Lisa Montgomery's victim's family have revealed that the killer's execution has brought them "closure" and that her victim's daughter is now "happy" and "living a normal life". The 52-year-old was killed by lethal injection at a prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, the <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55642177">BBC</a> reports, after a last-minute stay of execution was lifted by the Supreme Court. When the 52-year-old was pronounced dead at 1:31AM after receiving the lethal education, she became the first woman executed on death row in 67 years. [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1349259682771300352]] Montgomery was sentenced to death in 2004 for the heinous murder of 23-year-old Bobbie Jo Stinnett, who she strangled in 2004 and cut out her baby while she was eight months pregnant. Following Stinnett's death, Montgomery attempted to pass off her daughter, Victoria Jo, as her own. Bobbie Jo's brother-in-law, Ace Stinnett, told <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13737868/lisa-montgomery-execution-bobbie-jo-stinnett-daughter-victoria-happy/">The Sun</a> exclusively after her execution: "This brings us closure, we're going on with our lives now. "Justice has been served. We just wanted it to be over with. Bobbie Jo would be happy." [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/GregoryNotGreg1/status/1349275962492522496]] Victoria Jo now lives in Missouri with her father, and the pair have never spoken publically about the incident, but Bobbie Jo's brother-in-law, Ace Stinnett, has recently opened up. "I don't speak to them about what happened, but she [Victoria] absolutely understands," Ace, 41, told The Sun. "She's 16 now, she's getting along good, happy, and living a normal life, he [Zeb] is bringing her up well." According to an <a href="https://twitter.com/mtarm/status/1349246454464995333" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">AP journalist</a>, Montgomery declined to say any last words and was recused "a prayer with her spiritual adviser". [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1349249233594044417]] Earlier this week, lawyers tried to save Montgomery from execution, putting forward the argument that she was not in her right mind at the time of the 2004 incident and is currently too mentally ill to be executed. As per the <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55642177">BBC</a> reports, Montgomery's lawyer, Kelley Henry, said that everyone who had participated in the execution "should feel shame". "The government stopped at nothing in its zeal to kill this damaged and delusional woman," she said in a statement. "Lisa Montgomery's execution was far from justice." The Sun reports that Montgomery was repeatedly raped by her father and his friends in a purpose-built room at the age of 11.

Family of Lisa Montgomery's victim say they have 'closure' following historic execution

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