'F– in the back seat and smoke': Man lured robbery victim to fatal sex rendezvous and left body looking like 'dead hog'

A Florida antheral volition walk the remainder of his beingness down bars for sidesplitting a antheral during a robbery facilitated by intersexual subterfuge, Sunshine State authorities announced this week.

On Thursday, Michael Montgomery Jr., 48, was convicted by a assemblage of his peers successful Marion County connected 1 number each of murder successful the archetypal degree, fleeing oregon attempting to elude instrumentality enforcement, driving with a suspended oregon revoked license, and resisting instrumentality enforcement.

The suspect was past sentenced to beingness successful prison, according to a press release issued by the 5th Judicial Circuit State Attorney's Office.

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The underlying incidental occurred successful June 2023, erstwhile the suspect lured 40-year-old Wayne Barlow to a secluded country nether mendacious pretenses, murdered him, and past stole his grey Hyundai.

The victim's assemblage was initially discovered by a confused passerby.

"Upon arrival, officials were informed by the 9-1-1 caller that helium was successful the area, traveling home, erstwhile helium observed what helium thought to beryllium a dormant hog connected the broadside of the road," the property merchandise reads. "Upon getting a amended look, the reportee realized it was a quality body."

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Responding deputies with the Marion County Sheriff's Office noticed the victim's assemblage was wedged against immoderate vines and a tree, and his shorts and underwear were astatine his ankles. Barlow had been changeable successful the caput and had respective injuries, including a antiaircraft wound, according to a probable origin apprehension affidavit, Law&Crime antecedently reported.

"Officials observed the unfortunate to person an evident gunshot coiled to the broadside of his head," the property merchandise continues. "Additionally, the decedent had a achromatic oculus and different scrapes and bruises, covering that appeared to beryllium ripped and torn, indicating a imaginable combat had ensued anterior to the victim's death."

The victim's driver's licence was near with his assemblage and instrumentality enforcement soon tracked down Barlow's roommate. The roommate told investigators Barlow planned to conscionable with a pistillate the time before. The slain antheral had antecedently told the roommate helium was upset the pistillate had taken his car and not fixed it back.

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Two days aft the grim discovery, deputies tracked down the Hyundai traveling on U.S. Highway 441 and tried to behaviour a postulation stop, but the operator fled. Deputies began chasing the vehicle, which past drove into a heavy wooded area. Law enforcement archetypal recovered the conveyance abandoned but aboriginal recovered Montgomery hiding successful the h2o and Jessica Lynn Long, 39, hiding successful a tree, according to the affidavit.

"During an interrogation with co-defendant Long, she initially denied immoderate engagement successful the victim's murder, but aboriginal informed detectives she was determination during the murder," the property merchandise goes on. "Long elaborate a bid of events that led up to the victim's death, linking Montgomery arsenic the killer. When confronted with this accusation during questioning, Montgomery yet confessed to robbing the unfortunate and indicated that the robbery got retired of hand."

Montgomery would spell connected to explicate that Long showed up successful Barlow's conveyance the nighttime of the murder. The suspect said helium and different antheral planned to rob Barlow portion helium was having enactment with Long, according to the affidavit. After the meetup successful a secluded area, Montgomery said helium and the different antheral attacked Barlow and tied him down with a bicycle lock. The men "roughed" up Barlow earlier forcing him into the backmost spot and driving to the tract of the murder.

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But Barlow fought backmost hard – astonishing his assailants.

As the combat continued, Long gave the soon-to-be shooter her gun, and helium changeable Barlow successful the head, Montgomery confessed. The suspect claimed helium was defending himself, but helium had nary injuries.

Text messages connected the nighttime successful question confirmed the unfortunate and Long were gathering up for sex.

Barlow said helium wanted to beryllium successful the car with Long alone.

"So tin we driblet them for similar 20 and f– successful the backmost spot and smoke," Barlow texted.

Long instantly responded: "Hell yea that's the program duh."

For her practice and grounds against Montgomery, Long is acceptable to person an agreed-upon condemnation of 30 years successful prison.