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Murder of Bobbie Jo Stinnett
Memorial to Bobbie Jo Stinnett in Skidmore, Missouri
Location410 Elm Street, Skidmore, Missouri, U.S.
DateDecember 16, 2004
Attack type
Murder by strangulation, stabbing, kidnapping
WeaponKnife
Deaths1 (Bobbie Jo Stinnett)
ConvictedLisa Marie Montgomery
VerdictGuilty
ConvictionsKidnapping resulting in death
SentenceDeath
External images
image icon Bobbie Jo Stinnett, in 2000 yearbook picture from Nodaway-Holt Junior Senior High [1]
image icon The home of Bobbi Jo Stinnett, in Skidmore, Missouri, December 17, 2004.[2]

Bobbie Jo Stinnett (December 4, 1981 – December 16, 2004) was a 23-year-old pregnant American woman who was murdered in Skidmore, Missouri, in December 2004. The perpetrator, Lisa Marie Montgomery,[3] then aged 36 years old, strangled Stinnett to death and cut her unborn child (eight months into gestation) from her womb. Her motive was to produce a baby, as she had been faking a pregnancy. Montgomery was arrested in Kansas the next day and charged with kidnapping resulting in death – a federal crime due to the interstate nature of the offense. Stinnett's baby, who had survived the crude caesarean section, was safely recovered by authorities and returned to the father.[4]

Montgomery was tried and found guilty in 2007. She was executed by lethal injection shortly after midnight on January 13, 2021, having exhausted the appeals process. Montgomery became the first female federal inmate since 1953 to be executed by the United States federal government, and the fourth overall. At the time of her execution, she was the only female on federal death row.[5][6][7]

Background

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Bobbie Jo Stinnett was born on December 4, 1981, and graduated from Nodaway-Holt High School in Graham, Missouri, in 2000.[8] Stinnett and her husband ran a dog-breeding business from their residence in Skidmore.[9]

Stinnett and Montgomery had met through dog show events and had ongoing interactions in an online Rat Terrier chatroom called Ratter Chatter.[10][11] In these emails, Montgomery used the alias 'Darlene Fischer." Montgomery told Stinnett that she was pregnant too, leading to the two women chatting online and exchanging e-mails about their pregnancies.[12]: 155  Stinnett had a litter of puppies for sale, and Montgomery expressed interest in purchasing one. The women agreed to meet the next day.[13]

Although Montgomery lived in Melvern, Kansas, she told Stinnett that she was from Fairfax, Missouri, a town near Skidmore. That night, Stinnett told her husband and her mother, Becky Harper, that a woman from Fairfax was going to stop by and look at the puppies.[13]

Murder

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On December 16, Montgomery drove from Melvern to Skidmore and arrived at Stinnett’s home around 12:30 p.m. Montgomery carried a sharp kitchen knife and a white cord in her jacket pocket. Stinnet brought the puppies outside and played with them with Montgomery. At 2:30 p.m., Stinnett received a phone call from Harper, her mother, and confirmed that she would give Harper a ride home from work at 3:30 p.m.[13]

Some time after the phone call ended, Montgomery attacked Stinnett and used the cord to strangle her until she was unconscious, after hanging out together at the house for approximately two hours. Montgomery then used the kitchen knife to cut into Stinnett’s abdomen, causing Stinnett to regain consciousness. A struggle ensued, and Montgomery strangled Stinnett a second time, killing her. Montgomery extracted the fetus from Stinnett’s body, cut the umbilical cord, and left with the baby. Meanwhile, after driving a short distance from Stinnett's home, Montgomery stopped to clamp the umbilical cord and to suction any mucus from the baby’s mouth. The baby cried, but other than a cut above her eye, she was uninjured. After cleaning the baby with wipes, Montgomery retrieved the car seat she had stored in the trunk of her car and placed the baby in the seat. She then promptly drove to Topeka, Kansas.[13]

After 3:30pm came and Stinnet didn't return any calls, Becky walked to Stinnett's house herself. Stinnett was discovered by her mother, Becky Harper, lying in a pool of blood, approximately an hour after the murder.[14] Harper immediately called authorities and described the wounds inflicted upon her daughter as appearing as if her "stomach had exploded."[15] Paramedics were unsuccessful in attempts to revive Stinnett, and she was pronounced dead at St. Francis Hospital in Maryville.[16]

