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Baby stolen from slain mom believed found
The Associated Press
Updated: 8:48 p.m. ET Dec. 17, 2004
SKIDMORE, Mo. - A 36-year-old Melvern, Kan., woman was charged Friday in the death of a pregnant northwest Missouri woman Thursday whose baby was removed from her womb.
U.S. Attorney Todd Graves said Lisa M. Montgomery, 36, was charged with the federal crime of kidnapping resulting in death. Graves said Montgomery could face life in prison or the death penalty if convicted.
Twenty-three-year-old Bobbi Stinnett of Skidmore was eight months pregnant when her body was found Thursday in her home, her fetus surgically removed. Paramedics tried to revive her, but she was pronounced dead at a hospital.
The baby was found in good health Friday, bringing relief to authorities who had spent the last day frantically searching for the baby girl. A tip resulting from an Amber Alert led officials to a home in Kansas where a baby was found. She was taken to a hospital in Topeka, Kan., authorities said.
Graves said Montgomery met Stinnett ? who bred rat terrier dogs ? through an Internet message board. He said that message board led officials to Montgomery's home about 30 miles southwest of Topeka.
Earlier, Sheriff Ben Espey said he believed Stinnett was strangled and resisted the attack, and authorities hoped that strands of hair found in her hands would help identify the killer. They were awaiting DNA testing to confirm the newborn is Stinnett?s child, a factory worker.
?The autopsy is going to show us there was some blond hair probably found in her hands,? the sheriff said. ?That would also help us with the DNA.?
Authorities had been questioning a man and a woman who were in the same place as where the baby was found in eastern Kansas. A red Honda hatchback matching a description offered earlier by police was in the driveway of the home. It was unclear whether the man would be charged.
Doctors said the baby could have suffered a variety of traumas during the assault, including a lack of oxygen, but could likely survive if treated.
?Ninety-five percent are going to do pretty well given a modest amount of medical attention,? said Dr. Perry Clark, medical director of the neonatal intensive care unit at The University of Kansas Hospital.
Espey said there was no indication of forced entry into Stinnett?s small white home in this community of about 500 in the northwest corner of Missouri.
A neighbor, Bill Dragoo, said Stinnett and her husband raised dogs and ?didn?t bother anybody. It blows my mind that this happened. She was such a shy person. They didn?t deserve this.?
Delay in Amber Alert
Espey was frustrated that it took hours for a statewide Amber Alert to be issued. The mother was found around 3:30 p.m., and the Amber Alert didn?t appear until nine hours later.
?We had a live baby, and I thought that should qualify as an Amber Alert,? he said. ?The information I was getting was that we didn?t have enough information such as hair color, eye color, skin complexion, size and weight.?
Stinnett, married for little more than a year and expecting her first child, worked at an engine factory in nearby Maryville. Her husband was at work at the time she was killed, authorities said.
Several pregnant women have been killed in recent years by attackers who then removed their fetuses, in some cases to pass the children off as their own.
In the most recent case, a 21-year-old woman was shot to death in Oklahoma in December 2003, allegedly by another woman who pretended the 6-month-old fetus was her child. The fetus died and prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
Baby stolen from slain mom believed found
The Associated Press
Updated: 8:48 p.m. ET Dec. 17, 2004
SKIDMORE, Mo. - A 36-year-old Melvern, Kan., woman was charged Friday in the death of a pregnant northwest Missouri woman Thursday whose baby was removed from her womb.
U.S. Attorney Todd Graves said Lisa M. Montgomery, 36, was charged with the federal crime of kidnapping resulting in death. Graves said Montgomery could face life in prison or the death penalty if convicted.
Twenty-three-year-old Bobbi Stinnett of Skidmore was eight months pregnant when her body was found Thursday in her home, her fetus surgically removed. Paramedics tried to revive her, but she was pronounced dead at a hospital.
The baby was found in good health Friday, bringing relief to authorities who had spent the last day frantically searching for the baby girl. A tip resulting from an Amber Alert led officials to a home in Kansas where a baby was found. She was taken to a hospital in Topeka, Kan., authorities said.
Graves said Montgomery met Stinnett ? who bred rat terrier dogs ? through an Internet message board. He said that message board led officials to Montgomery's home about 30 miles southwest of Topeka.
Earlier, Sheriff Ben Espey said he believed Stinnett was strangled and resisted the attack, and authorities hoped that strands of hair found in her hands would help identify the killer. They were awaiting DNA testing to confirm the newborn is Stinnett?s child, a factory worker.
?The autopsy is going to show us there was some blond hair probably found in her hands,? the sheriff said. ?That would also help us with the DNA.?
Authorities had been questioning a man and a woman who were in the same place as where the baby was found in eastern Kansas. A red Honda hatchback matching a description offered earlier by police was in the driveway of the home. It was unclear whether the man would be charged.
Doctors said the baby could have suffered a variety of traumas during the assault, including a lack of oxygen, but could likely survive if treated.
?Ninety-five percent are going to do pretty well given a modest amount of medical attention,? said Dr. Perry Clark, medical director of the neonatal intensive care unit at The University of Kansas Hospital.
Espey said there was no indication of forced entry into Stinnett?s small white home in this community of about 500 in the northwest corner of Missouri.
A neighbor, Bill Dragoo, said Stinnett and her husband raised dogs and ?didn?t bother anybody. It blows my mind that this happened. She was such a shy person. They didn?t deserve this.?
Delay in Amber Alert
Espey was frustrated that it took hours for a statewide Amber Alert to be issued. The mother was found around 3:30 p.m., and the Amber Alert didn?t appear until nine hours later.
?We had a live baby, and I thought that should qualify as an Amber Alert,? he said. ?The information I was getting was that we didn?t have enough information such as hair color, eye color, skin complexion, size and weight.?
Stinnett, married for little more than a year and expecting her first child, worked at an engine factory in nearby Maryville. Her husband was at work at the time she was killed, authorities said.
Several pregnant women have been killed in recent years by attackers who then removed their fetuses, in some cases to pass the children off as their own.
In the most recent case, a 21-year-old woman was shot to death in Oklahoma in December 2003, allegedly by another woman who pretended the 6-month-old fetus was her child. The fetus died and prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
