MARINESNIPER1000: It`s too late, Jessi. You`re not going to forgive this one." I`ve got to go to Brian`s father, Daniel Barrett. 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. Joining me out of L.A. who produced the film on this case, including an interview with the alleged killer. We are taking your calls. GRACE: There`s really no way to save him, but now still one part of this love triangle is left unattended. And my daughter Alexa loves you, too, and we love the twins. On television, San Giacomo received a Golden Globe nomination for her performance as Maya Gallo on the hit comedy series "Just Shoot Me.". When Montgomery found out 'talhotblond' had a new lover, Brian, a slow burn began. To Jean Casarez, legal correspondent, "In Session." Montgomery and Shieler were both lonely people who reached their mid-forties with their best days behind them, who then created deadly deceptions in the hopes of recapturing the glory of youth, and of finding real intimacy by fervently denying their true selves. Fucked up. I just wanted something that would (END VIDEO CLIP) GRACE: You are seeing video from the Lifetime original movie called "Tall Hot Blonde (ph)," and it is actually named after the pseudonym a 45- year-old part-time secretary uses. As police questioned Mary Shieler, she revealed a shocking truth: She was the one who had been sending messages to Thomas Montgomery and Brian Barrett, under the handle: "Talhotblond." MARINESNIPER1000: It`s too late, Jessi. By all accounts, Mary Shieler was a perfect mother, one who loved and spoiled her breathtakingly beautiful teenage daughter Jessi. You know, she`s probably a nice-looking girl. Passions intensified, and Montgomery began making threats against both Barrett and Jessi's mother. pic.twitter.com/qMLvmAjEox. Thomas Montgomery was a 47-year-old married New Hampshire man with two kids. "They were then going into these chat rooms, and letting people know that he was actually 47 years old," said Case. Back in 2005, Thomas Montgomery was 46 years old. 'He was my height, six-feet tall, had bright red hair,' said Montgomery to ABC News. San Giacomo was in Steven Soderbergh's "Sex, Lies and Videotape" and starred opposite Julia Roberts in "Pretty Woman." Encouraged and enjoyed the drama and attention she got from having two guys get jealous and fight over her. One of the many things to go wrong was the fact that the SWAT team had been called to the wrong house. 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. 07:00 GMT 24 Jun 2012. But Barbara, you interviewed the killer behind -- you interviewed him. MARINESNIPER1000: Do you want me to repeat what you said, or do you remember? "She sends me a message and says, she hates me you should be put in jail for this.". UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: "Tom, stop! Paramount Studios acquired all of the rights that were available. Like am I taking crazy pills?? UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: "Why not?" "Unfortunately in New York State, you have to do a little something more to be criminally liable.". By GRACE: Well, you`re accurate about that. For the record, I didn't know anything about this case until watching this. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: "That is up to you, Jessi. And they`re not bonded to anybody in their lives. MarineSniper was 46-year old Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I checked out her bio. E. ODOM: I agree, Nancy. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Just to reiterate what the specialist just said -- I saw the documentary and Courtney Cox`s (ph) movie. He`s actually a balding 46-year-old Sunday school teacher, a married father of two. The victim was the only innocent person in all this. Here Seeley arrives for the LA Times Presents Rock/Style 2012 Event at Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on June 6, 2012 in Hollywood, California. He told "20/20" that this relationship "became more real to me than real life.". UNIDENTIFIED MALE: "So it`s time for Tommy to be put to rest." What`s a private chat, Barbara Schroeder? A picture that Cindy sent to Jessi, Mary Shieler (Shieler) https://t.co/svAoG3ejb4. He chose to kill someone; she didn't make him do it. GRACE: With me is BARRETT: And on Sundays, he would get up and him and his buddy volunteered and were coaching a Little League baseball team. I got a question, maybe I`m just, you know, behind the times. Funeral Home Services for Mary are being provided by Dodd Payne Hess Funeral Home. At one point, Montgomery wrote a bizarre note to himself that read, in part, "On January 2nd, 2006, Tom Montgomery (46 years old) ceases to exist and is replaced by a 18 year old battle scarred marine" The note went on to say that this new 18-year-old resembled a red-headed Harrison Ford, and had $2.5 million in the bank and a 9-inch penis. So shocked a mother could do this, so pissed she can't be charged with anything. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: "Why are you saying that?" I honestly don`t know. PHILLIPS: Oh, absolutely. Throughout the entirety of the movie, Dr. Beaber acts in the role of a commentator on the social and psychological aspects of the case. The two were in love with the same cyber entity, an 18 year old blonde girl named Jessi, who had the handle "talhotblond" on a video game chat room. 14K 1.6MM SOLID ROUND BOX CHAIN. Thomas Montgomery was a married 46-year old father of two, who entered a chat room on the popular game site "Pogo" with the screen name: "MarineSniper.". Together, Brian and "Jessi" bean to expose Thomas' in the chatrooms they had . It should have never happened. