'He was my height, six-feet tall, had bright red hair,' said Montgomery to ABC News. On his part, Montgomery had created an alter-ego of himself as younger and stronger. She fed him photos from 'her' high school basketball team, softball team, graduation and prom as their relationship continued for months. The cyber-flirting, which began in May 2005, soon turned to cyber-sex as Montgomery lied about his history of covert ops, even though he never saw action during his stint in the military.ĭescribed by neighbours as a good man who worked for his daughters' swim team board, Montgomery's life slowly started to become fixated around his conversations online with 'Jessi.'
I'll just play the game with her,' said Montgomery, whose tragic story has now been turned into a Lifetime Movie directed by 'Friends' Courtney Cox.
'I kept thinking, well, we're never going to meet.
A blurred picture of Jessi Shieler, the 18-year-old daughter of Mary Shieler, who used it under the online name TallhotblondeĪs the pair's online affair intensified, 'Jessi' began to send Montgomery extremely provocative photographs and he sent her a picture of himself from 30 years ago, when he was a member of the U.S.