63Yrs Woman Traveled To New York To Give Birth, 24Hrs Later She Lost Her Hands & Legs, Until CCTV… | HO

New York, September 2023.

What began as a medical miracle ended as one of the most disturbing attempted murders in recent American history. A 63-year-old woman, celebrated for defying biological odds to give birth to a healthy baby girl, was fighting for her life less than 24 hours later. Within days, both her hands and legs were amputated.

Doctors thought it was a catastrophic postpartum complication — until expanded toxicology, digital forensics, and a piece of CCTV footage revealed a truth darker than anyone imagined.

This is the true story of Arena Curry, her newborn daughter, and the husband who tried to murder her — and the unbelievable secret about the baby that shocked the nation.

THE MIRACLE THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING

When Arena Curry, a Houston real-estate investor, learned she was pregnant at 63, specialists called it “biologically extraordinary.” Natural conception at her age was virtually unheard of. Her husband, Cain Curry, was just 25 — a 38-year age gap that raised eyebrows in her community, though Arena insisted it was true love.

Fertility doctors advised her to deliver in New York due to her age and risk factors. Excited and glowing, Arena gave interviews to local Texas news stations, showing off baby clothes and promising viewers she was living proof that faith and miracles existed.

But while the world cheered, someone close to her was quietly planning her death.

THE TRIP TO NEW YORK

On August 28, 2023, Arena and Cain boarded a flight to New York. Arena was tired, anxious, and uncomfortable, but determined to keep her miracle baby safe. Cain appeared attentive — holding her hand, adjusting her pillows, carrying their bags.

Behind her back, he was texting another woman.

Her name was Belle Washington.

And Cain was promising her, “Just a few more days.”

THE HERBAL SHOP ON AUGUST 29 — AND THE $340 RECEIPT

The next morning, while Arena rested in their Manhattan rental, Cain slipped out. CCTV would later show him walking into a narrow herbal shop in Lower Manhattan at 11:47 a.m.

He browsed shelves of powders and extracts before asking the shop owner for something “strong for digestive issues.”

The item he purchased?

Amatoxin extract — one of the deadliest toxins known to medicine.

Price: $340
Payment: Crisp $20 bills
Record: Cain Curry’s full name and signature in the shop ledger

After purchasing the vial, CCTV captured Cain sitting on a nearby park bench, holding the extract up to the light as if admiring it, before slipping it into his jacket.

This footage would later blow the case wide open.

But Arena, resting in the apartment, had no idea her husband had just bought the poison that would destroy her body.

THE BIRTH OF BABY NAOMI

On September 1, Arena went into labor. After 14 grueling hours, she gave birth to a healthy baby girl — Naomi.

Arena cried with joy.

Cain refused to hold the baby.

Two nurses later recalled the moment:

“He looked at the baby like she belonged to someone else.”

He took one photo, stepped outside, and never came back into the room with any visible emotion.

Arena, exhausted but blissful, didn’t notice. She believed her husband was simply overwhelmed.

She would soon understand the truth.

THE POISONED TEA

Arena was discharged on September 3. That evening, Cain handed her a cup of chamomile tea — a nightly ritual he had insisted on since their relationship began.

Arena drank it gratefully.

Twenty minutes later, she fell asleep.

By 4:47 a.m., she woke up vomiting, shaking violently, and bleeding. She begged Cain to take her to the hospital.

He refused.

He told her she was “overreacting.”

He left the apartment for “fresh air” while she lay on the floor, collapsing from organ failure.

Arena, unable to lift her own body, managed to call 911. Paramedics found her nearly unconscious, her newborn crying in a bassinet beside her.

Cain returned as they were loading her into the ambulance, holding a coffee cup — calm, collected, unmoved.

One paramedic later described his reaction:

“It felt rehearsed.”

THE AMPUTATIONS

Doctors first suspected postpartum sepsis — until bloodwork came back clean.

Then Arena’s hands turned white.
Then purple.
Then cold.

Her feet followed.

No pulse.
No oxygen.
No blood flow.

Her limbs were dying.

Dr. Helena Voss, the vascular surgeon, realized the horrifying truth:

“Her body is shutting down to protect the vital organs. Her limbs are already necrotic.”

