Missing
Jeanette Maria Corpuz
Jeanette, approximately 2003
Date and time person was reported missing : 01/21/2003
Missing location (approx) :
Reno, Nevada
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
Hispanic
DOB : 01/27/1975 (46)
Age at the time of disappearance: 27 years old
Height / Weight : 5'6, 160 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Hispanic female. Brown hair, blue eyes. Jeanette may use the last names Montgomery, Acord and/or Snyder. Some Age at the time of disappearance: ncies spell her first name "Jeannette" or give her middle name as "Marie."
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Jeanette was last seen at her Reno, Nevada home by a real estate Age at the time of disappearance: nt on January 13, 2003. On January 21, she had a phone conversation with her ex-husband. She has never been heard from again.
On January 25, Jeanette's husband, Lyle Marsh Montgomery, abandoned her son in a Shopko in Salt Lake City, Utah. A photograph of Montgomery are posted with this case summary.
Jeanette's son was only three years old at the time of his abandonment and could not remember his last name or the full name of his mother, so it took several days to identify him. It was only then that authorities realized Jeanette was missing.
Montgomery fled after abandoning the child, but he was apprehended after a few days later and charged with misdemeanor child abuse. He is considered a suspect in Jeanette's disappearance.
He had been married to her for less than a month prior to her disappearance, and there have been questions as to whether or not the marriAge at the time of disappearance: was legal: Jeanette may not yet have been legally divorced from her previous husband when she married Montgomery. She had previously accused him of domestic abuse, in October 2002.
Jeanette's son told Salt Lake City Police that his stepfather fired a shot at his mother, but missed. Several guns, knives, and boxes of ammunition were found in their home when authorities searched it.
The bed and dresser were Missing location (approx) : the master bedroom. A large amount of blood was present in the bedroom, with smaller dribbles in the shower area, hallway, and entryway of the residence. Blood had soaked through the carpet and the carpet pad and stained the floor beneath. DNA tests determined that the blood was Jeanette's.
Montgomery attempted suicide with an overdose of drugs and alcohol in his and Jeanette's home and was treated at a psychiatric hospital before being released on February 27. After he was released from jail, shortly before midnight on April 8, 2003, he shot himself to death. He did not leave a note.
Authorities still believe he had something to do with his wife's disappearance, but since his death the investigation has stalled.
Jeanette's son was sent to live with his biological father in California. Jeanette's case remains unsolved. She has disappeared before, but always stayed in contact with her family and returned home soon. Authorities are investigating her case as a homicide.
Other information and links : ncy
Reno Police Department
775-334-2155
775-334-2550
September 2021 updates and sources
California Attorney General's Office
City of Reno, Nevada
Salt Lake City Police Department
CBS News
The Salt Lake Tribune
CPS Watch
The Reno Gazette-Journal
CNN
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
