pantone11 said:
Isn't it sad that once an event like this occurs everyone comes out from the woodwork declaring the perpetrator a complete nut, but that nothing was done beforehand? Surely we can learn to read the signs of trouble one day and look towards prevention, or is that too much to hope for?
It's sad for everybody, but my real sympathy lies with the families. Lisa was a sad specimen, but I also believe she knew that what she was working towards was pure evil.
If it was really about having another child she could have had her operation reversed, I doubt that it was. IMO the psychosis went deeper than that, maybe she got a buzz out of deceiving people...who knows? The more I read, the more her 'poor little Lisa' routine just sounds like another tool in her arsenal of manipulation.
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I have always found it amazing how many people do come out and say all kinds of things after such an event. IMO Carl Boman knew there were some deep issures with her- he divorced her twice. Now he just wants to scream she is a nut case, anger I suppose, worry for his kids, can't say I blame him. But this is obviously a guy who knew there problems and flat walked away from them letting her take his kids on top of it. I don't think too many people that knew her would ever have thought someday she would go this inhuman level. I don't think any normal person could ever think up this kind of atrocity, let alone lay it at someone else's feet before it happened.
I think LM got her buzz out of being the center of attention, if that took deception, she did it. New baby's bring lots of attention, from the spouse, friends, and family. I don't doubt that she was a manipulator, a very skilled one at that. Its possible she could have had her operation reversed, it's equally as possible there was a snow balls chance in he11 that she had the money to pay for an elective surgery.
My heartfelt sympathy's lie with the families, on both sides. For me, I'm not willing to jump into this fray on a totally emotional response alone. The motto here in Missouri is "Show Me", so far no one has. I have no right to judge this woman based on what the press has said, based on her ex husband's claims, or anyone elses for that matter. I cannot say she was just evil - if that is ever proved I will eat my words.
Until her circumstances are presented and known, any response will be based on emotion - I happen to like facts mixed in with my emotion. I prefer to go beyond guilty or not guilty, there is a bigger picture here and I darn well want to know what it is. Right now the only fact I know is she confessed to brutally killing Bobbie Jo Stinnett and taking her baby. As horrible as that fact is, there is a reason she did what she did. Whatever the reason, it will never undo the wrong she inflicted.
But I will guarantee you there is not one person on this board that can tell me what was done to her, either through the course of her life or by her own hand that lead to this horrible crime. Unless she is the devil incarnate - there is a reason that is not normal to normal human beings and I seriously doubt it is as simple as she wanted a baby. I'm not going to defend Lisa Montgomery but I certainly want to know the truth, whatever it is. It's fine to think that outsiders should have seen warning signs but now we are confronted with it - are we suppose to look and gain knowledge or are we going to just judge?
