expecting . As her alleged due date drew near , Morales-Rodriguez began to panic and went in search of a pregnant woman , the complaint read . She meant to take the woman 's baby and make it hers . Morales-Rodriguez had not met Ramirez-Cruz prior to last week , when she offered the pregnant woman a ride in her car , according to the complaint . Under the pretext of needing to change her shoes , the defendant drove Ramirez-Cruz to her home , where she hit the victim several times in the head with a baseball bat , the complaint says . After Ramirez-Cruz fell down , Morales-Rodriguez choked her until she was no longer conscious , it says . The defendant then used a knife to cut Ramirez-Cruz 's abdomen , according to the complaint . `` She cut Maritza at the bikini line attempting to duplicate the process she had seen on the Discovery Channel , depicting a cesarean section birth , '' it read . When Morales-Rodriguez removed the baby , it was not breathing . She then called 911 and told authorities she had just given birth to a child in the shower . However , an autopsy on the baby , which was between 38 and 42 weeks , revealed it was not the product of a natural birth , but had been cut out by force . Morales-Rodriguez was arrested late last week and remains in custody at the Milwaukee County Jail . CNN affiliate WTMJ said that Ramirez-Cruz was expected to give birth on October 16 . She and her husband had planned to name the child Omar , the network reported .
Annette Morales-Rodriguez faces two homicide counts . She is accused of cutting a baby from his mother 's womb . Morales-Rodriguez allegedly told police her boyfriend wanted a son . She had told him she was pregnant , authorities say .