Victim: "It's finally over
and I can finally move on with my life"
Aldo Amato, The
Daily News Journal 6:45 p.m. CDT March 13, 2015

Alan Von Webb
hugs Assistant District Attorney Sarah Davis following the jury’s decision.(Photo:
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MURFREESBORO – A
woman accused of raping her children while living in Murfreesboro more than a
decade ago was convicted six counts of child rape Friday afternoon.
Angela
Elizabeth Montgomery was found guilty on six counts of rape of a child.
Montgomery was charged with raping her own two children multiple times when she
lived in Rutherford County more than a decade ago.
Montgomery's bond
was revoked and she was taken into custody.
"It's
finally over and I can finally move on with my life," child rape victim
Alan Von Webb said as he left Judge Royce Taylor's courtroom in tears.
Von Webb gave
approval to the Daily News Journal to be publicly identified as a victim in the
case. The newspaper typically does not name victims of sexual assault.
Von Webb, his
girlfriend and his family cried as Judge Taylor read the jury's verdict which
was returned around 3:30 p.m. on Friday.
Members of the
jury, who deliberated for more than six hours, also cried upon returning to
Taylor's courtroom.
Montgomery was
indicted in December 2012 after Murfreesboro Police Department detectives were
contacted about the alleged rapes and assaults.

Montgomery (Photo:
Submitted)
She was
initially charged with two counts of child rape by Murfreesboro Police
Detective Wayne Lawson after her two children gave the detective "detailed
statements" about rapes and sexual assaults they said they suffered at the
hands of their mother when they lived in Murfreesboro more a decade ago.
She was charged
with 20 counts of rape of a child, six counts of rape, 12 counts of incest and
two counts coercion of a witness, according to court records.
Montgomery was
extradited from Oregon, where she now lives, to Murfreesboro where she later
posted a $10,000 bond.
Nine women and
five men were selected Tuesday to serve on the jury. After the selection,
jurors heard testimony from Von Webb, Montgomery's biological son.
He told jurors
he was first sexually assaulted around the time he started learning about sex
education in school.
"I thought
it was normal," he said during his testimony on Tuesday. "All the
time I thought it was normal until I talked to other kids."
Von Webb said
the hours he waited for the verdict to be returned Friday felt like a
continuous muscle cramp.
"I've been
waiting for this day for a long time," he said. "I hope she knows she
can't hurt anyone anymore."
Assistant
District Attorney's Hugh Ammerman and Sarah Davis were the lead prosecutors in
the case.
Ammerman said
he was proud of Von Webb's courage.
"I'm glad
(Von Webb) knows even though justice was delayed, it wasn't lost,"
Ammerman said. "I'm very proud of him."
Von Webb
thanked all those involved in the case including the Rutherford County District
Attorney's Office, MPD Detective Tommy Roberts, Detective Wayne Lawson and his
friends and family that supported him throughout the process.
"I feel
like this is a new beginning," Von Webb said with a big smile. "This
is where I start over."
Montgomery's
sentencing hearing is scheduled for May 6.
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