Harmony Montgomery: A Child is Missing

This is part one of a two part series. Part two will be released on July 2nd.

Harmony Montgomery’s early years

Harmony Montgomery was born on June 7th, 2014 to her mother, Crystal Sorey, who was 24, and her father, Adam Montgomery, who was 25 and in prison.

Harmony had health difficulties from birth. She was diagnosed with something called holoprosencephaly, or HPE, as a newborn. Doctors told Crystal that Harmony was blind in both eyes and had less than a year to live.

From the very first days after Harmony’s birth, the Haverhill, Massachusetts, Department of Children and Families, or DCF, was involved. They “got three reports alleging neglect of the newborn” due to Crystal’s substance use in June of 2014. They gave Crystal a chance to get off drugs, but in August, DCF took legal action in juvenile court and removed Harmony, placing her instead with a foster family. The goal, at first, was for Harmony to return to her mother’s care—also known as “reunification.”

Harmony’s foster mom noticed that when she was feeding Harmony that she was tracking the spoon with one of her eyes. She brought this to the attention of her doctor team, and they ended up revising the diagnosis. It was changed to septo-optic dysplasia or SOD, which was good news. The prognosis wasn’t fatal—the main impact early on was that she was still considered legally blind in one of her eyes.

Starting in September of 2014, DCF started trying to reach Harmony’s father, who was still in prison. In December, they succeeded in getting in touch with him. He asked for a visit with Harmony, and in January of 2015, that happened. When Harmony was 6 months old in January 2015, Adam met his daughter for the first time in the visitation room of his prison.

In July of 2015, the DCF team had an important meeting called a “Permanency Planning Conference,” and because of the length of time she had been in foster care during the first year of her life (7 out of her 12 months), they decided that her permanency goal was no longer reunification—they changed it to adoption. They wanted to find a family to permanently adopt Harmony.

For the rest of 2015, Harmony remained with the Rafterys. In September of 2015, Adam got out of prison, moved to New Hampshire, and a month later started dating his future wife, Kayla Rivera.

In June of 2016, Harmony turned two years old. She had been with her foster family for 19 out of her 24 months of life—which is 80%. This same month, there was another “Foster Care Review” meeting held by DCF, and they re-confirmed that Harmony’s permanency goal remained adoption.

In October 2016, after more than a year of silence, Adam contacted DCF and expressed interest in seeing his daughter. In the five months between October 2016 and February 2017, Adam saw Harmony at least once a month.

In February 2017, the office in Massachusetts handling Harmony’s case changed because Crystal moved. With fresh eyes, they concluded that Crystal appeared to be more stable, was “participating in her services,” and was consistently visiting Harmony. They had an internal meeting and decided to change Harmony’s permanency goal back to reunification. Harmony was two-and-a-half years old and had spent 85% of her life with a temporary foster family.

The next month, March of 2017, Harmony was returned to Crystal’s care full time. But when Harmony was about three-and-a-half, in January 2018, there were new reports coming in of neglect—which seemed to be coded language meaning that Crystal had relapsed again. DCF removed Harmony from the situation and for a third time, she was given to the Rafterys, the same foster family she had spent much of her life with. They expressed their frustration to DCF—they believed that Harmony was experiencing trauma with the repeated removal and reunification with her mom. Her behavioral issues had intensified and her needs had expanded. Three months into this final stint with the Rafterys, they made the difficult decision to return Harmony to DCF.

In June, for Harmony’s 4th birthday, DCF had another Foster Care Review meeting and noted that Crystal had been consistent in her scheduled visits and was participating fully in her recommended action plan. Adam’s involvement remained minimal. The permanency goal remained reunification with Crystal.

In August, Adam resumed supervised visits with Harmony. He would continue to see her one to two times per month for five months. In October, in the midst of this burst of involvement in Harmony’s life, Adam too went to the juvenile court system and requested his own “review and redetermination hearing.” It was also scheduled for February 2019 to coincide with the one that Crystal had requested.

