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FEB 14, 2024
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Prosecutors focused on a Feb. 21, 2020 work order for the unit where the Montgomerys were staying, which included a note saying "weird smell coming from vents in unit come check it out." The work order was from the day after Adam and Kayla Montgomery and the two boys moved out of the unit.
Riley said investigators went to the shelter because they had developed information that Harmony's body might have been placed in the vent in the ceiling
"There was an odor," he said. "I could smell something. I couldn't tell what it was, but there was an odor in the room."
He said he removed the vent by pushing it up into the ceiling and moving it to the side.
"As soon as I removed the cover, I could smell what I knew was decomposition. I could smell a dead body, what I believed to be a dead body at the time... It's a smell that you just won't forget."
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'I could smell a dead body': Police detective testifies about investigation into Harmony Montgomery's death
The Adam Montgomery murder trial resumed Wednesday morning in New Hampshire, with more testimony from a forensic expert who first took the stand on Tuesday afternoon. Katie Lynn Swango, who works at the New Hampshire State Police Forensic Laboratory, testified Tuesday about DNA tests she ran on...
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Prosecutors focused on a Feb. 21, 2020 work order for the unit where the Montgomerys were staying, which included a note saying "weird smell coming from vents in unit come check it out." The work order was from the day after Adam and Kayla Montgomery and the two boys moved out of the unit.
Riley said investigators went to the shelter because they had developed information that Harmony's body might have been placed in the vent in the ceiling
"There was an odor," he said. "I could smell something. I couldn't tell what it was, but there was an odor in the room."
He said he removed the vent by pushing it up into the ceiling and moving it to the side.
"As soon as I removed the cover, I could smell what I knew was decomposition. I could smell a dead body, what I believed to be a dead body at the time... It's a smell that you just won't forget."
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