N.H. dad convicted of killing missing 5-year-old daughter Harmony Montgomery

MANCHESTER, N.H. (TCD) — A 34-year-old man has been discovered responsible of a number of costs, together with homicide, for killing his lacking 5-year-old daughter, Concord Montgomery. Her physique has not but been discovered.

The Manchester Police Division introduced Thursday, Feb. 22, {that a} jury convicted Adam Montgomery of second-degree homicide, second-degree assault, falsifying proof, witness tampering, and abuse of a corpse. Montgomery’s trial started about two weeks in the past and concerned his legal professional telling the jury they “can and will” convict him of falsifying proof and abuse of a corpse.

Concord Montgomery was reported lacking in January 2022, although the New Hampshire Lawyer Common’s Workplace stated she was almost certainly killed in December 2019.

In accordance with Montgomery’s possible trigger affidavit, Concord Montgomery’s mom, Crystal Sorey, contacted Manchester Police on Nov. 18, 2021, to report she had not seen her daughter in six months and that the woman was in Adam Montgomery’s custody. Neither Manchester Police nor the Division for Youngsters, Youth, and Households might find Concord Montgomery, so investigators started trying into her whereabouts.

Adam Montgomery’s spouse, Kayla Montgomery, instructed investigators the household acquired evicted from their house in Manchester someday earlier than Thanksgiving in 2019, in order that they ended up dwelling of their automobile of their good friend’s parking zone. Adam Montgomery reportedly grew to become “extraordinarily upset” as a result of Concord Montgomery urinated within the automobile a number of instances. He would “get upset and would strike Concord within the face/head with a closed fist.”

On Dec. 7, 2019, Concord Montgomery reportedly had one other rest room accident within the automobile. Adam Montgomery circled whereas driving and reportedly punched her a number of instances. She began “making a moaning kind noise” for about 5 minutes, then stopped.

Their automobile broke down not lengthy after that, and so they discovered Concord unresponsive within the again seat. Adam Montgomery put her physique in a duffel bag and carried it with him whereas they moved round to completely different non permanent housing areas, together with Kayla Montgomery’s mom’s home.

He transported Concord Montgomery’s physique to a transition shelter, then put the bag in a ceiling vent. Adam Montgomery reportedly wrapped it in a trash bag as a result of there was “liquid coming from the bag” and he wished to “hold it from leaking.”

Investigators eliminated items of the ceiling vent and submitted it to a DNA lab for evaluation.

The outcomes got here again and stated, “The DNA profile obtained from the pattern is 4.1 billion instances extra possible if the pattern originated from Concord Montgomery and an unknown individual than if it originated from two unknown individuals.”

Adam Montgomery rented a U-Haul in spring 2020 and disposed of her physique, in accordance with the affidavit.

His attorneys, nonetheless, argue Kayla Montgomery truly killed Concord Montgomery.

Officers are persevering with to seek for the woman’s physique.

NBC Boston studies Senior Assistant Lawyer Common Ben Agati stated throughout closing arguments, “All he has is his automobile, and his rage, and his fists. She doesn’t get a gravestone within the floor above the top that he battered. She doesn’t get to be at peace and dying due to what he did, as a result of he can’t afford to inform anybody the place she is.”

Adam Montgomery is already serving a 30-year sentence for gun costs. He will probably be sentenced for these costs at a later date.

Manchester Police stated of their assertion, “This youngster’s disappearance and mindless dying caught the eye of many, and whereas the decision doesn’t erase this tragedy, we hope it sends a transparent message that Concord’s quick life was valued, and she or he deserved a lot extra. Adam Montgomery’s actions have been incomprehensible and horrific, and he will probably be held accountable for his crimes.”

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