The following day, December 17, police arrested Montgomery at her farmhouse in Melvern, Kansas. saying that, on a shopping trip to Topeka, she had gone into labor and given birth. Montgomery allegedly called her husband, Kevin, that same day around 5:15 p.m. Harper immediately called authorities and described the wounds inflicted upon her daughter as appearing as if her "stomach had exploded." Paramedics were unsuccessful in attempts to revive Stinnett, and she was pronounced dead at St. Stinnett was discovered by her mother Becky Harper, lying in a pool of blood, approximately an hour after the murder. It is known that Stinnett was expecting the arrival in Skidmore of prospective buyers for a terrier at about the time of her murder. There was no sign of forced entry authorities believe that Montgomery, posing as customer "Darlene Fischer", had arranged to visit Stinnett's house on that day. Montgomery then cut Stinnett's unborn child from her womb and fled the scene. On December 16, 2004, Montgomery entered Stinnett's house and murdered her by strangulation. Montgomery told Stinnett that she was pregnant too, leading to the two women chatting online and exchanging e-mails about their pregnancies. Stinnett and Montgomery had met through dog show events and had ongoing interactions in an online Rat Terrier chatroom called Ratter Chatter. Stinnett and her husband ran a dog-breeding business from their residence in Skidmore. Background īobbie Jo Stinnett was born on Decemand graduated from Nodaway-Holt High School in Graham, Missouri, in 2000. Montgomery became the first female federal inmate since 1953 to be executed by the United States federal government, and the fourth overall. She was executed by lethal injection shortly after midnight on January 13, 2021, having exhausted the appeals process. Montgomery was tried and found guilty in 2007. Stinnett's baby was safely recovered by authorities and returned to the father.
Montgomery was arrested in Kansas the next day and charged with kidnapping resulting in death – a federal crime. The perpetrator, Lisa Marie Montgomery, then aged 36 years old, strangled Stinnett to death and cut her fetus (eight months into gestation) from her womb. īobbie Jo Stinnett (Decem– December 16, 2004) was an American 23-year-old pregnant woman who was murdered in Skidmore, Missouri in December 2004. The home of Bobbi Jo Stinnett, in Skidmore, Missouri, December 17, 2004. US officials have portrayed the executions as bringing long-delayed justice for victims and their families.Murder by strangulation, stabbing, kidnappingīobbie Jo Stinnett, in 2000 yearbook picture from Nodaway-Holt Junior Senior High
Anti-death penalty groups said the president, Donald Trump, was pushing for executions prior to the November election in a cynical bid to burnish a reputation as a law-and-order leader. The resumption of federal executions after a 17-year pause started on 14 July. But the execution was temporarily blocked after her attorneys contracted coronavirus visiting her in prison. Montgomery was originally scheduled to be put to death on 8 December. Her mother testified that she never filed a police complaint because he had threatened her and her children. Her stepfather denied the sexual abuse in videotaped testimony and said he did not have a good memory when confronted with a transcript of a divorce proceeding in which he admitted some physical abuse. Attorney Kelley Henry spoke in favour of Monday’s decision, saying in a statement to the Capital-Journal that “Mrs Montgomery has brain damage and severe mental illness that was exacerbated by the lifetime of sexual torture she suffered at the hands of caretakers”. Montgomery’s lawyers have argued that sexual abuse during her childhood led to mental illness.
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