'You'll kill me someday': Man forced his girlfriend to walk into the woods where he shot her as she held their baby

Man found guilty of killing girlfriend while she held their baby

Background: News footage of the day care center where Taco Nash followed Mic”Keya Montgomery before killing her (WXIA). Inset (left): Taco Nash (DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office). Inset (right): Mic’Keya Montgomery (Rucker Funeral Home).

A Georgia man who forced his girlfriend into a wooded area and shot her dead while she held their baby was found guilty by a jury and sentenced to life in prison.

Taco Nash, 22, was convicted of 13 felony counts in connection with the June 2022 death of 21-year-old Mic’Keya Montgomery, who was the mother of his 16-month-old daughter. According to courtroom reporting by local ABC affiliate WSB, prosecutors said that Nash stalked Montgomery to a day care center in Decatur and attempted to forcibly remove her and the baby. Nash then kidnapped the mother and child, dragged Montgomery into a wooded area nearby at gunpoint as she held the little girl, and shot her dead.

The child was not injured, and she appears to be living with Montgomery’s family.

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During the trial, DeKalb County Senior Assistant District Attorney Ashley Johnson showed the court video that showed Nash accosting Montgomery outside the day care center on June 15, 2022. As Montgomery waited for a ride-sharing vehicle with her little girl, Nash ran up to her, and she yelled at him to leave. The young mother ran back inside the day care out of fear.

Nash went inside the day care and started making violent threats, causing a rush of employees and parents trying to get the children inside to safety. Johnson told the court that Nash screamed, “I’m going to kill you. I’m going to kill that baby, and then I’m going to kill myself.”

One of the prosecution’s witnesses was the center’s office manager, who corroborated that version of events. She testified that Nash refused to leave Montgomery alone and terrorized her during the time he was inside the day care.

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