Kriti Mehrotra
It was in January 2023 when the relatively small city of Grants Pass, Oregon, was left to face the fact that maybe it is not as crime-free and positively tight-knit as it always expected it to be. After all, as explored in Netflix’s ‘Worst Ex Ever: Dathing the Devil,’ a native named Benjamin “Ben” Obadiah Foster had kidnapped, tortured, and nearly killed his ex-girlfriend in her own home. Arguably, the only reason Justine Siemens was able to survive was her close friend Angie Milner, who hadn’t wasted a second to start finding her upon learning that she might be severely hurt.
Angie Milner Played a Crucial Role in Justine Siemens’ Survival
According to Angie’s account, she was simply enjoying some quality downtime with family on the fateful Tuesday — January 24, 2023 — when she received a frantic call from her mother. Christine Parker apparently told her daughter her friend of 10 years had suddenly called to say she believed she needed to go to the hospital as she was injured, only for the line to then go dead. This duo continuously tried to get the local bartender on the phone again, but to no avail, driving the former to dial 911 while already on her way to her nearby home in the hopes of helping out.
However, Angie could have never expected to find Justine’s doors uncharacteristically locked, to then hear her screaming followed by three loud bangs after she called out her name. The former initially thought these loud noises were her friend hitting the walls in order to get her attention, yet she was wrong — that’s when Benjamin “Ben” Foster showed up at the garage door. He actually told this Concorde Career Institute graduate that Justine was having a heart attack, urging her to check on her inside while he pulled up the car, only to flee the scene quickly. She didn’t understand precisely why he did so until she walked in — the single dog mom was lying naked, barely breathing and with a tight noose around her neck in the laundry room by the garage.
It was evident Justine had been essentially tortured for days, which the first responders immediately paid attention to while some officials talked to a fully cooperative as well as honest Angie. She knew Ben was responsible since the friends had found out he’d done something eerily similar in Las Vegas in the past and reported it to his workplace, resulting in his firing a mere month prior. Nevertheless, while the entire nation began an extensive search for him, all Angie could focus on was the friend who had unfortunately slipped into a coma owing to brain damage plus blood loss. Yet in the end, she is just glad Justine was able to fully recover while Ben died by suicide when surrounded by police on February 1 — “He’s right where he belongs,” she said. “He is burning in hell.”
Angie Milner is Truly a Woman of Many Hats
While it’s true that Angie’s swift actions and unwavering support are a significant part of Justine’s quick return to society, she did briefly carry some guilt thinking about the “what ifs” of that day. These include: what if she had shown up just a little bit earlier, what if she had forced her way into her friend’s home, and what if she had stopped Ben from getting away, among many, many more. Nevertheless, she doesn’t regret that her priority at the time was Justine, nor is she ashamed of anything to ensue because the fact she currently has her by her side is a miracle in itself, she believes. She has since even conceded that despite being an Army veteran (served from 1989 to 1993), one of her worst repeated nightmares came from this ordeal, but thankfully, they haven’t occurred since she saw her friend walking out of the hospital on her own two feet.
Coming to Angie’s current standing, she is still based in her hometown of Grants Pass, Oregon, where she is surrounded by loved ones like her mother, Christine Parker, and her sister, Crystal Allemand, at every step. We should also mention it appears as if she has a long-term partner, with whom she shares two young boys plus a few fur babies — she has since even indicated they plan on selling their 3-bedroom house for a better home in town so as to continue building solid foundations as a family. To help with this, Angie owns and operates her own fully licensed vehicle detailing business, Angie’s Army Mobile Auto Detailing & Power Washing. She previously served as a Bar Manager for her mother’s Herb’s Restaurant & Event Center with Shenanigans Lounge. However, with it having recently passed the torch to another family, she’s now primarily focusing on just her business.
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