Doctors were forced to amputate Arena’s hands on September 4 and her legs the next morning.

Cain did not cry.
He did not protest.
He did not ask questions.

He ordered a pizza and ate it while the amputations were happening one floor above him.

The nurses called police.

TOXICOLOGY — AND THE DETECTIVES WHO CONNECTED THE DOTS

Expanded toxicology revealed high levels of amatoxin in Arena’s blood and urine.

Combined with Cain’s bizarre behavior, doctors alerted NYPD.

Detectives Rosalyn Pierce and Calvin Hayes immediately began building a timeline.

The forensic sweep of the apartment revealed:

Only the chamomile tea was poisoned

Cain’s laptop contained searches like:

“How long does amatoxin take to kill?”

“Symptoms of amatoxin poisoning”

“Sudden death after childbirth”

Cain’s phone held messages to Belle:

“Almost done here.”

“Won’t be long now.”

CCTV showed Cain buying the toxin

The herbal shop’s ledger had his signature

When Arena woke up, detectives told her Cain had tried to kill her.

Her scream echoed through the hospital hallways.

THE SECRET ABOUT BABY NAOMI

While Arena recovered, doctors ran standard genetic screening on Naomi.

The results stunned them.

Naomi was Arena’s biological child.
But she was NOT Cain’s.

Further analysis revealed the truth:

Naomi came from a frozen donor embryo created in 2009 during Arena’s failed fertility attempt — an embryo doctors told her had not implanted.

In an unprecedented medical phenomenon, the embryo had remained dormant for 14 years before activating and resulting in pregnancy.

When prosecutors informed Cain in jail, he exploded.

In a recorded call, he said:

“She had me raising another man’s kid… I had to do something.”

That recording became part of the prosecution’s evidence.

THE TRIAL OF CAIN CURRY

By March 2024, the trial was underway. Prosecutors presented:

CCTV of Cain buying the toxin

The herbal-shop ledger

Internet searches

Texts to his mistress

The poisoned tea

Genetic evidence

Financial motive (Arena’s $2.3 million policy he forced her to increase weeks prior)

And then Arena took the stand.

The courtroom fell silent as she wheeled forward on prosthetics.

She described the tea.
She described the pain.
She described waking up without limbs.

Jurors cried.
Even seasoned reporters cried.

Then, in the moment that shocked the nation, Arena said:

“I forgive him.”
“I still love him.”
“Please don’t let him spend the rest of his life in prison.”

The courtroom gasped.

Cain took the stand next and confessed.

He cried.
He begged.
He claimed fear, not hate.

The jury wasn’t moved.

They found him GUILTY of:

Attempted murder

Assault with intent to kill

Reckless endangerment

He was sentenced to 25 years to life, with parole eligibility after 20 years — reduced only because Arena begged for mercy.

As officers led him away, Cain mouthed:

“I’m sorry. I love you.”

Arena mouthed back:

“I love you too.”

THE AFTERMATH — AND A CONTROVERSIAL LOVE STORY

Arena eventually returned to Houston with her baby and her sister Alda.

She learned to walk again with prosthetics.
She learned to mother without hands.
She learned to rebuild her life.

She began prison visits.
Weekly.
With Naomi.

She became an advocate for:

Domestic violence survivors

Financial exploitation awareness

Prison rehabilitation programs

She insisted:

“Hate will destroy me. I choose forgiveness.”

Critics called it trauma bonding.
Psychologists debated it on television.
Some praised her strength; others feared for her safety.

In August 2024, she hired an attorney to reduce his sentence.

Judge Morris refused immediate reduction but agreed to reevaluate in 2029, if Cain met strict rehabilitation requirements.

Arena said:

“Five years is nothing. I can wait.”

A CASE THAT STILL SHOCKS AMERICA

Arena’s story became one of the most disturbing — and bewildering — cases in modern true crime.

It raised questions about:

Aging and vulnerability

Financial predators

Medical miracles

Psychological manipulation

The limits of forgiveness

And the strange, rare science behind delayed embryo implantation

But for Arena, one truth remains simple:

“I lost my hands. I lost my legs. But I will not lose my heart.”

And for millions who followed this case, one question remains:

Is forgiveness a gift…
or a prison of its own?