Deceased/Not Found NH - Harmony Montgomery, 7, Manchester, Oct 2019 *reported missing Dec 2021* Arrest* MEDIA ONLY

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JUN 13, 2024

NH drops remaining charges against Harmony Montgomery's father

The state of New Hampshire has dropped outstanding charges against Adam Montgomery, who is serving a sentence of 56 years to life in prison for the murder of his daughter, Harmony.

www.wcvb.com

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The charges that the state agreed to drop Thursday include possession of handguns as an armed career criminal and being a felon in possession of a dangerous weapon.

The charges were brought against Adam Montgomery before investigators declared his daughter's death a homicide. They have been pending in the court system while Adam Montgomery's cases other moved through the courts.

In documents filed by the state, prosecutors said that given that Adam Montgomery was convicted of second-degree murder and other charges connected to the death of his daughter, the state has decided to drop any pending charges.

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JUL 27, 2024

Harmony Montgomery's mother, volunteers search for her remains

Her father, Adam, was convicted and sentenced to more than 50 years behind bars for the murder but Harmony's body was never found.

www.wcvb.com

A team of volunteers gathered Saturday morning to search parts of North Shore Massachusetts communities for the missing remains of a New Hampshire girl, Harmony Montgomery.

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Search crews on Saturday planned to revisit Rumney Marsh Reservation, Chelsea Creek, Sales Creek and the area near the Tobin Bridge.

 

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This morning: family and friends of #HarmonyMontgomery are conducting a search in Saugus, MA for the little girl’s remains. @WMUR9

Harmony’s mother, Crystal Sorey, organized this search. It’s happening in a marsh along the Revere/Saugus line. This area was previously searched by law enforcement. Officials believe it could be one of many locations where Adam Montgomery hid his daughter’s body.

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JUL 27, 2024

Volunteers search for remains of Harmony Montgomery in North Shore Mass. town

The fight to find the remains of 5-year-old Harmony Montgomery continues as dozens of friends, family, and private investigators spent the weekend searching for her.

www.boston25news.com

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“It’s going to be hot, a lot of mud, and we’re looking for really a needle in the haystack but you can’t discount anything that’s out there,” said Joe Rizzuti, Retired Revere Police Officer.

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Investigators said he beat the child to death on December 7th, 2019, and refuses to say where he disposed of her body.

That’s something Sorey said she has to learn to accept.

“That’s the only power he has left that’s the one piece of control he still has left in his life so why would he give it up,” she said.

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Still, Sorey said she plans to continue searching for her daughter’s remains monthly asking the public via social media to help her bring her daughter home.

“It doesn’t matter what people feel about me you know it should be put aside and really just be focused on her and finding her if you love her then you should be here,” Sorey said.

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JUL 27, 2024

Volunteers Search For The Remains Of Harmony Montgomery In Saugus | WBZ NewsRadio 1030

A group of volunteers went to search for the remains of Harmony Montgomery, the 5-years-old New Hampshire girl killed by her father in 2019. For more, ask Alexa to play WBZ NewsRadio on #iHeartRadio.

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A team of 15 to 20 volunteers gathered in Saugus on July 27 to search of the remains of 5-year-old Harmony Montgomery from New Hampshire.

“We kind of separated to get into the marsh and search, volunteer told WBZ NewsRadio. "Just basically looking for anything that looked abnormal or disturbed."

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The search party focused on the area around the Rumney Marsh Reservation, according to the New Hampshire Union Leader.

“Her father is from this area,” another volunteer told WBZ NewsRadio. “… this has been an area of focus by the state police as well, I know, as well as the mother had a hunch.”

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JUL 27, 2024

Friends, family and strangers search marsh for remains of Harmony Montgomery

Family and friends of Harmony Montgomery conducted a search Saturday in a Massachusetts marsh for her remains.

www.wmur.com

“Multiple law enforcement agencies are still working to determine the location of Harmony’s remains. Analysis of the mileage from the rental truck that Adam Montgomery drove into Massachusetts suggests there are about 26 miles where Harmony’s remains might be located," said Senior Assistant Attorney General Ben Agati.

