UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (INAUDIBLE) UNIDENTIFIED MALE: "I wish I had a perfect life like you and Brian do." What a crazy moment that was for him. But the IMs that came to Montgomery "MarineSniper" from "Talhotblond" showed her to be torn --- mad one instant, desperate to return to a love with a man who she knew didn't exist teasing him. Brian Barrett was found dead in the parking lot where he worked, shot three times by a military rifle. I`m not going to ask you shrink-type questions like why are people playing games online when they could be doing something constructive like working or being with their children? 14K 9.25MM MIAMI CUBAN. She: Pretended to be someone else on the Internet in order to get attention from men. Montgomery pled guilty to first degree manslaughter and was sentenced to 20 years, although he's now appealing, claiming that his plea was coerced. He was clearly manipulated. A movie based on this story, "Talhotblond," premiered recently on Lifetime. We encourage you to research and examine . Well, it ended in murder. It is the first full-length film she has directed. What happened? If you think you`re talking to an underager, if you`re an adult and you think you`re talking to an underage girl, you`re a weirdo. You replaced him with Timmy." BARRETT: Oh, yes. Before long, Jessi was sending Brian her photos and the two had become a cyberitem. And Mary Shieler, she has nothing. just like mary. Mary had taken revealing photos of her daughter and used them to fuel a fantasy life online. And I want to go out to Daniel Barrett. James Nye 'Let me introduce you to these people,' she wrote. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: "Knows what?" GRACE: Don`t start out with saying -- throwing mentally ill out there because in my world of crime and justice, when you say insane or mentally ill, you`re talking about a legal definition that could get the killer off and he could end up doing six months in the crazy bin and then walking free, all right? In May, 2005, posing as a young, handsome Iraq-bound Marine, he entered a teen chat room the popular game site "Pogo.". JOHN PHILLIPS, KABC: Right. 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. Prosecutors in New York desperately searched for a reason to charge Mary Shieler, but ultimately, could find no law she had broken. And I think it can happen -- this kind of stuff can happen to everybody, but when it leads to murder, that`s when it gets a little crazy and, you know, they clearly crossed the line. A blurred picture of Jessi Shieler, the 18-year-old daughter of Mary Shieler, who used it under the online name Tallhotblonde As the pair's online affair intensified, 'Jessi' began to send. They couldn`t charge the mother with something? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: "It`s not worth it anymore." See also Other Works | Publicity Listings | Official Sites View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro They have also lived in Oak Hill, WV. I got caught up in it. He is 46 years old. It turned out that Mary Shieler was sharing photos of her daughter Jessi and her as pictures of herself to Montgomery and other men on the internet It even seemed that he was losing touch with reality, as a note to himself proved. Cindy took matters into her own hands and sent a letter back to the sender with a photo of her husband and his family. 1. it's near . They`re playing some sort of game on line, and neither one knew that they were playing the other person. BETHANY MARSHALL, PSYCHOANALYST, AUTHOR OF "DEALBREAKERS": Well, he`s perverse obsessed and he has a compulsion, and the underlying compulsion is to create the sense of the ideal life, love and admiration, and he needs it constantly like a fix. (END VIDEO CLIP) GRACE: Good evening. Throughout the entirety of the movie, Dr. Beaber acts in the role of a commentator on the social and psychological aspects of the case. Jessi's swimsuit photos, and Mary's screen name: "talhotblond" were the perfect bait. There was even serious talk of marriage. Mary Shieler is already divorced and might be continuing living at the same place however Jessi didn't get over this. . Given that there were no specific laws to address what Drew had done, prosecutors based their case on Drew having violated MySpace's terms of service. He has hinted darkly of covert ops and dark deeds best unmentioned, but U.S. Marine records obtained by "20/20" show that although he qualified as a sharpshooter, he never trained as a sniper or saw action. San Giacomo was in Steven Soderbergh's "Sex, Lies and Videotape" and starred opposite Julia Roberts in "Pretty Woman." New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. [ ] . Mary Shieler in Oak Hill, WV Mary Shieler may also have lived outside of Oak Hill, such as Canvas, Lewisburg and 2 other cities in West Virginia. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: "To hell, I hope." It seems as if she has some responsibility in this. To 18 years old. MarineSniper was 46-year old Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two. And the guard said he turned as white as -- as white as the walls that were behind him because he found out that he just threw his life away for a fantasy that never existed. Watch the Documentary about Thomas Montgomery Called Talhotblond for More Information. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I told the guys I`d be there at 9:00 o`clock. We went camping for the weekend and came home Sunday morning, and realized when we walked through the door something was wrong because Brian had not been home to feed the cats. Brian Bennett just involuntarily gets included, and Montgomery decides, I`m going to take somebody out allegedly, and I`m going to kill him so I can get Jessi back. 