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

[Allabouttrial]

Mom of missing girl, 7, slams 'bullies' & claims she reported 'abuse & neglect'

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Crys Renee Sorey posted on Facebook, saying "New Hampshire DCYF failed" her daughter, Harmony Montgomery, and that she had filed "dozens of reports of abuse and neglect."

In the series of posts, Crys insisted that she had been trying to locate her daughter since her initial disappearance.

In all-caps, she wrote, "Myself & her family have filed dozens of reports of abuse & neglect & nothing was done until I called the police & wrote a letter to the NH mayor."

Crys was likely referring to the Manchester, New Hampshire Mayor Joyce Craig.

The mayor received an email in December "primarily regarding issues with follow-up" on Harmony's case from the Division for Children, Youth and Families, but the mayor's office did not confirm if Crys Sorey was the sender.
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[StarryStarryNight]

I’m admittedly late to this story and I’m a little confused.
So was just the brother that was adopted in foster care in 2019, and she was with her father still? Do those children have different mothers? Sorry, just trying to sort it out and get up to speed.
Outside of all that, with all the adults, family or friends or neighbors, who had any contact with Harmony….could have been just a few or dozens of people, not one of them cared enough to ask about her, worry about her, or report a thing. Absolutely shocking.

 

[FlossyMay]

I’m admittedly late to this story and I’m a little confused.
So was just the brother that was adopted in foster care in 2019, and she was with her father still? Do those children have different mothers? Sorry, just trying to sort it out and get up to speed.
Outside of all that, with all the adults, family or friends or neighbors, who had any contact with Harmony….could have been just a few or dozens of people, not one of them cared enough to ask about her, worry about her, or report a thing. Absolutely shocking.

Same mother. Different fathers maybe.

 

[EGirl]

I’m admittedly late to this story and I’m a little confused.
So was just the brother that was adopted in foster care in 2019, and she was with her father still? Do those children have different mothers? Sorry, just trying to sort it out and get up to speed.
Outside of all that, with all the adults, family or friends or neighbors, who had any contact with Harmony….could have been just a few or dozens of people, not one of them cared enough to ask about her, worry about her, or report a thing. Absolutely shocking.

They have different fathers.

 

[Arkay]

I've not specifically read NH law but in nearly every state a parent has a legal right to cut their kids off from anyone and everyone they choose. It

In my state, NY, a grandparent has rights. If you can prove that you are a biological grandparent and have a prior existing relationship with the child, you have rights to see the child even if the parents do not agree.

However, that has to go through the courts.

In sweet Harmony's case there is so much trouble and confusion, and with Covid it's harder to go through the court system. I also don't know NH law, just pointing out that at least here a parent cannot cut off visitation from a grandparent (I would assume the grandparents would also have to be evaluated to assure they have a healthy environment for child visits).

 

[Allabouttrial]

In my state, NY, a grandparent has rights. If you can prove that you are a biological grandparent and have a prior existing relationship with the child, you have rights to see the child even if the parents do not agree.

However, that has to go through the courts.

In sweet Harmony's case there is so much trouble and confusion, and with Covid it's harder to go through the court system. I also don't know NH law, just pointing out that at least here a parent cannot cut off visitation from a grandparent (I would assume the grandparents would also have to be evaluated to assure they have a healthy environment for child visits).

I think it's quite possible she was seeing at least one grandparent for a time until they moved. I don't think he told anyone where they moved to. IMO.

 

[Kristin Esq.]

Her Dad's uncle chatted with people on Twitter spaces last night, did anyone listen? (I only found out today)

 

[Kristin Esq.]

1PM STREAM: #HarmonyMontgomery was reported missing this past Friday, but the 7-year-old hasn't been seen in two years.
@MarkieMartin
joins me on #WFLANow across all our platforms to share the latest and help get her home. We hope you can join us. #HeyJB

https://twitter.com/WFLAJB/status/1478411671790133250

 

[Allabouttrial]

<modsnip - quoted post removed>
He corrected himself in the interview, because many were assuming the same.

