First article to appear in the newspaper on Sept. 5, 2012:
Former resident returns to 'Boro to face accusations [Murfreesboro, Tennessee]
11:03 PM, Sep 5, 2012 | https://www.tennessean.com/article/D4/20120906/NEWS/309060021/Mother-charged-2-rapes
MURFREESBORO — A Portland, Ore., woman accused of raping her two children when she lived here more than 10 years ago could face more charges as a Murfreesboro Police Department investigation unfolds.
Angela Montgomery, 50, was charged by Murfreesboro Police Detective Wayne Lawson in late August with the crime, after her two children gave the detective “detailed statements” about rapes and sexual assaults they had suffered at the hands of their mother when they lived on South Kings Highway.
Lawson began what became a more than eight-month-long investigation when he was approached by Montgomery’s two children, a 21-year-old man and 15-year-old girl, back in mid-January.
“The victims advised the events occurred approximately 10 years ago .... when they lived on South Kings Highway,” Lawson reported. “After several months of reviewing records and past statements, warrants were obtained on Ms. Montgomery for two counts of child rape with more charges pending.”
Montgomery turned herself into the jail Aug. 21 after Lawson obtained those warrants, according to a booking officer at the Rutherford County jail.
Her bond was set at $10,000, and she posted the required 10 percent on that same day.
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On December 7, 2012 the following article appeared in the Nashville Tennessean reporting on Montgomery's inditement:
MURFREESBORO — A mother accused of raping her two children multiple times when she lived here more than 10 years ago was indicted by a grand jury this week on 38 sexually-based offenses.
Indictments issued against Angela Elizabeth Montgomery, now of Portland, Ore., show police have identified two new victims in the case, and that investigators have evidence Montgomery tried to coerce two witnesses during the Murfreesboro Police Department’s investigation into her alleged criminal activities.
Montgomery, who is now 50, was indicted this week on 20 counts of child rape, six counts of rape and 12 counts of incest. She also faces two counts of coercing a witness to a crime, according to court documents.
She was initially charged with two counts of child rape by Murfreesboro Police Detective Wayne Lawson in late August, after her two children gave the detective “detailed statements” about rapes and sexual assaults they suffered at the hands of their mother when they lived in Murfreesboro more a decade ago.
New charges returned by the grand jury indicate Montgomery may have committed more sexual crimes against at least two other children as recently as 2009. Three of the victims in the case have the same last name, court documents show.
Lawson launched his investigation in mid-January of this year after two of Montgomery’s children, now a 21-year-old man and 15-year-old girl, approached him with information on her actions.
Montgomery turned herself into the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center Aug. 21, after Lawson obtained warrants for her arrest on two counts of child rape.
She was freed from the jail on $10,000 bond shortly after she was booked.
Police said at that time they were suspecting more charges and more victims to come forward in the case.
MPD spokesman Kyle Evans, when contacted about the possibility of even more victims on Friday, said the department doesn’t typically discuss ongoing criminal prosecutions once the adjudication process has begun.
An attempt to reach Montgomery for comment Friday afternoon was unsuccessful.
She is scheduled to appear in Rutherford County Circuit Court Dec. 17 for an arraignment.
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Well, Montgomery's trial starts on September 2nd and will continue until the 5th and it will probably be one of those events that most of us wish we never heard of after the trial is over because the testimony will be so disturbing. First of all, Montgomery did unspeakable things to her four children. Secondly, she is and has been an active Jehovah's Witness since 1991 and pioneered often.
Barbara