Montgomery called her husband, Kevin, that same day around 5:15pm. saying that, on a Christmas shopping trip in Topeka, she had gone into labor and given birth. It was initially seen as unusual that she delivered a baby and then drove herself home right after. She said she delivered at the Birth And Womans Center in Topeka, although there were no reported births there on the day she described.[17]

The following day, December 17, police arrested Montgomery at her farmhouse in Melvern, Kansas. A witness would later report that on the morning before her arrest, Montgomery took the infant, her husband, and two teenage sons to a restaurant for breakfast. Kathy Sage, owner of the Whistle Top Cafe in Melvern, Kansas, said she was showing the baby off as her own. She also reportedly took the child to church and said she named the child "Abigal" since it was from the Bible.[17]

Investigation

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The investigation was aided by the issuance of an AMBER alert to enlist the public's help. The alert was initially denied as it had not been used before in an unborn child's case and thus there was no description of the victim. Eventually after intervention by Congressman Sam Graves, the alert was implemented.[18]

Police had initially gone to Montgomery's home at 32419 S Adams Rd in Melvern, Kansas after tracing online communications to her IP address, hoping to interview her as a witness.[18] When they arrived, they found a car matching the description of the one at the crime scene. After ringing the doorbell, Kevin let the officers into the home where they found Montgomery inside, holding the infant and watching television.[13]

Sergeant Investigator Randy Strong explained that they were investigating the murder of Bobbie Jo Stinnett. He asked about the baby, and Montgomery said that she had given birth at a women’s clinic in Topeka. She asked Kevin to retrieve the discharge papers from his truck. Kevin searched the truck, but he could not find the papers.

Strong then asked to speak to Montgomery outside the home. Montgomery allowed a law enforcement officer to hold the baby and accompanied Strong. Montgomery explained that her family was having some financial problems, so, unbeknownst to her husband, she had given birth at home, with the help of two friends. When asked the names of the friends, Montgomery responded that they had not been with her at the house but were available by phone in case she had trouble delivering the baby. Montgomery said that she had given birth in the kitchen and had disposed of the placenta in a nearby creek. At Montgomery’s request, the officers moved their questioning to the sheriff's office. Shortly thereafter, Montgomery confessed to killing Stinnett, removing the fetus from Stinnett's womb, and abducting the child. This all occurred within an hour timeframe.[13][18] The kidnapped newborn, whom she claimed as her own, was recovered and soon placed in custody of the father.[19][20]

DNA testing was used to confirm the infant's identity, and prove that Lisa didn't deliver the child.[21]

Perpetrator

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Lisa Montgomery
Born
Lisa Marie Montgomery

(1968-02-27)February 27, 1968
Melvern, Kansas, U.S.
DiedJanuary 13, 2021(2021-01-13) (aged 52)
USP Terre Haute, Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S.
Cause of deathExecution by lethal injection
SpouseKevin Montgomery
MotiveFetal abduction
Conviction(s)Kidnapping resulting in death (18 U.S.C. § 1201)
Criminal penaltyDeath
Details
VictimsBobbie Jo Stinnett, 23
DateDecember 16, 2004
CountryUnited States
State(s)Missouri
Date apprehended
December 17, 2004

Lisa Marie Montgomery (February 27, 1968 – January 13, 2021)[22] resided in Melvern, Kansas, at the time of the murder.[23] Montgomery's mother's alcohol addiction led to Lisa being born with permanent brain damage.[24] She was raised in a physically, emotionally, and sexually abusive home from the age of 11.[5] She would often be beaten with anything that could be used for beating. On several instances, her mother forced her to have sex with her stepfather and his friends and was beaten when resisting. On one instance, he killed the family dog as punishment in front of her.[25]

Lisa’s older half-sister, Diane Mattingly, was removed from their home and placed in foster care.[26] Montgomery was very close to Mattingly, and was crushed when she learned she couldn't go with her. She sought mental escape through drinking alcohol. When Montgomery was 14, her mother discovered the abuse and reacted by threatening her daughter with a gun.[27]

Montgomery, in a way to escape the abusive home situation, married her step-brother in August 1986. She had just recently turned 18. She had her first child in January of 1987, with three more following before she underwent a tubal ligation in 1990.[22] She falsely claimed to be pregnant several times after the procedure.[22][28] Montgomery claimed that she was forced to undergo the procedure by her husband/step-brother, as well as her mother.[13]

In the years following the sterilization procedure, Montgomery claimed that she had four more pregnancies. In 1994, while separated from Boman, Montgomery had an affair and claimed to be pregnant. Montgomery and Boman later reconciled, and she ceased making the claim. She and Boman divorced in 1998. In 2000, before she and Kevin (her second husband) were married, she told him that she was pregnant and intended to have an abortion. Kevin gave her forty dollars, and the pregnancy was not mentioned again. In 2002, Montgomery told her friends and family that she was pregnant again. Although she said that she was receiving prenatal care from her physician, she would not allow Kevin to attend the alleged appointments. Her physician testified that he had treated Montgomery for ankle pain and a cold, but he did not provide her any prenatal care, despite Montgomery's claims to the contrary. When the alleged due date passed, Montgomery told Kevin that the baby had died and that she had donated its body to science.

