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She cut the baby out of the mother's womb

Lisa Montgomery

By Lesedi MolutsiPublished about a month ago 6 min read
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Some women commit heinous crimes out of obsession, as happened in Malvern, Kansas, in December 2004. When Lisa Montgomery, 36, brings her new baby home, her husband Kevin is overjoyed. However, there is a problem with this adorable family photo. Karl Bowman, Lisa's first husband, is haunted by the memories; the pictures in his mind are horrifying. The thought of what transpired was simply horrifying. He was able to view the proof, photos, and other materials in Memphis, and it still has an impact on him. It is awful. In Missouri, 200 miles away, a young woman was brutally killed. The murderer is this beaming new mother. Who would take a pregnant woman's unborn child out of her belly and then abandon her to die?

A few months prior, Lisa Montgomery, a thrilled soon-to-be mother, was getting ready for a new baby. She starts purchasing diapers. She starts purchasing baby products. She announces her pregnancy to everyone in the community, including her children, husband, and family. However, even her spouse is unaware that this kid is not coming. Lisa is not pregnant. From her early years to her teenage years to her adulthood, she was a liar. I am pregnant was one of the lies she told most frequently. Lisa would always say, "I am pregnant," but the baby would never arrive. Another falsehood would then follow: I miscarried. A master at creating fake pregnancies is Lisa Montgomery. She starts dressing too loosely. She starts scheduling appointments with doctors—fake doctors, that is.

When she is among others, she starts to expand her tummy by swallowing air. She tightens her stomach and asks others to feel it. It is nice and hard. She starts doing all of these things with the knowledge that she will not give birth when the ninth month arrives. Lisa has four children from her first marriage, but none from her second marriage to Kevin. The weather prediction is mainly sunny. It was difficult for Lisa Montgomery to have another kid because of yet another major deception. Her tubes were burned not tied, causing cotter rust, an irreversible process. How could a spouse who has been sleeping with his wife for nine months not realise that she is not carrying a child?

When she steps out of the shower, does he not notice that she is not pregnant? He did not question any of the doctor's consultations. Did he accompany her on any of her medical visits? No, is the response. Lisa Montgomery tricked the heavens into thinking she was carrying a child. Lisa has a plan, but her lies will be revealed to the public after her due date. A horrible thought occurs to her as she makes an internet friend in Bobbie Jo Stinnett. She just finds out that Bobby Jo is pregnant from what she can tell about her. She probably looked at Bobbie Jo as an incubator. Lisa Montgomery has developed a risky fixation with pretending to be pregnant.

Regarding her pregnancy, she is lying to everyone—she is lying to her spouse, her children, and the town. She will do the unthinkable in order to hide her deception now that she has met pregnant dog breeder Bobbie Jo. Lisa Montgomery, posing as Darlene Fisher, is corresponding with Bobbie Jo via the internet. A dog enthusiast, someone who likes the kinds of dogs Bobbie Jo raises. Bobbie Jo goes on a date with Darlene Fisher, sometimes known as Lisa Montgomery, to see some pups. Lisa has a home birthing kit, a rope, and a knife in her car. Bobbie Jo, not knowing better, lets a monster in through the door in Skidmore, Missouri.

After giving the puppy a quick glance, Lisa Montgomery asks Bobbie Jo to bend down, open the cage, and get the dog. Taking out the rope, she wrapped it around the block and strangled the woman. Lisa is prepared to take Bobbie Jo's child away. Bobby Jo awoke, having just been knocked unconscious. She is fighting not just for her own survival but also for her child. Bobby Jo passes away violently. Her assassin will now attempt to perform a caesarean section on her child. Lisa Montgomery watched a video on performing a caesarean section as one of her activities. There is proof there that she made an effort to understand what she was going to do in order to ensure the child's survival.

The infant would have needed to be at the end of the eighth or beginning of the ninth month following the amateur caesarean section. The baby must be taken out of the womb, the airway must be opened, the breathing must be encouraged, and the umbilical cord must be cut. The mother of four knew exactly what to do. She has her child. It was a great blessing for this child to live. What looks like a crazy deed is actually the bloodied handiwork of a cunning killer. Only an insane person would cut a baby out of a pregnant woman's stomach and then leave her to die.

But in this instance, the crime was well-thought out and prepared; Lisa is not insane. Since she was a young child, Lisa has been accumulating crimes. She started to become skilled at lying—pathological lying, to be exact, but more importantly, lying to people to persuade them to do what she wanted. Those lies would come back to haunt them. Lisa Montgomery claims she was sexually molested by one of her stepfathers. She said that she had experienced sexual abuse, but no one would hear her. She was not believed by anyone. It would be rare for a young girl who experiences sexual abuse at the hands of her angry, inebriated father to grow up without experiencing some form of difficulties.

I think Lisa's craving for attention through fake pregnancy was a result of her unsolved issues. The first police to arrive at the scene noticed that her stomach appeared to have erupted and there was blood all over the room. He heard the paramedic yell at him, "You need to come in here." There is a cut on the umbilical chord. A baby is present. You two have to find a child. The case swiftly shifts from a violent, graphic murder to one involving missing person. A nationwide notice has been issued when the infant goes missing and the search is underway. Lisa Montgomery and her husband Kevin get up in the morning.

They walk the infant over to the neighbourhood eatery. They flaunt the infant. They are just a happy family enjoying their new baby while driving around the town. Lisa's time as a new mother is limited. Bobby Jo's plundered body provides important hints. Bobbie Jo had some hair in her fist, which was removed and preserved for use as DNA evidence. Which turned out to be the hair of Lisa Montgomery. Lisa's plans was overshadowed by her intense desire to become a mother. She made plans on how to become pregnant. She had no strategy for escaping punishment for the crime. Lisa Montgomery receives a death sentence after being convicted guilty of murder.

On death row, she is one of just three women. Lisa Montgomery needs to be put to death, in my opinion. The act of entering this young woman's home and removing the child was harsh. She is the one who deserves it, if anyone. Her goal was to hide her lies, not to have that baby. That was not the reason for it. The fact that the child was given back to its father is, if there's any silver lining to this story. That child is in ZEB Stinnett's arms tonight. That infant can be raised by him in Bobbie Jo's honour.

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