Bobbi Jo Stinnett was a 23-year-old pregnant woman from Skidmore, Missouri, who was brutally murdered in December 2004. Her unborn child was cut from her womb and abducted by her attacker. The case gained national attention as investigators searched for the baby and the killerThe investigation eventually led to a woman named Lisa Montgomery, who was found guilty of the murder and sentenced to death in 2008. Montgomery had posed as a pregnant woman to gain Stinnett's trust and then strangled her before cutting the baby from her womb.The case raised many questions about mental illness and the legal system's handling of cases involving defendants with mental health issues. Montgomery's legal team argued that she suffered from severe mental illness and should not be executed, while prosecutors argued that her crime was premeditated and that she should face the ultimate penalty.The Bobbi Jo Stinnett case remains a tragic and complex example of the impact of mental illness on criminal behavior, and the challenges that the justice system faces in balancing punishment and rehabilitation for offenders.RESOURCES:Baby Be Mine by Diane Fanning
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