FORT MITCHELL, Kentucky (AP) -- A nine-months pregnant woman fought off and killed a knife-wielding woman who may have been trying to steal the baby, according to police.

They said 26-year-old Sarah Brady acted in self-defense in killing Katherine Smith on Thursday. No charges were filed.

Smith, 22, had been falsely telling neighbors for weeks that she was pregnant, and a search of her apartment after her death revealed a full baby nursery, investigators said.

"She had everything in place that you'd expect to have in place with a newborn coming," Steve Hensley, police chief in this Cincinnati suburb, said Friday.

Brady, 26, was treated for cuts at a hospital.

On Tuesday, Smith called Brady, whom she did not know, and asked her to come over and pick up a mistakenly delivered package, the police chief said. The next day, Smith called Brady again to pick up another package.

The pregnant woman went to Smith's apartment Thursday, and that was when the attack occurred.

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