Montgomery claimed in the spring of 2004 that she was pregnant and that she was due in December. This coincided with a custody battle, which also started up roughly in the same time of spring 2004. This custody battle was between her and her ex-husband and step-brother. It is believed she faked this particular pregnancy to win over the judge during the court hearings.

He knew that Montgomery was unable to become pregnant and that she was again making baseless pregnancy claims. He and his new wife sent emails to Montgomery, telling her that they planned to expose her deception and use it against her in the custody proceedings. Montgomery said that she would prove them wrong. On December 10, 2004, days before the kidnapping, Boman filed a motion for change of custody of the two minor children who lived with Montgomery.[13]

Trial and ruling

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Montgomery was charged with the federal offense of "kidnapping resulting in death",[19] a crime established by the Federal Kidnapping Act of 1932,[16] and described in Title 18 of the United States Code. Given the fact that the crime spanned two state lines (the baby was moved from Missouri to Kansas) it was brought to the federal level.[16]

At a pre-trial hearing, a neuropsychologist testified that head injuries which Montgomery had sustained some years before could have damaged the part of the brain that controls aggression.[29] During her trial in federal court, her defense attorneys, led by Frederick Duchardt, asserted that she had pseudocyesis, a mental condition that causes a woman to falsely believe she is pregnant and exhibit outward signs of pregnancy.[30] According to The Guardian, Duchardt attempted to follow this line of defense only one week before the trial began after being forced to abandon a contradictory argument that Stinnett was murdered by Montgomery's brother Tommy, who had an alibi. As a result, Montgomery's family refused to co-operate with Duchardt and described her background to the jury.[27]

Dr. V. S. Ramachandran and Dr. William Logan gave expert testimony that Montgomery had pseudocyesis in addition to depression, borderline personality disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder.[31][32] Ramachandran testified that Montgomery's stories about her actions fluctuated because of her delusional state and that she was unable to dictate the nature and quality of her acts.[33] Both federal prosecutor Roseann Ketchmark and the opposing expert witness forensic psychiatrist Park Dietz disagreed strongly with the diagnosis of pseudocyesis.[34][35]

On October 22, 2007, jurors found Montgomery guilty, rejecting the defense claim that Montgomery was delusional.[34] On October 26, the jury recommended the death sentence.[36] Judge Gary A. Fenner formally sentenced Montgomery to death on April 4, 2008.[19][37]

Duchardt's pseudocyesis defense, Montgomery's past trauma and separate diagnosis of mental illness were not fully revealed until after her conviction. This led critics including Guardian journalist David Rose to argue that Duchardt provided an incompetent legal defense for Montgomery.[27] Fenner required Duchardt to be cross-examined in November 2016. Duchardt rejected all criticism and defended his conduct.[27]

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On March 19, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Montgomery's certiorari petition.[38] Montgomery, who was registered for the Federal Bureau of Prisons under number 11072-031, was incarcerated at Federal Medical Center, Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas, where she remained until she was transferred to the site of her execution.[39][40][41][42] For the duration of her time there, she was the only woman on federal death row.[43][44]

During her appeals, Montgomery's lawyers argued that she technically did not commit the crime of kidnapping resulting in death, claiming that Victoria Jo Stinnett was not considered a person until she was removed from her mother's womb. Accordingly, since Bobbi had died beforehand, the crime was instead a "death resulting in kidnapping." That claim was dismissed, with the courts saying the felony murder rule nullified this and that Montgomery needed to kill Bobbi regardless in order to complete the kidnapping.[13]

Experts who examined Montgomery after conviction concluded that by the time of her crime she had long been living with psychosis, bipolar disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorders. She was said to be often disassociated from reality and to have permanent brain damage from numerous beatings at the hands of her parents and spouses.[27] The case of Atkins v. Virginia ruled that executing individuals with intellectual disability violates the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution regarding cruel and unusual punishments. Given this ruling, it could be expected that Montgomery was ineligible for a death sentence. Very strong and undisputed evidence can lead to a withdrawal of the death sentence or a further enquiry into it.[45]

