ATCHISON, Kan. -- The mother of a teenage girl accused in a plot to kidnap a pregnant teen, cut her baby from her womb and leave her to die told KCTV5 News she was shattered emotionally about what her daughter was accused of doing.

"I don't think she did it willingly," said Melissa Betts, whose daughter - Alisa D. Betts, 17, of Atchison, Kan. - was charged with felony kidnapping. "She's never been in trouble before. She's scared."

Prosecutors also charged Lauren M. Gash, 19, of Odessa, Mo., with felony kidnapping.

Gash, 19, also faced an assault charge.

They allegedly held Amanda Howard, 18, against her will in a Blue Springs, Mo., motel Monday until, police said, Betts got cold feet and called police.

Investigators said Gash told family and friends she had given birth to a baby on Sunday.

"I think that Lauren lied to us all. I'm sorry to say it that way, because I love Lauren as if she was my own kids, but something's wrong," Melissa Betts said.