Death of Harmony Montgomery, 2019

Harmony Montgomery

Timeline

  • Harmony Montgomery was born to her mother, Crystal Sorey, while her father, Adam Montgomery, was in jail for gun charges.
  • Her mother had sole-custody - June 2017
  • Harmony is removed from Sorey's care 3 times because of neglect related to drug use, according to a Massachusetts report - August 2014
  • Crystal Sorey loses custody of Harmony in Massachusetts because of her drug addiction issues - June 2018
    • Harmony is placed in a foster home in Haverhill
  • The Massachusetts D.C.F requests to a home study by thr New Hampshire D.C.F at thr Montgomery's home in Manchester, New Hampshire - 12/19/2018
    • The request did not include the necessary information to initiate a home study, the New Hampshire officials said
  • Adam Montgomery is granted legal custody of Harmony by a family court judge in Lawrence, Massachusetts - February 2019
    • D.C.Y.F officials are notified of the custody change before it receives the additional information it required for the home study.
  • Crystal Sorey says she spoke to her daughter on a Facetime call around Easter, and that it was the lat time she saw her. - Easter 2019
  • D..Y.F receives an anonymous call alleging abuse. Caller said that Harmony had a black eye when she visited her home on Gilford Street, Manchester New Hampshire a week prior. - 7/29/2019
    • A C.P.S worker visita the home and emails Manchester police to say no eye injure was observed.
  • A C.P.S worker visits the home again and interviews Harmony, Adam and Kayla Montgomery. 8/7/2019
    • Notes a red mark in Harmony's eye anf faded bruising under her eyelid
      • Adam said that it was due to her being struct by her sibling while playing
  • Final visit from C.P.S, where a worker reports that the children appeared happy amd healthy - 10/1/2019
    • Concludes that the report of a abuse was unfounded; but thr family was at a high-risk for future child welfare concerns.
  • According to Kayla Montgomery, Adam told her that he was taking Harmony to Lowell, Massachusetts where his mother lives. - November/December 2019
    • Kayla says this is the last time she sees Harmony
    • Investigators narrowed thr time-frame of Harmony's disappearance at 11/28/2019 to 12/10/2019
    • Investigator later revealed that they believe Harmony was killed back in early December, 2019
  • A referral is received by D.C.Y.F about the Montgomery household, and a C.P.S worker was sent. -11/8/2023
  • C.P.S workers leaves a voicemail fkr Sorey to confirm Harmony's address; officials say no response was given 1/21/2020
  • Crystal Sorey calls Manchester Police saying she hasn't seem Harmony since Easter of 2019 - 11/18/2021
  • Detectives find Adam Montgomery living in his car with his new girlfriend - 12/31/2021
    • Police describe him as uncooperative and refusing to provide info on Hamrony's whereabouts
  • Adam Montgomery is arrested and charged with 2nd Degree Assault, Interference with Custody and Endangering the Welfare of a Child - 1/4/2022
  • Kayla Montgomery is charges with a Felony charge of Theft - 1/6/2022
  • Adam Montgomery is arrested on new charges of Theft by Unauthorized taking; for stealing a rifle and shotgun, 2 charges of Felon in Possession for possessing the rifle and shotgun, and 2 charges of Armed Career Criminal for allegedly possessing the rifle and shotgun after already being convicted of felonies - 4/4/2022
    • Police say these alleged thefts happened between 9/29 and 10/3 2019, in Manchester New Hampshire
  • A report from the Massachusetts office of the child advocate is released, outlining several mistakes Massachusetts agencies allegedly made, regarding the girl's care before she living in New Hampshire and eventually vanished. - 5/4/2022
  • Officials searched Adam and Kayla Montgomery's former apartment, hauling out a fridge. Investigators were assisted by a sewer plumbing team. - 6/14 -- 6/15 2022
  • Attorney General John Formella says investigators now believe Harmony was killed in early December 2019; and that it is now a homicide investigation. - 8/11/2022
  • Some of the evidence prosecutors had hoped to introduce in Adam's firearms trial can't be admitted, the judge rules. - 10/20/2022
  • Attorney General John Formella announces that Adam Montgomery was arrested and charged with 2nd Degree Murder in the death of Harmony Montgomery. - 10/24/2022
    • Court documents show that Kayla Montgomery told thr investigators details about thr killing of Harmony back in June.
  • Adam Montgomery is indicted by a grand jury on a charge of 2nd Degree Murder in the killing of Harmony Montgomery. - 1/26/2023
  • Manchester, N.H Police, Massachusetts State Police and other Law Enforcement agencies searched the wetlands along Route 107 in Revere. - 4/7/2023
    • New Hampshire Attorney General's office confirms that the search is related to the Harmony Montgomery case.
  • an Affidavit is released, detailing the investigation of Harmony Montgomery's death. Police believe that Adam Montgomery had punched her several times in the face on 12/7/2019, killing her. - 6/20/2023
    • Also describes ways in which Adam allegedly hid her body.
  • Adam Montgomery is sentenced to decades in prison for his weapons' case. - 8/7/2023
    • Adam Montgomery makes a statement before he's announced, urging the judge not to consider thr charges he's facing in Harmony's death.
"I did not kill my daughter Harmony, and I look forward to my upcoming trial to refute those offensive claims", he said.
    • Also mentions his struggles with drug addiction.
"I could have had a meaningful life, and I blew that opportunity through drugs, but I love my daughter unconditionally, and I did not kill her".
    • Harmony's mother was in the courtroom at the time, and says that she didn't believe him.
"He wants people to feel sympathy for him; he's trying to be a victim".

Adam Montgomery's attorneys are asking the judge to block some information being brought up in testimony, including allegations that he abused romantic partners, neglected care for Harmony, sold drugs and sold firearms.

Patricia LaFrance, a legal analyst, said that under procedural rules, the prosecutors will have to make the case that those alleged actions are directly linked to Harmony's murder.

The defence team is also asking for info about his estranged wife, Kayla Montgomery, to be allowed; seeking to include elements of her criminal record, including convictions for drugs and lying under oath.
According to court records, Kayla Montgomery is the one who told investigators that Adam Montgomery killed his daughter Harmony.


Harmony Montgomery's body has not been found as of this posting.

Adam Montgomery, Harmony's Father




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