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When you first see it come up and she says hello, and it says Talhotblond, what are you thinking? In 2005, a jealous 46 year old machinist and Sunday School teacher named Thomas Montgomery killed a younger coworker, Brian Barrett. The documentary talhotblond, directed by journalist Barbara Schroeder, was released this week on DVD, and tells the remarkable year-and-a-half-long saga of infatuation, deceit, and violence that followed, leaving one man dead, another imprisoned, and three families torn to shreds. "He was being accepted for being 47, and he still had this hot young girl who wanted him.". SCHROEDER: Huge -- it`s a huge Web site for gamers and it`s a, you know, fun -- GRACE: Gamers. And she sees this instant message seductive from a woman, she tells her own mother who is Montgomery`s wife, Marinesniper`s wife. 46-year-old, posing as Iraq-bound marine, meets 18-year old girl in chat room. 22:15 GMT 23 Jun 2012 "The man in the center is Tom, my husband since 1989. | Is this for real? Cities: Mountain Home ID, Newport WA Possible Relatives: Taylerann Elizabeth Faul, Denise Nicole Haskins UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You`ve been on line for two hours. Watch on: Netflix US, Canada, Australia, and more. It said she was 18, so I thought I`d talk to her. "At three in the morning," Capt. It was innocent at first, but she kept at it. They should both stew in the same pot together, Peter Odom! Throughout all this, neither Barrett nor Montgomery ever actually met the object of their mutual desire. The pair then seduced each other for months, as "Tommy" shared tales of combat in Fallujah, which Montgomery learned about by watching the news, while Jessi sent sizzling bikini photos and a split heart pendent that said "Jessi and Tommy forever." We collect and match historical records that Ancestry users have contributed to their family trees to create each person's profile. BARRETT: Oh, yes. A Celebration for the Second Sunday of Epiphany 2023, Celebration of the Word for the 1st Sunday after Epiphany: The Baptism of Jesus, Celebration of the Word for the First Sunday after Christmas, Celebration of the Fourth Sunday of Advent 2022, Selling Body Parts, and Giving Away Our Collective Soul, The art of the Czars and the Art of Willful Blindness. Ron Kenyon told "20/20," "our first concern was talking to Jessi and making sure she was still alive. They say that she "drove" him to commit the murder, that she's responsible for what happened, and that she should be put in prison for what she did. I will tell you GRACE: It`s not legally crazy. In March 2006, Montgomery told "20/20" one of his daughters was using his computer when Jessi happened to instant message him. The tenth episode is available right now! That`s one thought, that this -- these two posers were creating a fantasy in their mind that was more compelling than the reality of their everyday lives. She`s a mother posing as her teen daughter on line. 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. On being "unlikeable," "selfish," "a bitch," etc. But when police arrived at her home, they were in for another surprise: A woman named Mary Shieler opened the door. What the fuck! Jessi flirted with Barrett, whom she goaded into humiliating Montgomery at work and online. The point-blank shooting of a 22-year-old young man. Shieler has never apologised to her daughter and her husband divorced her and Jessi cut off contact. Follow him on Twitter. GRACE: Joining me right now is a special guest. You will what on Saturday?" Cindy was furious, but this good mom felt sorry for the girl, and wrote "Jessi" a letter, exposing Montgomery's true identity: Do not trust words on a computer, let this go, you will only be hurt by a man who has mastered the art of manipulations and lies. The relationship had become more than a flirtation, Montgomery said. He was having an on-line love affair with who he believed to be Tallhotblond, a teen girl. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I couldn`t help it. SCHROEDER: Yes, that`s where Thomas Montgomery started playing his game. GRACE: OK. Barbara Schroder, you interviewed this guy behind bars. Author: Published on: November 6, 2020 Published in: Uncategorized Published on: November 6, 2020 Published in: Uncategorized END. TALHOTBLONDBIG50: You`re wrong. He was depressed, he was in love, he was in a dead end marriage, he wanted to relive his youth, yadda yadda. We had a gentleman running it out his computer company and we actually went back and we`re able to retrieve all that to get him terminated from his job. Right now Mary is a Principal at Mary Dailey. GRACE: As far as I`m concerned, Daniel Barrett, she should be charged with murder. Who is Dikke Nordin El Hajjioui, the Drug Kingpin of Antwerp? However, they quickly discovered that although Jessi was a real person residing in Oak Hill, WV, she had no clue about the communications. Montgomery pleaded guilty to Barrett's murder and was sentenced to 20-years. You are having fun in your life now, so it`s time for us to leave." We`re not blurring his photo because guess who that is? SCHROEDER: Yes, he admitted to my producer that he was impotent. The two were in love with the same cyber entity, an 18 year old blonde girl named Jessi, who had the handle talhotblond on a video game chat room. "Something like this will happen again. She lied on the internet in a creeptastic kind of way (which I do not condone or defend in any way), but she is in no way responsible for some crazy fuck hauling off and killing another man in cold blood. For the movie, Mary Shieler's name was changed to Beth Brooks, played by Molly Hagan, pictured here. You were the adult here. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED MALE: "Three hours you two were talking about me." God, men were easy. Online-bullied Montgomery after it came out that he had lied about his identity, and encouraged Brian to do the same. At one point, when his wife actually told him to get off the computer and talk to her, Montgomery couldn't. 'I have never felt this way,' Montgomery replied. Carol sent Jessi a photo of her family and a letter. 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