Photo of Michelle Boat being cross examined by Marion County Attorney Ed Bull on May 10th, 2021. Photo by Court TV/Pool Reporter.
Michelle Boat, 56, of Pella, was found guilty of First Degree Murder for the May 18th, 2020 killing of Tracy Mondabaugh. On today’s program, listen to reaction from Marion County Attorney Ed Bull, Assistant County Attorney Jared Harmon, Pella PD Lt. Shane Cox, and Eyewitness Julie Kuiper, as well as key moments from the courtroom.
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By Chris Turner
May 11, 2021
A Pella woman has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of her estranged husband s girlfriend.
Michelle Boat was accused of stabbing and killing Tracy Mondabaugh in 2020.
Mondabaugh, from Ottumwa, was Boat s estranged husband s girlfriend.
The jury came back with a verdict in less than an hour on Tuesday.
A sentencing date has not been set yet.
Photo of Michelle Boat being cross examined by Marion County Attorney Ed Bull on May 10th, 2021. Photo by Court TV/Pool Reporter.
Michelle Boat took the stand Monday in defense of her killing of Tracy Mondabaugh, attempting to convince the jury that the First Degree Murder charge is too severe.
Attorney Jill Eimermann: “In the opening statement I had said that you were not a scorned woman, at some point did you use the word scorned in your interview with police?”
Boat: “I did, I did…because he just threw me away like trash, and like I’d never been his wife, like I didn’t have his two kids, like he never loved me he looked right through me and everything, it was horrible.”
Photo of Michelle Boat being cross examined by Marion County Attorney Ed Bull on May 10th, 2021. Photo by Court TV/Pool Reporter.
Michelle Boat took the stand today in defense of her killing of Tracy Mondabaugh, attempting to convince the jury that the First Degree Murder charge is too severe.
Attorney Jill Eimermann: “In the opening statement I had said that you were not a scorned woman, at some point did you use the word scorned in your interview with police?”
Boat: “I did, I did…because he just threw me away like trash, and like I’d never been his wife, like I didn’t have his two kids, like he never loved me he looked right through me and everything, it was horrible.”
By Dave Bohl
May 10, 2021
(Knoxville, Iowa) A Pella woman accused of murder is admitting to stabbing her estranged husband s girlfriend.
Michelle Boat took the stand in court today, as she faces first-degree murder charges in the 2019 stabbing of Tracy Mondabaugh. Boat admitted to the stabbing, but said it happened in the heat of the moment.
Boat said she had followed Mondabaugh to find out where her husband, Nick Boat, was staying and planned to beg him to come home.
The prosecution asked her about previous threats she d made against Mondabaugh, which she said were to scare Mondabaugh away from her husband.