ETA: Link.

Uncle of Missing Girl Says Family Feuded the Last Time He Saw Her Alive
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The last time that Kevin Montgomery says he saw his great niece, Harmony, she “looked like a scared puppy.”
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[Kristin Esq.]

He corrected himself in the interview, because many were assuming the same.

ohhhhh okay!!!

 

[evilwise]

In my state, NY, a grandparent has rights. If you can prove that you are a biological grandparent and have a prior existing relationship with the child, you have rights to see the child even if the parents do not agree.

However, that has to go through the courts.

In sweet Harmony's case there is so much trouble and confusion, and with Covid it's harder to go through the court system. I also don't know NH law, just pointing out that at least here a parent cannot cut off visitation from a grandparent (I would assume the grandparents would also have to be evaluated to assure they have a healthy environment for child visits).

I found this site that supposedly summarizes grandparents rights in all 50 states

Grandparent Rights: State by State - Considerable

It seems that a majority of states do provide explicit paths to grandparents' legal visitation of the child's parents are divorced or varying degrees of separated - The New Hampshire summary reading:

A court may award visitation rights if the child’s parents are divorced or have filed for divorce, one of the parents is deceased, one of the parents has had his or her parental rights terminated, or the child has been born out of wedlock, if the child has been legitimated. Adoption cuts off all rights of grandparents.​

We don't really know much about the sordid marital status of the parents here. It's quite likely that they remained legally married as often happens until one parent wants to remarry.

The New York section does not agree with your experience though. It seems that in 2001 both New York and New Jersey struck down laws regarding grandparents' rights. Was your experience perhaps before then? The implication is that those laws were unconstitutionally generous to grandparents.

 

[cvaldez1975]

20 minutes. Not two hours.

You maybe mean in Ma where he was found.
Where he was found was because he was dumped. Where he lived was only 20 minutes from Manchester in Merrimack. Still All unrelated to this.

yes that was cleared up. thank you!

 

[Kristin Esq.]

There is no Amber Alert for Harmony because there isn't enough information

 

[Seattle1]

Uncle of Missing Girl Says Family Feuded the Last Time He Saw Her Alive

1/3/22

The last time that KM says he saw his great niece, Harmony, she “looked like a scared puppy.”

The terrified look on the then-5-year-old’s face appeared during a contentious situation at the Manchester, New Hampshire house Montgomery shared with several family members, including Harmony and her parents. The October 2019 incident, which Montgomery said included him trying to push through the front door when he wasn’t allowed in, resulted in a call to the police and a divide in the family.

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Montgomery says the incident prompted his nephew, Harmony’s father, to stop all communication with a slew of other family members, including blocking some of them on social media.

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But New Hampshire authorities say that Harmony hasn’t been seen since October 2019—and was only reported missing last week. On Dec. 31, the Manchester Police Department put out a “missing child” alert after learning of her years-long disappearance, and launched an investigation to find the 4-foot-tall girl who should be wearing glasses and is blind in her right eye.

Since the New Year’s Eve missing child alert, Aldenberg said that his department has been working “non-stop” to find Harmony alongside DCYF and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. On Sunday, investigators also searched a property on Gilford Street that once belonged to a member of the Montgomery family. City assessor records indicate the home was sold in 2020.

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Harmony’s mother, Crys Renee Sorey, also took to Facebook to plead for information to help solve the mysterious case. Another woman, who identified herself as Harmony's older cousin, wrote on social media that the 7-year-old was “known to be in the custody of her father.”

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Police have not released any information about Harmony’s parents, and have not confirmed the claim that Harmony had been in her father's custody. Montgomery, however, told The Daily Beast that Sorey met with authorities today for a “polygraph and DNA test.” Sorey did not respond to a request for comment.

