GUILTY FL - Bernadine Montgomery, 84, Leesburg, 15 June 2016 *Arrests*

[los2188]

Missing Person Alert for Leesburg Woman

Leesburg Police Department issued a missing person alert for Bernadine Montgomery. Officers later found the vehicle (Montgomery's) abandoned in a nearby park.

http://cflwire.com/missing-person-leesburg-woman/​

 

[Moxie Vi]

http://www.wftv.com/news/local/miss...ndoned-police-search-lake-for-clues/359424657

The police are expecting foul play based on what the news said this morning. Apparently an observant neighbor noticed that they hadn't seen Bernadine but they had seen strangers using her car.

I'm curious to know the entirety of what was in the car.

 

[LisaWL7TR]

I'm glad the neighbors reported it. I am concerned with their names vs anonymous being used in the msm as they are possibly able to id those responsible for the homeowners disappearance. I guess if something happens to them down the road they know who may have a part in it.
...or maybe I am just being paranoid after reading on here.

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[Koshka]

Snipped from the linked article:

"Jeremy David Gentry, 43, was arrested Thursday, June 23, on charges of grand theft of a motor vehicle.

According to an arrest affidavit, a witness who lives near Montgomery's home noticed a man, who has since been identified as Gentry, driving the missing woman's vehicle. A registered co-owner of the vehicle was contacted and said Gentry didn't have permission to be in possession of the vehicle, a report states."

http://www.mynews13.com/content/new...icles/cfn/2016/6/24/missing_leesburg_wom.html

 

[perfectingpink]

I hate threads for older people like this. It makes me mad someone can prey on such defenseless people.

 

[Koshka]

Snipped from article and bbm:

"Jeremy Gentry was arrested last Friday on charges he stole Montgomery’s vehicle. He told police he doesn’t remember what happened to Montgomery because of his drug use."

http://www.wftv.com/news/local/home-of-missing-leesburg-woman-no-longer-crime-scene/367661035

 

[anonypotomous]

This is awful. Of *course* he remembers. What a disgusting punk.


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[Koshka]

It's now officially a homicide investigation: :frown:

http://www.mynews13.com/content/new...icles/cfn/2016/6/30/leesburg_missing_wom.html

Snipped:
"As a result of the evidence and information gathered through the investigative process, detectives are reclassifying the Bernadine Montgomery case from a missing person to an open homicide investigation," said Lt. Joe Iozzi, of the Leesburg Police Department.

 

[los2188]

Missing woman reportedly scammed earlier this year

Bernadine Montgomery, an 84-year-old missing Leesburg woman, apparently was among a number of customers who claimed they were scammed by a HVAC business.
According to a Leesburg police report, an All About Water and Solar employee on West Main Street reported on March 3 that she knew at least 13 clients had paid for “thousands of dollars of work” that had not been done.
However, the employee pointed out work had been done at Montgomery’s Palmore Park home “for large amounts of money.” And a bookcase there had been built for $5,000 that was billed at $26,000.

http://www.dailycommercial.com/news/article_25fba255-1a94-5107-87c6-1fa270af6f06.html

http://www.wesh.com/news/missing-woman-said-she-was-victim-of-fraud/40281792
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[los2188]

Person of interest wanted for questioning for missing Leesburg woman

Leesburg police said they would like to talk to David Mariotti, 34, about the disappearance of Bernadine Montgomery.

http://www.wftv.com/news/local/pers...stioning-for-missing-leesburg-woman/386677890​

 

[FlyLadyFan]

"At a news conference Saturday [July 9] morning, Lt. Iozzi said Montgomery was killed in her home by the two suspects, who then took the body to the Palatka area."

The body has not yet been recovered.

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/...issing-womans-body-in-putnam-county/268344420

 

[0101ABA]

Prosecutors will seek the death penalty in the first-degree murder trial of David Mariotti if he's found guilty of killing an elderly Leesburg woman in June, Lake County court records show.

(...)

Assistant State Attorney Rich Buxman listed five factors the state believes can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. They are that the crime involved the abuse of an elderly person resulting in great bodily harm, that the felony was committed to avoid arrest, it was committed for financial gain, was especially heinous and the victim was vulnerable because of age or disability, records show.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/lake/os-david-mariotti-death-penalty-20160901-story.html

 

[LisaWL7TR]

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/lake/os-david-mariotti-death-penalty-20160901-story.html

Sad ending.

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[LisaWL7TR]

Sad ending.

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I wanted to make myself clear that the sadness was expressed for Ms. Montgomery.

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[iliketotalk15]

Memorial service was held for her: http://www.dailycommercial.com/news/article_2bbf1575-f82d-5656-ab5e-ea322e8b1bc0.html

Attorney says killer was duped into confessing: http://www.dailycommercial.com/news/20170808/attorney-says-accused-killer-was-duped-into-confessing

I don't see that her body was found, unfortunately.

 

[0101ABA]

Mariotti trial starts Monday for murder of Leesburg woman

Heinous, atrocious and cruel.

It is just one of the death penalty “aggravator” categories that prosecutors are listing in their case against a man charged with strangling Bernadine Montgomery in her home in June 2016.

Whether David Mariotti, 35, is found guilty of first-degree murder in the trial that begins Monday is up to the jury. But there is no doubt that the crime itself — including the use of her stolen cards and car, stashing her body on a couch for days and finally dumping her body in the woods — was heinous, and worse.

Another statutory aggravator listed by prosecutors is that at 84, she was especially vulnerable.

 

[iulia]

Mariotti gets life in prison for Leesburg widow's murder

AVARES — David Mariotti will serve life behind bars for the strangulation murder of an elderly Leesburg widow, a jury decided Tuesday afternoon.