Adam Montgomery gets custody of Harmony

In December of 2018, Massachusetts DCF requested that their counterparts in New Hampshire conduct a home visit and evaluate Adam’s ability to care for Harmony. This report is called an ICPC, which stands for Interstate Compact Place of Children. These types of reports can take months to produce, but because of the impending hearing, this one was ordered to be expedited.

Meanwhile, DCF held an internal meeting and determined that Crystal was “unstable in her sobriety and inconsistent with her visits with Harmony.” As a result of Adam’s recent interest in Harmony’s life and his compliance with DCF requirements leading up to the hearing, the review panel changed their permanency goal from reunification with Crystal to reunification with Adam. Yet, one week later, they changed course again. They held an internal meeting, a “Permanency Planning Conference,” and returned to the goal of adoption. At this point, DCF had sole legal custody over Harmony, who was now four-and-a-half.

Incredibly, Crystal missed the February hearing. She had been double-booked by the courts, and she hadn’t sorted out the problem. She had given birth to another child back in December 2016. He was now 2 years old, and like with Harmony, DCF was involved. There was a family interested in adopting him, and there was a hearing scheduled at the exact same time as Harmony’s hearing. Both of her lawyers attended their respective hearings, and Crystal chose to attend her son’s hearing.

There were four lawyers at Harmony’s hearing: one represented DCF Massachusetts, one represented Crystal, one represented Adam, and one represented Harmony herself.

Obviously, Adam’s lawyer presented a case that he was a capable and fit parent. Adam himself took the stand to testify about his life. He looked the part, too: Adam was handsome, young, and white. He was married to Kayla, who was likely in the courtroom with their two boys—one of whom who had just been born 3 weeks before the hearing.

The attorney for Crystal, incredibly, spoke up early in the hearing and said that they had spoken to Crystal and that she, too, supported Harmony being placed with Adam. Crystal herself later expressed outrage in an interview to News Nation that she had been treated unfairly on that day.

The attorney for Harmony said that Harmony herself had expressed her own preference to live with her father. Though there were options, this attorney decided to take Harmony at her word and supported her placement with Adam—someone who had seen Harmony a total of about 40 hours over four-and-a-half years.

The only attorney that opposed the placement was the attorney for Massachusetts DCF. They opposed it on the grounds that Adam was unfit. After all, here was a guy that had an extensive criminal history and a terrible track record with his daughter. They said, at a minimum, any decision should be postponed until the ICPC report on Adam was completed.

The Office of the Child Advocate (OCA) eventually delivered a scathing review of the DCF attorney’s performance. They said the most glaring omission from this hearing was any discussion about Harmony’s special needs. This was a little girl who had a challenging medical condition, significant trauma, and behavioral and emotional regulation issues. What had Adam done to demonstrate that he was capable of providing for Harmony in a way that met her unique needs?

But the judge was likely unaware of these issues, and three of the four attorneys seemed to be in agreement.

So, the judge made a sweeping decision—a decision that would later be criticized by the OCA in their report, saying it was not even in line with Massachusetts caselaw. Even the governor himself of New Hampshire, Chris Sununu, would later write to the chief justice in Massachusetts, pressing for a full investigation into the decision. Nonetheless, the judge awarded full custody of Harmony to Adam. They ordered DCF to close the case on Harmony. They waived the ICPC report requirement. The judge even made phone calls to offices in New Hampshire to be sure that the decision would go through despite the lacking ICPC report. It was a done deal.

Harmony’s move to New Hampshire

Things moved quickly. About a week after the hearing, Adam took Harmony from Massachusetts to New Hampshire.

He was living at 77 Gilford Street in Manchester. It is a small 3-bedroom that Adam’s grandmother owned, though she didn’t live there—she had moved to Florida just a month prior. Adam lived there with his wife, Kayla, and their two young boys, as well as Adam’s uncle, Kevin Montgomery.

Crystal would occasionally have calls with Harmony. She had a Facetime call with Harmony on Easter of 2019. Little did she know, that would be the last time she would ever see her daughter.

