The Michigan mother accused of helping kidnap her pregnant daughter and forcing her out into the woods, where she and her husband allegedly stabbed her and cut out her baby , killing both, is now pleading to be released from jail.

Cortney Bartholomew, 40, stands accused of first-degree murder, torture and assault of a pregnant person causing a miscarriage or stillbirth, among other charges, in the death of 22-year-old Rebecca Park. Bartholomew, who is currently in the Wexford County Jail, begged to be released during a bond hearing on Thursday so she could take care of her 14-year-old son.

"I just need to be able to take care of him," she said, according to a courtroom report from MLive . "I'm the only one that has custody of him."

The defendant also said she had health ailments.

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