MARINESNIPER1000: You could have been honest with me, Jessi, instead of crying on Brian`s shoulder. You didn`t commit a crime. You know, she`s probably a nice looking girl. Mary Shieler. GRACE: Let`s see Odom and Clements, please, Peter Odom and Kirby Clements. Before long the messaging became romantic, but it ultimately led to the unraveling of Montgomery's marriage, the death of a co-worker, his own eventual imprisonment and the shocking twist which haunts him to this day. The final irony to this case and talhotblond is that behind the well-matched youthful sizzle of the Jessi and Tommy personas lay another, equally well-matched pair: the two malcontented strangers who created them. And what Montgomery didn't know until it was too late was that the beautiful girl who sent him underwear and promised marriage was in fact a 45-year-old woman called Mary Shieler who lived in Oak Hill, West Virginia. PETER ODOM: Yes, Nancy. Montgomery's wife, alerted by her daughter, found a trove of love letters, photos and mementos from Jessi, including a pair of red panties. Why? It even seemed that he was losing touch with reality, as a note to himself proved. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: "Yes, Jessi. Eventually, Barrett decided to visit 'Jessi' even though Shieler had warned him not to. And when Thomas Montgomery started playing, he claims he inadvertently found himself in a teen chat room and that is where the Talhotblond, aka Jessi, aka, her mother, allegedly contacted him first. Brett just married. For almost a year, "MarineSniper" and "Talhotblond" carried on a steamy love affair, until fate finally took a hand. MARINESNIPER1000: Do you want me to repeat what you said, or do you remember? In 2005 Thomas Montgomery posed as a young Marine with the screen name MarineSniper to strike up an online chat-room romance with someone using the screen name Talhotblond. CLEMENTS: No, not legally crazy, but I will -- I will suggest GRACE: She`s stirring the pot, and then it boils over. Passed away after a short illness. Jessi, who went by the username talhotblond in the videogame chat room, was the object of affection for two different guys. I`m just going to be a little bit. Online messages recovered between the lying pair revealed that the relationship had become dangerously obsessive for Montgomery who said it 'became more real to me than real life'. Daniel, when you first learned your son, Brian, had passed away, how did all that play out? She`s a mother posing as her teen daughter on line. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: "I will leave." UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I love you, too. He was a family man, having a wife and two kids of his own. On Sept. 15, 2006, as Barrett left work, three shots rang out. This is my husband. Part of HuffPost Wellness. That`s up to you, Jessi. A picture that Cindy sent to Jessi, Mary Shieler (Shieler) https://t.co/svAoG3ejb4. 'She sends me a text message and says, she hates me you should be put in jail for this,' said Montgomery to ABC News. The 46-year-old balding man who pretends to be a strapping, young, and handsome guy about to be deployed to Iraq? You`ve been hogging it practically every night for the last month. Which makes it all the more difficult to understand the evil this mother was secretly unleashing into cyberspace. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Don`t go creeping up on me like that, Carol. Nancy Jane Shieler Grunenberg, 82, resident of Cuyahoga Falls and formerly of Fayetteville and Oak Hill, WV, passed away Friday, December 11, 2020 in Ohio. Prosecutors said their discovery of Montgomery's DNA on a peach pit found at the crime scene and a photo of Montgomery family's gun cabinet -- which showed the type of old military rifle that police believe was used to shoot Barrett -- were key to their case against Montgomery. Explore the latest videos from hashtags: #maryscheer, #maryshelley, #marsheller, #marsheler . 14K 1MM OVAL CABLE CHAIN. You shouldn`t be able to do and manipulate what she did to the level that she took, and then walk away and say that was interesting. He is a balding 46-year-old Sunday school teacher, a married father of two. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: "Stare." Upon questioning her, they discovered that Jessi was in fact her daughter and the pictures and underwear she had been sending belonged to her 18-year-old. Anyway, I had to get that off my chest, and I wasn't sure where else it should go. Check out more of the latest entertainment, fashion, and culture coverage on Sexy Beastphotos, videos, features, and Tweets. They made their relationship between them known. