The mother and stepfather of a pregnant 22-year-old woman whose remains were found in a Michigan forest are accused of torturing her to death, prosecutors said.

Cortney Bartholomew, 40, and Bradly Bartholomew, 47, were arrested this week on multiple felony charges, including murder, torture, assault of a pregnant person causing a miscarriage or stillbirth, and other offenses, the Michigan Attorney General’s Office said Tuesday in a news release.

They’re accused of brutally murdering Rebecca Park, Cortney Bartholomew’s biological daughter, who was about 38 weeks pregnant when she was reported missing from her Northern Michigan home on Nov. 3.

Park’s body was found three weeks later along a hiking trail in the Manistee National Forest, a rural, wooded area in Boon Township, a small municipality of about 650 in Wexford County, roughly 100 miles north of Grand Rapids.

Her baby was nowhere to be found.

The couple allegedly lured Park to their Wexford County home on Nov. 3, then tortured her in an attempt to remove the unborn infant, resulting in the death of both, officials said.

“This case involves a truly horrific homicide in which a young woman and her unborn child endured unimaginable suffering at the hands of the Defendants,” said Wexford County Prosecutor Johanna Carey.

On Tuesday, the Bartholomews appeared in court via video from jail for a bond hearing, during which prosecutors described the crime as “a case of premeditated torture and murder,” MLive reported.

“These two individuals created a plan, conducted research. Mr. Bartholomew brought Rebecca to their home, forced her into another vehicle and took her into the woods where they stabbed her, forced her to lie on the ground while they cut her baby out, ultimately causing her death and the death of the baby,” Carey said, declaring the case “evil, personified.”

While Cortney Bartholomew was the victim’s biological mother, Park was raised by a couple who adopted her and her siblings, CBS News reported.

The Bartholomews were denied bond and remain in custody. They are scheduled to return to court Dec. 16.

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