 

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JUL 28, 2024

‘There’s no reason to be afraid anymore’: Volunteers, Mother Continue Search for 5-Year-Old Harmony Montgomery’s Remains

The search continues for the remains of New Hampshire girl Harmony Montgomery, presumed dead after she vanished in late 2019. On Saturday morning, the group searched in parts of North Shore, Massachusetts, according to ABC 5. Harmony’s mother, Crystal Sorey, was also in attendance. Officials...

www.crimeonline.com

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Officials said the search location was based on the route of the U-Haul Adam Montgomery, Harmony’s father, rented in March 2020. The vehicle’s route was between Manchester and the Tobin Bridge in Boston, making that the focus area.

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Montgomery admitted at trial that he ultimately dumped “her like garbage in an undisclosed location,” prosecutors said.

Meanwhile, Sorey said she plans to organize monthly searches and wants anyone with any information to call the case hotline at 603-932-8997.

“There’s no reason to be afraid anymore,” she said. “Even if you think it’s the tiniest of information, it can help in a huge way.”

 

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JUL 28, 2024

Haunting update in case of murdered five-year-old Harmony Montgomery

Harmony Montgomery, 5, was murdered by her father who refuses to reveal where her remains are.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Although Harmony's remains were not found on Saturday, officials said they are focused on the route of a U-Haul Montgomery rented in March 2020.

They have been able to ping the vehicle's movements between Manchester and the Tobin Bridge in Boston using toll data.

'Adam Montgomery drove 133 miles in the U-Haul truck. After accounting for 3.2 miles of back-and-forth travel with the rental, he covered approximately 106 miles on his route, including traveling through the Tobin Bridge tolls,' said New Hampshire Senior Assistant Attorney General Ben Agati.

'He traveled northbound, southbound, and then northbound again through those tolls before returning to Manchester. This left him with about 26 miles of driving between the Econo Lodge in Manchester and the Tobin Bridge.

'Harmony's remains are likely somewhere along this route.'

 

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AUG 3, 2024

Convicted Child Murderer Adam Montgomery Transferred Out Of New Hampshire Prison System

Montgomery, who is serving multiple sentences for murdering his daughter, Harmony Montgomery, is no longer in the state prison system.

patch.com

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Records indicate Montgomery was transferred to a “non-New Hampshire Department of Corrections Facility.” According to sources online, it appears the last record of him being in Concord was Thursday. His status was changed to “supervised custody of probation and parole.”

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A source has indicated he was moved to a prison in Virginia. However, Patch has contacted the New Hampshire Department of Corrections and has been unable to get confirmation from them at the time of publishing.

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AUG 3, 2024

Source: Adam Montgomery transferred to correctional facility in Virginia

Montgomery is serving a sentence of up to life in prison for the murder of his daughter, Harmony.

www.wmur.com

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A source tells News 9 Investigates that he was recently moved to a correctional facility in Virginia.

The Department of Corrections online inmate locator lists that Montgomery is now being held at a “non-NHDOC facility.” The online inmate locator for the Virginia Department of Corrections does not yet list Montgomery.

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The source could not confirm why Montgomery was transferred. However, state law allows a transfer “whenever the (Department of Corrections) commissioner determines that an inmate cannot be properly or safely kept at the correctional facility at which he is confined or that such transfer is in the best public interest or furthers legitimate penological objectives.”

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AUG 4, 2024

Adam Montgomery moved from NH prison to out-of-state facility

Adam Montgomery, the New Hampshire man who was convicted earlier this year of second-degree murder in the death of his daughter Harmony, has been transferred out of the New Hampshire State Prison for men in Concord. The NH Department of Corrections said Sunday that Adam Montgomery is in secure...

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The NH Department of Corrections said Sunday that Adam Montgomery is in secure custody within a correctional facility outside of the NHDOC system.

The agency said they're unable to provide any additional information on Adam Montgomery's location or the reasons for his transfer.

 

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SEP 13, 2024

Harmony Montgomery's mother files lawsuit against NH

Crystal Sorey has filed a lawsuit against the State of New Hampshire for her daughter, Harmony Montgomery's, death.

www.courttv.com

Crystal Sorey, Harmony’s mother, lost custody of the little girl while she was alive, but was declared the sole administrator of her estate following a hearing in March. Sorey had asked the state to declare Harmony dead and assign her as the administrator ahead of her planned lawsuit.

On Friday, Sorey filed the lawsuit both as administrator of Harmony’s estate and on her own behalf. The lawsuit targets the State of New Hampshire, the New Hampshire Division for Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) and the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, according to records reviewed by Court TV.

