Friend of slain pregnant woman, Bobbie Jo Stinnett, hopes for closure amid uncertain execution
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and last updated 2021-01-12 19:11:23-05
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â One of Bobbie Jo Stinnett s friends isn t interested in anything her convicted killer, Lisa Montgomery, has to say.
On Tuesday, as the U.S. Supreme Court weighed
multiple stay-of-execution orders from lower courts, Stinnett s friend said that she hoped family and other friends would find peace and closure with Montgomery s execution.
Stinnett was eight months pregnant when
Montgomery strangled her death and cut her unborn baby from her womb in 2004. Stinnett s friends and family still miss her every day.
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By Jessica Lussenhop
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Lisa Montgomery - the only female inmate on federal death row in the US - has been executed for murder in the state of Indiana. Her lawyers had argued she was a mentally ill victim of abuse who deserved mercy. Her victim s community said otherwise.
This story was first published on 11 January - before Lisa Montgomery s execution on 13 January.
For Diane Mattingly, there is one moment from her childhood for which she feels both enormous gratitude and guilt.
She credits this moment for her fairly normal life - a house on eight peaceful acres, a loving relationship with her children, nearly two decades at a job working for the state of Kentucky.