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The Brutal Murder Of Gary Green Wife & Daughter

  • Gary Green wife, Lovetta Armstead, and her 6-year-old daughter, Jazzmen Montgomery, were brutally killed by him.
  • Gary Green was executed in Texas on Tuesday for the brutal murders of his wife, Lovetta Armstead, and her 6-year-old daughter, Jazzmen Montgomery, in 2009. 
  • Green’s death sentence was questioned by his lawyers, who argued that his intellectual disability and history of mental illness should disqualify him from the death penalty.
  • Green turned himself into the police and confessed to the killings.

Gary Green wife, Lovetta Armstead, and her 6-year-old daughter, Jazzmen Montgomery, were brutally killed by him.

Gary Green was executed in Texas on Tuesday for the brutal murders of his wife, Lovetta Armstead, and her 6-year-old daughter, Jazzmen Montgomery, in 2009. 

Green’s death sentence was questioned by his lawyers, who argued that his intellectual disability and history of mental illness should disqualify him from the death penalty.

Green was convicted in 2010, and court filings revealed that he fatally stabbed Armstead and drowned Montgomery in a bathtub after learning that his wife wanted to annul their marriage.

Green turned himself in to the police and confessed to the killings. 

In his final statement, he expressed remorse for his actions and asked for forgiveness. 

Despite his lawyers’ request for further tests of his intellectual disability, the execution proceeded as planned.

At his trial, experts testified that Green likely had schizoaffective disorder, but his lawyers argued that his defense counsel did not adequately explore how this condition impacted his life or the role it played in the murders. 

Under Texas law, jurors are allowed to consider mitigating evidence, such as mental illness, when deciding on a death sentence. 

Green appealed to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, but his conviction and death sentence were upheld.

The U.S. Supreme Court prohibits the execution of people with intellectual disabilities, and Texas defines intellectual disability based on low IQ scores, social interactions, and self-care abilities, among other factors. 

Green’s lowest IQ score was 78, which placed him in the “borderline” range of intellectual functioning.

Green had planned to “take five lives” and attempted suicide after killing Armstead and Montgomery.

He turned himself in to the police hours later, claiming he believed the family was plotting against him. 

One month before the murders, he had tried to seek help at a psychiatric hospital but was incorrectly diagnosed, discharged after four days, and unable to continue his medication due to cost.

Green was also involved in a legal battle over the state’s use of expired drugs to kill prisoners. 

Inmates claimed that extending the use-by dates for lethal injections violated the U.S. Constitution’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment.

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Tamela Phillippe

Update: 2024-05-06