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There is one catch that almost end the connection before it began. What happened? If you need to flag this entry as abusive. I just thought, oh god.". Nancy Grunenberg, sister, Don Grunenberg, brother-in-law. CLEMENTS: No, it`s -- no, I would say that that man (CROSSTALK) GRACE: were both in it kit and kaboodle. I'd love to get together.'". GRACE: Out to the lines. Montgomery, using the handle "marinesniper," sent talhotblonda lithe, fresh-faced 18-year-old West Virginia girl named Jessia 30-year-old picture of himself in military dress. Prosecutors in New York desperately searched for a reason to charge Mary Shieler, but ultimately, could find no law she had broken. And on -- in this case, it`s like you think you`re selling cocaine, but you`re really selling a turnip, all right? Shieler A. Greve, 36, and Nicole D. O'Connor, 28. . No. They make it seem like this sweet romance that this married, middle-aged father was having with a teenage girl. That`s mistake of fact. So this girl restored his virility. TALHOTBLONDBIG50: No, I remember. Mansour Tawafis Validus Receives Warning from FSMA, Tim Sykes Critical Analysis and Review 2023, CashFX Scammer Has Begun Using Religion to Scam More The Justin Halladay Story. Sometimes I look in the mirror and I feel -- it just didn`t turn out. I want to go straight out first to John Phillips, host of KABC. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. She strikes up a romance in one of those teen chat rooms with another teen called Marinesniper, a handsome 18-year-old set to deploy to Iraq. GRACE: There`s really no way to save him, but now still one part of this love triangle is left unattended. We used to call it "starting stuff." "Unfortunately in New York State, you have to do a little something more to be criminally liable.". I`m agreeing with the prosecutors here. it's near . Tom?" I mean, if in "real life", a woman cheated on her husband and he got jealous and killed her lover, she wouldn't be charged with anything even though her actions caused his jealousy even if she was purposefully trying to make him jealous. You were the adult here. However, what Jessi, whose online name was Tallhotblonde, didn't know was that her 'sweet sexy Marine' was actually a 46-year-old married father of two from Clarence, in upstate New York. I`ve got to go to Brian`s father, Daniel Barrett. talhotblond portrayed herself to be an 18-year-old high school student. "Something like this will happen again. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: "What you two talked about." SCHROEDER: Well, in talking -- we actually talked with Mary Shieler after all this happened, and I asked her, you know, how -- what were you thinking, and he was her justification for lying online. "Shame on her -- she not only didn't do anything about it, I think she provoked it," said Ken Case. He chose to kill someone; she didn't make him do it. Thomas Montgomery is played by Garret Dillahunt, seen here. When Montgomery found out 'talhotblond' had a new lover, Brian, a slow burn began. GRACE: Joining me right now is a special guest. Dogwoof. He`s a pathetic person. Whatever. A Pretend Web Romance, Then a Real-Life Murder 22-Year-Old New York Man Murdered After Being Drawn Into Internet Love Triangle To 18 years old. This post was published on the now-closed HuffPost Contributor platform. They discovered that Jessi lives in Oak Hill, West Virginia, and that she was completely unaware of the communication. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: "Knows what?" Thomas Montgomery, 46, a machinist, Sunday School teacher, and former Marine from Clarence, New York, received a message in a gaming site chat room in spring 2005 from someone with the handle "talhotblond," who informed him that he was in the kids section. That almost gave me a heart attack. (CROSSTALK) GRACE: Peter. On his part, Montgomery had created an alter-ego of himself as younger and stronger. Then read this story, it might suddenly make your mom look like Mother of the Year. This woman certainly started GRACE: I never called it that. But all of the defense that was aimed at Montgomery would have been much more appropriate to aim at Shieler. She just started to talk to me, and this and that. That`s why they`re constantly online with each other. Historical Person Search Search Search Results Results Mary Shieler (1870 - Unknown) Try FREE for 14 days Try FREE for 14 days. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Who would have thought it would lead to a two-year affair, a love triangle, and more. Read this post to stay up to date on the murder investigation that began with the affair that took place online. SCHROEDER: Yes, he admitted to my producer that he was impotent. Horrified, 'Jessi' sent Montgomery a text message ending the affair. TALHOTBLONDBIG50: No. "Brian will pay in blood," Montgomery instant messaged Jessi at one point. He is moving to West Virginia to be with the love of his life.'