Lisa Montgomery Reduce Child from Bobbie Jo Stinnett’s Womb

What started as an unusual go to over a shared love of canines become one of the crucial horrifying crimes in latest reminiscence.

Bobbie Jo Stinnett, a canine breeder, first met Lisa Montgomery at a canine present in 2004, bonding over their shared ardour for the animals. They continued speaking on an internet message board devoted to canine breeding, the place Montgomery — utilizing a faux title — ultimately organized a go to to Stinnett’s dwelling to see a pet she claimed she needed to undertake, in accordance with authorities, the Topeka Capital-Journal reported.

That yr, Montgomery drove from Kansas to Missouri to buy the canine from Stinnett, who was 23 years previous and pregnant, the Related Press reported, citing authorities. As a substitute, Montgomery attacked Stinnett till she misplaced consciousness.

Her objective? To chop Stinnett’s fetus from her womb and return to Kansas to assert the kid as her personal. 

Prosecutors stated in a press release that Montgomery used a kitchen knife to chop into Stinnett’s stomach. In line with prosecutors, Stinnett briefly regained consciousness and tried to battle again earlier than Montgomery strangled her to demise.

Stinnett was pronounced useless on the hospital after being discovered mendacity in a pool of blood inside her dwelling, CBC Information reported, citing authorities. An Amber Alert was issued for the kidnapped child and ideas led authorities to Montgomery’s dwelling.

Victoria Jo, the untimely child, survived the assault and was reunited along with her father, Zeb Stinnett, on the hospital, in accordance with the outlet. Montgomery was arrested on the scene — however she claimed the newborn was her personal.

Nevertheless, she later confessed to murdering Stinnett and abducting the kid.

Montgomery was married on the time and had reportedly satisfied her husband, Kevin Montgomery, that she was pregnant and had given beginning, in accordance with the Topeka Capital-Journal.

“I held that child proudly,” he has stated, per the outlet.

In 2007, Montgomery was convicted by a jury of federal kidnapping leading to demise. Prosecutors stated Montgomery’s motive was to make use of the newborn as a option to acquire custody of two of her 4 youngsters earlier than her husband discovered she was mendacity, the AP reported.

Jurors unanimously really helpful a demise sentence, which the court docket imposed. She was initially scheduled to be executed in December 2020.

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In line with CNN, a federal choose granted Montgomery a keep of execution, pointing to the necessity to resolve whether or not or not she was too mentally in poor health to be executed, which might have made her ineligible for the demise penalty.

However the Supreme Courtroom denied the court docket order and requests to President Donald Trump from household, supporters and her legal professional had been unsuccessful. Previous to this, federal executions had been on pause for 17 years.

Kelley Henry, Montgomery’s legal professional, blamed the Trump administration’s “bloodlust” for her execution, the AP reported.

Montgomery was in the end executed by deadly injection on Jan. 13, 2021, on the federal jail complicated in Terre Haute, Ind., per the AP. She was 52.

Montgomery grew to become the primary lady since 1953 to be executed by the federal authorities. The lady executed in 1953 was Bonnie Brown Heady, who kidnapped and murdered a younger boy in Missouri, the AP reported.