Research Paper On Lisa Frank Montgomery

Olga Jimenez

Martins

Literature and law

29 March 2018

Lisa Marie Montgomery My client Lisa Marie Montgomery was born on February 27, 1969. In 2004 the time of the murder she was 36 going on to 37. She is a mother herself of four children. Growing up she dealt with abuse from her mother and stepfather. For years, Montgomery was physically and sexually abused by her stepfather. When she was sixteen, her mother and stepfather divorced. Some family members believed that Montgomery’s mother blamed her for the abuse and for the divorce, but her mother denied ever doing so. From childhood on, Montgomery had endured a vehement relationship with her mother. Montgomery married Carl Boman, her step-brother, when she turned eighteen in August 1986.

In 1994, while separated from Boman, Montgomery had an affair and claimed that she was pregnant. Montgomery and Boman later reconciled, and she ceased making the claim. She and Boman divorced in 1998. In 2000, before she and Kevin were married, she told him that she was pregnant and intended to have an abortion. Kevin gave her forty dollars, and the pregnancy was not mentioned again. In 2002, Montgomery told her friends and family that she was pregnant again. Although she said that she was receiving prenatal care from her physician, she would not allow Kevin to attend the appointments. Her physician told me that he had treated Montgomery for ankle pain and a cold, but he did not provide her any prenatal care, despite Montgomery’s claims to the contrary. When the due date passed, Montgomery told Kevin that the baby had died and that she had donated its body to science. But, Montgomery claimed in spring 2004 that she was pregnant and that she was due in December. Throughout the fall of 2004, Montgomery was involved in a custody dispute with Boman. He knew that Montgomery was unable to become pregnant and that she was again claiming that she was pregnant. He and his wife sent emails to Montgomery, telling her that they

Afraid of being exposed she quickly plotted to get a baby. She killed a woman and stole her baby from the womb. The symptoms shown in this case are symptoms of borderline personality disorder, depression, post traumatic stress disorder, and pseudocyesis. I believe she had personality disorder because she couldn't hold a relationship. She was also scared to be along so every divorce she got she remarried. Scared of abandonment in a sense, she had post traumatic stress because she endured some abuse in her past which i believed made her scared of male figures in her life. She definitely had depression she was lonely and always interested in certain events. Lastly she has Pseudocyesis disorder because she claimed to be pregnant more than once and believed it knowing she cant be pregnant. Vilayanur Ramachandran, M.D., and William Logan, M.D., both evaluated Montgomery. Both Drs. Ramachandran and Logan diagnosed Montgomery with depression, borderline personality disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, and pseudocyesis. She was also evaluated by the government expert who also diagnosed her with depression, borderline personality