. Freaks! A subreddit for rage comics and other memes with a girly slant. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: "My heart will exist no more after Saturday, so I will forgive with an e-mail. ELEANOR ODOM: I think so, Nancy. I cannot possibly imagine somebody pretending to be that way. PETER ODOM: She had to know it. 2023 ABC News Internet Ventures. ", In the movie, Carol Montgomery is played by Laura San Giacomo, seen here. Killing an adult woman to protect the unborn is an act of Medical racism / misogynoir strikes again. He`s not 18. That is actually Montgomery many, many years ago. I don`t know if you`ve heard these or not, but remember, this is a 45- year-old part-time secretary posing as her teen daughter. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Jessi's swimsuit photos, and Mary's screen name: "talhotblond" were the perfect bait. For the record, I didn't know anything about this case until watching this. You will what on Saturday?" That`s him. "If I was smart, I would've just ended it, but it was like a, a drug that I needed every day," he said. They were a team, inseparable, getting nails done together and prom shopping for not just one, but two dresses. Loved baseball, kayaking, his small town church, leaves behind parents, Bob and Kim, brother, Michael, sister, Nikki. How do we create a person's profile? Let`s go to Peter Odom, Kirby Clements and Bethany Marshall. In the movie, Barrett is played by Brando Eaton, who played Jonah Mitchell in the Showtime drama series "Dexter.". TALHOTBLONDBIG50: Please don`t do that. Eleanor Odom, why no crime on that? Giving himself the moniker 'MarineSniper', Montgomery told 'Jessi' that he was a young, handsome Iraq-bound Marine, while she claimed to be a softball-playing high school senior from West Virignia. In 2005, a guy named Thomas Montgomery, who was in his mid-forties at the time, was in the childrens part of an online gaming chatroom when he encountered someone using the moniker Talhotblond., Morbid: A True Crime Podcast (@AMorbidPodcast) November 22, 2021. And she`s not, either. He's getting attention and flirtation like . It is the first full-length film she has directed. He is a 46-year-old balding father of two Sunday school teacher. Investigators then learned of Jessi through his computer, and dispatched officers to her Oak Hill, West Virginia home to make sure she was safe. E. ODOM: I was wondering about that, Nancy, because that could be an invasion of privacy or surveillance, eavesdropping type of crime. And, you know, imagine that moment when you`re handed a photo of the girl that you just killed a man over. Montgomery's wife, Cindy, found a package Jessi had sent to Tommy, and Cindy mailed Jessi a letter with their family photo, explaining that her "Tommy" didn't exist, and showing her that the real Tommy was a balding middle-aged pudgeball with two kids. You mean like pogo or something? "And on his way back, he was saying, 'I'm going right past your house. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: "No, it isn`t." I wonder what's different about these pictures. Remember, the Sunday school teacher, the father of two? I mean, it`s almost like a party to a crime type of charge because she was the one who goaded GRACE: Oh, here`s the picture of the mom, El. The victim was the only innocent person in all this. The feeling seemed to be mutual. Fucked up fucked up fucked up. Mary Shieler didn't come away unscathed. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: "What would you do?" Brian Barrett. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: "On Friday or Saturday, you can say good-bye forever to me and Tommy." Talhotblond's instant messages revealed that her real name was Jessi, a softball-playing high school senior from West Virginia. I want to hear what 22-year-old Brian was like. I'm not saying that they're "good", but are people who do those things responsible for what other people do in response to them? Rainelle, West Virginia. Joining me out of L.A. who produced the film on this case, including an interview with the alleged killer. The Murder of Lynnette Quast Craft On the outside, it appeared Lynnette Craft had an enviable life. How did Mary Shieler, the 45- year-old Talhotblond 18-year-old beauty online, how did she help him commit murder? Now, John Phillips, these two adults, a 45-year-old and a 46-year-old Sunday school teacher, they don`t care that they`re playing a teen? She knew that she PETER ODOM: She had to know it. Worked at WVU Medicine Summersville Regional Medical Center. 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