Convicted child killer Adam Montgomery attempted to throw investigators off by telling them they were wasting their time searching for 5-year-old Harmony Montgomery.
As CrimeOnline previously reported, jurors at the Hillsborough County Superior Court in New Hampshire found Montgomery guilty Thursday afternoon of second-degree murder, second-degree assault, falsifying evidence, abuse of a corpse, and tampering with witnesses.
Throughout the two-week trial, prosecutors presented evidence that showed Montgomery beat Harmony, took opioids, and then ordered food at Burger King while she succumbed to her injuries in the back seat of his car.
On Tuesday, as prosecutors concluded their case, they played an audio recording of Montgomery talking from jail with a friend in 2022. In the recorded conversation, Montgomery was overheard discussing the extensive search efforts conducted by federal and local authorities to locate, Harmony, last seen alive in 2019.
“They had the FBI and everyone there digging up the river, dude. They wasted their time,” Montgomery said, according to DailyMail. “Like, way to just waste taxpayers’ money, I guess.”
As CrimeOnline previously reported, the incident happened on December 7, 2019, while Harmony, the defendant, Kayla Montgomery (the defendant’s former wife), and the couple’s other children lived in a Chrysler Sebring after an apartment eviction.
While Montgomery drove the vehicle on the day in question, he turned his body and repeatedly struck Harmony’s face and head while she sat in the rear passenger side. He continued to hit her until he became concerned after the final blow, Kayla said, according to an arrest affidavit.
Prosecutor Christopher Knowles said during opening statements that Montgomery placed a fast food order after beating his daughter, and then showed no concern for the victim as he ate his meal.
“Adam Montgomery was no loving father. He was an enraged titan who had no business being around Harmony,” Prosecutor Ben Agati added. “On the day of Harmony’s death, all he has is his car, his rage, his fists. After he learns Harmony soiled herself in the car.”
“He took her life in rage over a bathroom accident. ‘I think I hurt her this time,’ that’s what he believed.”
Police received a call from Harmony’s biological mother, Crystal Sorey, on November 18, 2021, who said she hadn’t seen Harmony in two years. Sorey told police that Montgomery had physical custody of Harmony and she couldn’t get in touch with him.
Sorey lost custody of Harmony in 2018 due to drug issues. Adam Montgomery, according to Sorey, blocked her calls and blocked her from social media, and didn’t allow her to speak to Harmony after Easter 2019.
New Hampshire police reached out to the New Hampshire Department of Children’s Services to locate Adam Montgomery after learning Harmony “had not been physically seen since October/November 2019.”
Although she hasn’t been located, officials declared Harmony deceased last year.
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