This one here is a toss up. Lisa Montgomery v. Curtis Allgier. To update both stories, Lisa Montgomery was found guilty in October of murdering Bobbie Jo Stinnett and cutting her unborn child (we apologize, but there’s no other way to put it) from her womb. Montgomery was sentenced to death for her crime and awaits a date with a needle and a dose of eternity juice.

Or should we choose neo-Nazi Allgier, an inmate from Utah, whose story we broke here on Crime rant when we ran an interview with Allgier’s lovely female friend, Jolene, who CR interviewed long before Allgier escaped from prison and went on a rampage.

Allgier shot and killed a prison guard while being examined at a local hospital. Authorities say he then carjacked a vehicle, led police on a high-speed chase and fled into an Arby’s, where a 59-year-old bystander wrestled the gun away from the tattooed killer and saved the day.

Whenever you have Arby’s, tattoos, murder and a big blond named Jolene involved, you know the story is going to end up on a list somewhere. Why not ours?

As most know, Lisa Montgomery has been sentenced to death for murdering Bobbi Jo Stinnett and extracting her eight-months-old fetus from her womb. My book MURDER IN THE HEARTLAND features Carl Boman and Lisa’s story and chronicles their two marriages right up until the point Lisa plots and plans and finally murders Bobbi Jo. It shows how manipulative Lisa was and, essentially, proves that Lisa is a sociopath and pathological liar.

I asked Carl, now that the trial is over and Lisa has been sentenced, to write something exclusively for Crime Rant. Put some sort of understanding and end to this nightmare that has been a daily part of his and his children’s lives for the past three years.

As I said in a previous post, Carl was proven to be the truth-teller here. Before trial, many had claimed Carl was nothing more than a liar and charlatan, and the trial would flesh out his lies.

It never happened.

This is Carl’s story:

Matt asked me to write a short essay of my experiences during the trial, but the emotion—the one thing I’d like to express the most—is something I can’t convey. There are so many people who have been hurt from this. It was hard for the jury to hear and even the prosecution had a hard time, because of the kids, they didn’t want to have to question them on the stand, they knew how hard it was for them. The insanity argument by the defense was not at all believable. It was heartfelt by the defense team and I think they believed it. Each one of them had befriended Lisa over the past few years, but insane she was not. One thing people forget is that Lisa always wanted attention, this crime was not because Lisa was desperate for a baby, it was just another lie on her part. The lie of being pregnant got her attention, just like many other lies she told or things she did. She went to the well one too many times on this particular lie and she had to prove she was pregnant. Kevin was going to take off the day of December 17th (Bobbi Jo was murdered by Lisa on December 16th); I was going to use her lies against her in court to get custody of our kids; the rat terrier board was doubting her as well as the community; Lisa’s family was telling people she wasn’t pregnant. All of this backed her into a corner and she was desperate. But it wasn’t desperation to have a baby—it was desperation to cover up the lies. Some people don’t see that.
      
Lisa changed when we divorced that first time. The biggest change started when she was around people who didn’t know her. She could be whoever she wanted to be and her past could be whatever she wanted it to be. She played the victim and preached that everyone had been cruel to her. When we were together I knew her and she couldn’t lie. When she did I confronted her. It caused problems. In Melvern (Kansas, where she moved when we divorced and met Kevin Montgomery and remarried), she became—and played the role of—the victim of me and her family. She played it to the hilt, which is why she kept me and her family at bay: to keep the truth out. If she was not allowed to tell these lies, this wouldn’t have happened, but of course no one knew what she was plotting.

The evidence was so overwhelming. I got to see all of her Internet traffic the last month, and letters and IM conversations, and this was at the same time we were talking about custody. I now understand her confidence at the time, that she was going to “show me” and prove me wrong.

Carl was not a poster child for fathers across the country. But Carl was never the bad person in this, as some had claimed him to be. In the end, a woman is dead, a young woman with dreams and goals and plans for her and her child was senselessly murdered. A family lost an angel. A community lost someone that would have made great contributions. It’s sad, in a way, that the entire trial was about Lisa Montgomery, the cold-blooded killer who took that all away.

Then again, isn’t that what Lisa wanted more than anything else?

It was hard to come up with one comment/letter of the week…so we’re publishing two today. The first one is from the sister of Death Row’s newest tennant, Lisa Montgomery. The second came from someone who had an encounter with magician David Copperfield. Read ‘em and be sure to weigh in.

Here’s what Diane posted:

At first I was not ever going to come on any site and talk about this. I want to keep who I am and where I live very quiet because I am Lisa’s older sister. But I feel that I need to speak up. I have only meet Carl once in passing. I had heard the same story about the GMA deal but now that it has been addressed I personally believe he did not get any money. The thing is this…I was ready to judge someone. I was wrong for that. I have read too many blogs where people have been judged. By the way they look and things that people have heard. I understand people hating what had been done. But some of you also went to far with how Lisa looked in the picture. Lisa was being judged for how she looked. I hurt for everyone. For Bobbi Jo’s family…For Lisa’s family. I want you all to understand…I loved Lisa…She is my little sister. I still see her as that little girl I was forced to leave behind. Never did I forget her and always wanted to know how her life was going. I feel strongly that if I had been in her life all the time…things would have been diffrent. She would have known acceptance. I know many of you agree with her sentence. I personally do not. Like someone said recently…”if we all went around…an eye for an eye…we would all be blind” But I also understand everyone is entitled to their opinions and I will not judge anyone for feeling differently than I do. Now all I want to do is be the aunt to Carl and Lisa’s kids. They are wonderful kids. They still have a long road ahead of them. They need all the support they can get. We need to pray for Bobbi Jo’s family as well as for Lisa’s family. Thank you for hearing me out, Diane.

Here’s the second comment from CR reader, Brad, on Copperfield:

A year and a half ago, I was in an outside flea market in Budapest up near the Hilton. Some loudmouth asshole was arguing with a girl about how much cheaper stuff was in NYC and how vendors would barter. Being a real jerk.

Later, one of our group, a little old lady about 70 asked me if I had seen DC. Apparently the jerk.. one and the same. She told me she had approached him for a photo. He had a cap on and she asked him to push it back so his face would come out in the pic. His remark to her was “Why don’t YOU open your blouse and show me your tits.”

She was extremely upset and had been crying. I’ve thought ever since this idiot needs to be knocked down a notch or two.

Carl Boman, the ex-husband of baby snatcher/mother-murderer Lisa Montgomery weighed in with a post just after a jury gave Montgomery the death penalty for her horrendous crimes agains Bobbi Jo Stinnett.

Here’s what Carl posted on Crime Rant:

I have not been on here for awhile, and decided to see if there was anything about the sentence. My kids are doing ok, but it has been a difficult day. The prosecution did an excellent job, when the 911 tape was played I knew then that she would get death, the photos are as gruesome as you could ever see. The defense had an uphill battle, but an impossible task. The Lisa I meet in 1984 and married in 1986 is not the same person that committed this horrible sensless crime. She doesn’t even look the same, my heart breaks for her, but more so for our kids and Becky Harper and Zeb and Victoria Jo. Me and my kids believe in our justice system, and that Lisa should be made accountable for her actions. Life will move on and we will deal with this, when my kids hurt I hurt also. It has been an emotional 2 weeks, the things I have heard and seen in this trial have really effected me, so if this doesn’t make sense forgive me. Hey Matt I hope you are doing well.