Today is the anniversary of this horrible thing...and Tory is one today. Here's another article explaining the problem between Zeb and Bobbie's mom. I can see both sides of their argument but I think it is cruel for him to keep Bobbie's mom away from the baby!!
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Husband, mother disagree on visitation and on what girl should be told about bizarre murder
Squabble mars vigil one year after killing
By KEVIN MURPHY
The Kansas City Star
SKIDMORE, Mo. One year ago today, Bobbie Jo Stinnett died when her baby was cut from her womb in a gruesome kidnapping that drew national notoriety.
Tonight, friends and family will pay tribute to Stinnett and her daughter, Victoria Jo, who survived.
But the pain and tempered joy of the candlelight vigil will tell only part of the story of a difficult year for some of those closest to Bobbie Jo.
Becky Harper, 46, and Zeb Stinnett, 24, Bobbie Jos mother and husband, have waged a court dispute over how much time Harper can spend with Victoria Jo and what Harper should someday tell the girl about her mothers death. Tonights event will show support for Harper, organizers said.
We are doing this because she is a friend and this is a community, said Cheryl Huston, who has known Harper for many years. We take care of each other.
In a larger sense, Huston said, she hopes the event sets an example for the rest of the country about the importance of grandparents rights.
Lisa Montgomery of Melvern, Kan., who allegedly killed Bobbie Jo Stinnett and claimed the baby as her own, awaits trial on a federal charge of kidnapping that resulted in death. She has pleaded not guilty.
Victoria Jo is walking now, and she jabbers, said her maternal great-grandmother, Pat Day of Skidmore.
Her hair is brown and she has big eyes like her mother had, Day said.
A year ago this afternoon, Harper found Stinnett in a pool of blood in her small house in Skidmore. Investigators said Montgomery strangled Stinnett from behind and cut out her 8-month fetus with a kitchen knife. Detectives recovered the baby the next day in Melvern.
Stinnetts death was a devastating blow to Harper, but she found comfort in spending a lot of time with Victoria Jo, said Carla Wetzel, who helped organize tonights memorial.
But Zeb Stinnett reduced Harpers visits with the baby. In late July, Harper filed a petition in Holt County Circuit Court demanding more time.
Stinnett responded to the petition in August, stating that he only temporarily cut Harpers time because her behavior had become bizarre and she broke into his house to get some items supposedly owned by Bobbie Jo.
Harper, in an interview, said she did not break in but had a key and was entitled to her daughters things. Harper said she was concerned that a woman friend of Stinnetts would end up with the items.
I took some things because they were things my mom had bought and I didnt want this other woman to have them, Harper said. I want something left of my daughters. I want my granddaughter to have this stuff, if nothing else.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/13418151.htm
