DEC 16, 2020
N.C. man charged in disappearance of young mother missing since day before Thanksgiving (kiro7.com)
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On Thanksgiving, Montgomery texted a friend and said she and Jacome-Granizo were not getting along. One message was particularly ominous.
“She was going to kill Jose before he killed her,” the text read,
according to the News & Observer.
Later that night, Montgomery texted again: “It is going to happen. He is going to kill me first.”
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Amy Montgomery told police she received a text Thanksgiving night from her daughter’s phone. The message said Emily Montgomery was checking into rehab.
Amy Montgomery did not believe the text was written by her daughter,
the News & Observer reported.
When questioned by Apex police detectives on Nov. 28, Jacome-Granizo said he took Emily Montgomery to his mother’s Cary home for Thanksgiving dinner, but that Montgomery refused to go inside because she hadn’t done her hair.
He claimed that she was gone when he came outside 30 minutes later, according to the warrant.
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Cellphone records indicated that Montgomery’s and Jacome-Granizo’s phones were together after the visit to his mother’s home, authorities said.
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Detectives obtained a search warrant for Jacome-Granizo’s Jeep, which was examined with Luminol, a chemical that, when combined with oxidizing agents like blood, emits a glow when exposed to a specific type of light.
The test showed large amounts of blood had been cleaned up from the front seat of the Jeep, the warrant states.
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