Reader Jerry C. of Mesa, AZ says he's read "Murder In The Heartland", by M. William Phelps, about "a Kansas woman who drove to a small town in Missouri" and cut the fetus out of a woman who was eight months pregnant, and would like to know the trial date.
This is the Lisa Montgomery case, and trial is currently set for April. Most recent entry in PACER:
- AMENDED SCHEDULING AND TRIAL ORDER as to Lisa M. Montgomery Jury Trial is specially set for 4/30/2007 10:00 AM in Courtroom 8A, Kansas City (GAF) before Judge Gary Fenner. Signed by Judge John T. Maughmer on 10/18/06. (Martinez, Kerry) (Entered: 10/18/2006)