Execution

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Montgomery was scheduled for execution on December 8, 2020, by lethal injection at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, but this was delayed following her attorneys contracting COVID-19.[46][47] On December 23, 2020, Montgomery was given a new execution date of January 12, 2021.[48] U.S. District Court Judge Randolph Moss found that "the director's order setting a new execution date while the Court's stay was in effect was 'not in accordance with law'", prohibiting the re-scheduling of the execution before January 1, 2022.[43]

On January 1, a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated Moss's ruling, effectively reinstating her execution date of January 12.[49] On that date, U.S. District Judge Patrick Hanlon granted a stay of her execution on the grounds that her mental competence must first be tested as it could be argued she did not understand the grounds for her execution, per the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.[50] The stay was then vacated by the Supreme Court via a 6–3 vote. The execution was ordered to be carried out immediately.[11][51] She arrived in Terre Haute's death row on January 12.[52]

Montgomery was eventually executed by lethal injection[11] on January 13, 2021, at the United States Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana. When asked if she had any last words, she replied: "No."[11] She was pronounced dead at 1:31 a.m. EST.[11]

Montgomery became the first female federal prisoner executed in 67 years, the first woman executed in the United States since Kelly Gissendaner in 2015, and the first person executed in the United States in 2021.[6][7] Only three other women have been executed by the U.S. federal government: Mary Surratt, by hanging in 1865; Ethel Rosenberg by electric chair in 1953; and Bonnie Heady by gas chamber, also in 1953.[53] Montgomery's execution was followed a day later by Corey Johnson, and three days later by Dustin Higgs. All three were carried out by the United States federal government, each being controversial for a variety of reasons.[54][55]

In her final days, Montgomery had kept a calendar marked with Joe Biden's inauguration date. Joe Biden had promised to enact a moratorium on capital punishment at the federal level.[56] True to his promise, Biden enacted the moratorium on July 1, 2021.[57]

In 2023, one of Montgomery's attorneys admitted that Montgomery's legal team had briefly considered taking her off the medications she was on to stabilize her mental health. The intent was for Montgomery to "go absolutely psychotic" in her team's attempt to postpone her execution by "proving mental fragility exacerbated by sexual abuse in childhood." The attorney stated, "Ultimately, we weren't going to do that to her."[58]

Aftermath

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Victoria Jo Stinnett, the daughter of Bobbie Jo Stinnett, is still alive today. After surviving the tragic events of 2004, she was raised by her father, Zebulon Stinnett, with support from extended family members, near the town of Maitland, Missouri, a mere ten-minute drive from Skidmore. The family has maintained a private life, and Victoria Jo has not spoken publicly about the incident. As of the latest available information, they continue to reside in Missouri. Members of the Nodaway-Holt High Class of 2000 have a yearly memorial donation drive for Stinnett.[8]

Her step-brother and first husband died on November 19, 2021. He lived in Dewey, OK at the time of his death.[59] Kevin Montgomery is still alive and still resides in Melvern, KS.

Since the murder, Bobbie's house at 410 W Elm Street has been left vacant. As of 2024, it is in poor condition and has been stripped of the interior walls.

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The case was described in author Diane Fanning's Baby Be Mine,[60] and M. William Phelps's Murder in the Heartland.[16] The case featured in an episode of the true crime series Deadly Women titled "Fatal Obsession", in an episode of the true crime series Solved titled "Life and Death", and in the fifth episode of the documentary series No One Saw a Thing that aired on the Sundance Channel on August 29, 2019. The artist Jasper Schalks made a song about the life of Lisa Montgomery titled "the Ballad of Lisa Marie Montgomery".

Swedish author and playwright Lars Norén wrote a novel called "En liten roman" about her, released posthumously in 2024.

See also

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Executions carried out by the United States federal government
Preceded by
Alfred Bourgeois
December 11, 2020
 Lisa Montgomery
January 13, 2021 		Succeeded by
Corey Johnson
January 14, 2021
Executions carried out in the United States
Preceded by Lisa Montgomery – Federal government
January 13, 2021 		Succeeded by
Corey Johnson – Federal government
January 14, 2021
Women executed in the United States
Preceded by
Kelly Gissendaner – Georgia
September 30, 2015
 Lisa Montgomery – Federal government
January 13, 2021 		Succeeded by
Amber McLaughlin – Missouri
January 3, 2023

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