On the issue of the use of "fetus"...

In relation to this story:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,141836,00.html

The story itself is horrifying and worth reading to get a feel of how depraved and ruthless people can be, and that's just the reporters. That someone would kill a woman and take her child is beyond comprehension. Taking the discussion onto another level, though, I have to wonder why they're still saying "fetus" and referring to the child as a "live child." How about saying, "It is most likely that the child is still alive," instead of "we probably would have a live child if we could find it" (attributed to Nodaway County Sheriff Ben Espey by the FOX News article). Maybe I'm a little sensitive, but the statement suggests that children are not considered alive until born at or after term. It sounds like if they expected the child not to have survived the attack and forcible extrication from it's (possibly her) mother's womb, they would be saying "we expect to find a fetus sometime." More distancing from the "possibility" that children could be considered human before birth.
Away from the "fetus" issue, I am surprised to find almost no mention of the woman's husband. The only mention is from the neighbor at the end of the article, referring to "they." Does this mean something? Is the husband suspected? Did the husband die or was he wounded in the attack on the mother? Where are the mentions of who the husband and wife were? It sounds like the media were unable to talk to or see the husband. What's going on there?