 

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SEP 13, 2024

Mother of Harmony Montgomery files wrongful death lawsuit against state of New Hampshire

The mother of Harmony Montgomery is filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the state of New Hampshire, News 9 Investigates has learned.

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The lawsuit states that DCYF was negligent, saying the agency exposed Harmony to foreseeable risks of harm, and because of the pain and suffering that she experienced, the state is liable to Harmony's estate.

Mother of Harmony Montgomery, murdered 5-year-old, sues NH

Crystal Sorey, mother of Harmony Montgomery, is suing the state of New Hampshire for negligence and breach of fiduciary duty that led to the disappearance and murder of her 5-year-old

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The civil lawsuit, filed Friday in Hillsborough Superior Court North, alleges that the DCYF social worker assigned to check and report on Harmony’s welfare failed to carry out his duties as required by the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services.

Court documents say multiple witnesses, including Montgomery’s neighbors, grandmother and uncle, reported to DCYF that they feared for Harmony’s safety, citing ongoing evidence of abuse and neglect before Montgomery beat the girl to death in December 2019 because she had “a bathroom accident” in the car that the family was living in.

 

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SEP 13, 2024

Harmony Montgomery’s mother files wrongful death lawsuit against state of NH

The suit details that Harmony’s family reported concerns to DCYF after she was found with a black eye but were met with little response.

www.boston25news.com

The suit details that Harmony’s family reported concerns to DCYF after she was found with a black eye but were met with little response. Other reports included details about unsafe living conditions, how electricity and hot water in the home had been turned off, drug paraphernalia, and “how Harmony’s father punished her by forcing her to stand in the corner for hours or stay in her bedroom from when she woke up until the late afternoon.:

The suit also notes that the family reported Harmony wasn’t receiving care from a doctor and she wasn’t enrolled in school.

Harmony Montgomery's mom sues NH DCYF, claiming negligence

N.H. social workers ignored warning signs that a 5-year-old girl Harmony Montgomery was being physically abused by her father before her death, the slain girl’s mother alleged in a negligence lawsuit.

www.nbcboston.com

According to the lawsuit, the father's uncle Kevin Montgomery contacted the agency to tell them Harmony had a “vibrant” black eye after she was “punched clear in the eye socket with full force” and that Adam had told him he'd “bounced her off" every wall in the house.

Kevin Montgomery also told the agency he'd witnessed Harmony being made to scrub a bathroom with a toothbrush as a punishment on one occasion, and that another time she'd been made to stand in a corner for between five and eight hours, the lawsuit says.

 

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Great job and updates @PommyMommy . So freaking sad.

 

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SEP 14, 2024

Wrongful death lawsuit filed against NH DHHS, DCYF by Harmony Montgomery's mother - Manchester Ink Link

“We are going to hold the State of New Hampshire accountable for Harmony’s senseless and preventable death, shine a light on the systemic failures in her case to prevent future tragedies, give Harmony the voice that she never had, and get Harmony the justice that she so deeply deserves. Too...

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The 39-page complaint [see below] was filed Friday by Attorney Rus Rilee and provides details from numerous reports concerning Harmony’s well-being that were filed with DCFY by her father’s uncle and grandmother, neighbors and others who came in contact with the Montgomery family, all voicing concerns for the child’s safety.

Crystal Sorey, both Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Harmony Montgomery v. State of New Hampshire, Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Children, Youth, and Families (“DCYF”)

 

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SEP 30, 2024

Mother of Harmony Montgomery leads new search for girl's remains in Massachusetts

A new search was underway Monday for the remains of a 5-year-old Manchester girl killed in 2019.

www.wmur.com

Sorey said she chose Mary O'Malley Park in Chelsea because it's within the radius that prosecutors say Adam Montgomery could have visited when he rented a U-Haul in March 2020, when investigators believe he disposed of Harmony's body.

Harmony Montgomery's mother leads search for girl's remains at Mass. park

A new search was underway Monday for the remains of a 5-year-old Manchester girl killed in 2019.

www.wcvb.com

This is the first time that particular spot has been searched. Sorey said she hopes the search will be successful, but there's also another search planned for October.

Investigators have identified a 1,500-square-mile area from Manchester to Boston where Adam Montgomery might have disposed of his daughter's remains.