Murder-Kidnapping Suspect Waives Hearing
A woman accused of killing an expectant mother and cutting the fetus from her womb waived her right to a preliminary hearing and was being moved to federal custody in Missouri.
Federal prosecutors charged Lisa Montgomery, 36, of Melvern, Kan., with kidnapping resulting in death. She is accused of strangling 23-year-old Bobbie Jo Stinnett, who was eight months’ pregnant, in her Skidmore, Mo., home Dec. 16, then cutting her fetus from her womb. The baby girl was found safe the next day.
Montgomery will make an initial appearance before a federal judge in Missouri on Tuesday, to be followed by a detention hearing on Thursday.
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