Bobbie Jo Stinnett, 23, was found murdered in her home in Skidmore, Missouri, in 2004. Lisa Marie Montgomery, then 36, was convicted of strangling her and removing her unborn child from her womb. Montgomery is currently on death row and was scheduled to be executed on December 8, 2020. A judge granted a stay to allow a competency hearing to take place.
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Bobbie Jo Stinnett, 23, was found murdered in her home in Skidmore, Missouri, in 2004. Lisa Marie Montgomery, then 36, was convicted of strangling her and removing her unborn child from her womb. Montgomery is currently on death row and was scheduled to be executed on December 8, 2020. A judge granted a stay to allow a competency hearing to take place. Montgomery had four children before she underwent a tubal ligation in 1990. She was raised in an abusive home where she was allegedly raped by her stepfather for many years. She sought escape mentally by drinking alcohol. Montgomery falsely claimed to be pregnant several times after the procedure, according to both her first and second spouses. If convicted, she faced a sentence of life imprisonment or the death penalty. If executed, Montgomery would be the first female federal inmate in 67 years to be execution by the federal government. The child was safely recovered by authorities and returned to the father.
The quick recovery and capture was attributed to, in part, the use of forensic computer investigation, which tracked Montgomery and Stinnet’s online communication with one another. Both women bred rat terriers and may have attended dog shows together. The later investigation was also aided by the issuance of an AMBER alert to enlist the public’s help. The day-old baby was placed in the custody of her father. Montgomery was arrested at her farmhouse in Melvern, Kansas, where the newborn had been claimed as her own and was recovered. It was speculated that Montgomery’s motivation stemmed from a miscarriage she may have suffered and subsequently concealed from her family. At a pre-trial hearing, a neuro-psychologist testified that Montgomery had sustained head injuries, which could have damaged part of the brain that controls aggression.
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