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Montgomery told The Daily Beast that he called DCYF on Harmony’s behalf in July 2019 after he saw that she had a black eye—but, he says, nothing happened. Three months later, on Oct. 19, 2019, he says he called the police to the house where his nephew, Harmony’s father, and other family members lived.

 

[Seattle1]

I found this site that supposedly summarizes grandparents rights in all 50 states

Grandparent Rights: State by State - Considerable

It seems that a majority of states do provide explicit paths to grandparents' legal visitation of the child's parents are divorced or varying degrees of separated - The New Hampshire summary reading:

A court may award visitation rights if the child’s parents are divorced or have filed for divorce, one of the parents is deceased, one of the parents has had his or her parental rights terminated, or the child has been born out of wedlock, if the child has been legitimated. Adoption cuts off all rights of grandparents.​

We don't really know much about the sordid marital status of the parents here. It's quite likely that they remained legally married as often happens until one parent wants to remarry.

The New York section does not agree with your experience though. It seems that in 2001 both New York and New Jersey struck down laws regarding grandparents' rights. Was your experience perhaps before then? The implication is that those laws were unconstitutionally generous to grandparents.

From all that I've read thus far, in Oct 2019, when Harmony was last seen, both parents were living in the same house. I believe living together would negate one of the primary requirements (i.e., parents living separately) to enforce or petition for grandparents visitation. MOO

 

[evilwise]

From all that I've read thus far, in Oct 2019, when Harmony was last seen, both parents were living in the same house. I believe living together would negate one of the primary requirements (i.e., parents living separately) to enforce or petition for grandparents visitation. MOO

I was under the impression that the 2019 incident was somehow related to a martial dispute of some sort and I'm almost certain I read posts about the bio mother making extensive comments that she had been in another state but that's all after the case has blown.

The bottom line is that I don't think it's right to focus blame on uncles and neighbors and etc before we know the facts and I expect those facts will reveal the vast majority of blame is some combination of intentional obfuscation by one or both parents plus some level of oversight by local authorities.

 

[EGirl]

Can someone refresh my memory because I can't find the post.... But, wasn't the 'last known address' actually the maternal grandmothers home? Did the parents live there together at some point?

EBM

 

[MassGuy]

Reward for information on the whereabouts of Harmony Montgomery has now increased to $33,000. Anyone with information can call or text 603-203-6060. #wmur

https://twitter.com/timcalwmur/status/1478454644791824391?s=21

 

[Arkay]

The New York section does not agree with your experience though. It seems that in 2001 both New York and New Jersey struck down laws regarding grandparents' rights. Was your experience perhaps before then? The implication is that those laws were unconstitutionally generous to grandparents.

Hi....fortunately this has not been my own experience, but a friend of mine here in NYC went through this. It was about four years ago, so well after 2001. She was not being permitted to see her two grandchildren; she went to court, and visitation was in fact arranged.

I'm presuming that Covid would make it more difficult now to go through the court system. Either because things are being done remotely, or staff is absent due to Covid.

I don't know, therefore, what has changed, but the implication prior was that grandparents are integral to a child's life and provide another layer of care, love and security for children. Or at least that applies to grandparents who are not criminals, neglectful, on drugs and so on.

ETA: I found a source. It doesn't have a date but appears to be current. As I mentioned, my friend was in fact granted parental rights under the terms listed at this link. None of us were grandparents in 2001 or prior so I believe this link is still in force.

Do Grandparents Have Visitation Rights in New York?

 

[Spartygirl]

He corrected himself in the interview, because many were assuming the same.

ETA: Link.

Uncle of Missing Girl Says Family Feuded the Last Time He Saw Her Alive
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The last time that Kevin Montgomery says he saw his great niece, Harmony, she “looked like a scared puppy.”
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She had a black eye.

I see bruises on her in a photo that LE had cropped as a poster for the PR

Poor little girl.

I am just so angry at these monsters, possibly, and more likely her own parent(s) ... they are supposed to be protectors and safe and loving providers.
NOT hurt the innocent kiddos.
UGH