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." And she won`t leave him alone. In addition to that, if they haven`t done anything that varies the computer, we have seen data live on computers for over three and a half years and the cops can actually go and look into the what they call the unallocated portions of the hard drive where all of these text messages and all of these chats will be saved. Photos she sent Montgomery were of her daughter. It`s Barbara Schroeder. He admitted -- GRACE: To top it all off? The chance encounter online between a gorgeous young 18-year-old girl named Jessi and a handsome 18-year-old marine called Thomas Montgomery seemed on the surface to be innocent enough. Plus: Check out more of the latest entertainment, fashion, and culture coverage on Sexy Beastphotos, videos, features, and Tweets. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Now that's FUBAR. So this story ends with one man dead, one in prison, and one mother who was never charged with a crime. And let me tell you something. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Biography submission guide. That sounds like a crime to me. 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. What -- how did he strike you? The teen daughter doesn`t know anything about it. 'I love you always and forever, Tommy,' wrote 'Jessi'. Let`s go to Peter Odom, Kirby Clements and Bethany Marshall. Mary Shieler. He`s intentionally using this old photo to pretend he is the military boy on line. I`m going on to my next little project. Well, as you mentioned in your opening, you`re dealing with a portly, dim-witted, bald man who is living an essentially pathetic life. "She sends me a message and says, she hates me you should be put in jail for this.". Ruth Shuler Dieter: Student 1937-1940. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: "My heart will exist no more after Saturday, so I will forgive with an e-mail. (END VIDEO CLIP) GRACE: That is video from lifetime original movie "Tall Hot Blonde." All rights reserved. And that`s what she does, too. And on -- in this case, it`s like you think you`re selling cocaine, but you`re really selling a turnip, all right? GRACE: Explain your thinking on that. We are taking your calls. Proudly powered by WordPress Just 22 years old. "There was virtual sex going on in there between her and Tommy," he said. It`s actually almost laughable until that on-line teen love affair ends in murder. Calling hours are 1:00 to 3:00, Funeral Services are July 9th at 3:00, Dodd-Payne-Hass, 350 W. Maple Ave., Fayetteville, WV 25840. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes. "I love you always and forever, Tommy," wrote Jessi. It won`t kill you. When did he find out the truth as to who he had been corresponding with? The song received an Emmy nomination in the "Best Original Song and Lyrics" category. Brian Barrett was a handsome 22 year-old, the only one in this sordid tale who was telling the truth. I want to hear what 22-year-old Brian was like. During the course of the investigation, it was found out that her mother, Mary Shieler, who was 45 years old at the time, was making use of her daughters photographs. So how does it unfold? Brief summary of the case for those who aren't familiar with it. BETHANY MARSHALL, PSYCHOANALYST: Well, the confusion between fantasy and reality reminds me of the teenage couple whose real-life baby starved because they were building a virtual baby on line, so they were more interested in fantasy than reality. He was depressed, he was in love, he was in a dead end marriage, he wanted to relive his youth, yadda yadda. He`s actually a 46-year-old Sunday school teacher, a father of two and very much married. She was just looking to have some fun and the reason she kept talking to Montgomery was because she didn`t want him to talk to real teenagers, and do to real teenagers what she didn`t -- you know, she didn`t want him to do. Theme: jennifer by SiloCreativo. To Jean Casarez, legal correspondent, "In Session." He`s 46. But, not only does the film downplay Montgomery's role and spend a large amount of time attacking Mary, someone (I forget who it was) literally said that HER actions were WORSE than the man who KILLED someone. It escalated to full fledged uncontrollable rage when he overheard Brian tell co-workers that "talhotblond' had chosen him, Brian, to "pop her cherry. And I just remember screaming at them, Is he OK? This is the photo he used on line. Jessi, meanwhile, seemed to feed off Montgomery's aggression. But there's no clear indication of what such laws would look like. Which makes it all the more difficult to understand the evil this mother was secretly unleashing into cyberspace. Before long the messaging became romantic, but it ultimately led to the unraveling of Montgomery's marriage, the death of a co-worker, his own eventual imprisonment and the shocking twist which haunts him to this day. Her husband divorced her over her deception and her daughter Jessi cut ties too, moving in with relatives in Virginia, where she was attending college. SCHROEDER: When you`re in a game room like a pogo.com, and you`re talking to people, you can also pull to a little side table, and your little avatar can actually go to the side and you can have a private chat to talk one-on-one which is -- GRACE: You mean the fake people talk to other fake people? They make it seem like this sweet romance that this married, middle-aged father was having with a teenage girl. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: "I know, Tom." PETER ODOM: Yes, Nancy. "Tallhotblond," told Brian that Thomas A.K.A. 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. Member, PMSS Board of Trustees 1970s-1990s. You will what on Saturday?" "I have never felt this way," Montgomery responded. I`m sorry, Tom. Thomas Montgomery Murder: Where Are Jessi Shieler And Mary Shieler Right Now? Rather, it was Jessi's mother, Mary Shieler who opened the door to the officers. The CrimeWives Podcast (@CrimeWives) posted a new episode on July 10, 2019. MARINESNIPER1000: It`s too late, Jessi. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: "Wish you were nude." At ULU our mission is to transform traditional automotive companies into next-generation mobility service providers via the use of technology. Videotape '' and starred opposite Julia Roberts in `` Pretty Woman. crime. 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