In June of 2019, Adam’s uncle moved out. Before going, he placed a call to the New Hampshire Division for Children, Youth and Families, which we’ll refer to as DCYF. He told them that Adam and Kayla were doing drugs and that there was no electricity in the home. This was New Hampshire’s first involvement with Harmony. Both DCYF and Manchester PD responded. The Montgomery’s were getting by using a generator to power key things like the refrigerator

In late July, Adam’s uncle Kevin returned from Florida. When he got back, he noticed that Harmony had a fading bruise around her eye. He pieced together the story and called DCYF. About a week prior, Adam had asked Harmony to watch her little half-brother for a while. She had just turned five in June. When Adam returned to the room, she was trying to hold her hand over the little boy’s mouth to stop him from crying. She didn’t want to upset Adam. According to Kevin, Adam struck her in the face with his fist. Kevin later relayed to police that Adam had told him, “I bashed her around the house.” Harmony was left with a black eye.

On July 29th, a social worker from DCYF came by to do a home visit. His name is Demetrios, and he would become more involved with the Montgomery household. He saw Adam leaving with Harmony in the car just as he was arriving. Crystal later said that he and Adam were friends. Demetrios said that though the house was messy and it smelled like dog, it was safe.

Oddly, he didn’t speak to Harmony. The thrust of Kevin’s complaint was that Harmony was abused by her father, but during this visit Demetrios didn’t speak to Adam or Harmony. Kayla was covering for Adam, saying that there was bad blood between him and his uncle, and that his uncle was making trouble for them, and there was nothing to worry about.

Also in July, the home was listed for sale, and the sale would be recorded in 45 days, which is very quick, for $187,000. The new owner would have to deal with their unwanted tenants—Adam and Kayla—who they would have to forcibly evict.

On August 7th, two weeks after the assault was reported, Demetrios returned to 77 Gilford and met with Adam for a scheduled home visit. He met with Harmony and noted that she had an injury near her eye that was still healing. Adam told him that he “bought foam bats for the children,” and that his son swung his toy plastic lightsaber and struck Harmony in the corner of the eye. He met with Harmony, who was in a good mood and was watching a movie. He asked her what happened to her eye, and she echoed her father’s story. Adam was cooperative and allayed the social worker’s fears.

Though he wouldn’t be caught and charged for months, in late September, Adam stole two guns from another Manchester couple. Adam was a felon, and he wasn’t allowed to have guns. This would later come back to haunt him.

In late November, Kayla was fired from her job at Dunkin’ Donuts, and the clock on the eviction had finally come to an end. On Wednesday, November 27th, the entire Montgomery family was evicted. They had no place to go, and they were living out of their 4-door sedan. They moved to the parking lot of a friend and drug dealer named Anthony Bodero, who went by “Tone Capone.” The name of the large apartment complex that he lived in was Colonial Village—a sprawling network of 3-story apartment buildings with hundreds of units.

On December 2nd, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, there was an accident reported to insurance, involving the front end of the Sebring. It still seemed to be drivable, though.

Tensions were mounting. They had no home, their vehicle was damaged, Kayla had lost her job, it’s unclear if Adam was working. Adam and Kayla were both using heroin and crack cocaine. Harmony was having accidents in the car. It was a mess.

Things went completely off the rails on the morning of Saturday, December 7th, 2019.

Day of Harmony’s murder: December 7th, 2019

Around 2:00AM or 3:00AM on that Saturday morning, Adam woke up and discovered that 5-year-old Harmony had soiled herself. Instead of changing her, Adam punched her ten-to-fifteen times in the face, (according to Kayla).

At 7:04AM that morning, Kayla got her dose of methadone at a local clinic, and Adam followed her at 7:09AM.

They returned to the car, and Adam started driving again. He realized at that moment that Harmony had had another accident. Adam was furious that she wasn’t telling them when she needed to use the restroom.

Harmony was seated in the back seat on the right. Adam was in the driver’s seat. He turned, craning himself over the center partition, and “delivered sets of 3 to 4 blows several times over the course of a few minutes to Harmony’s head and face.” After the last set of punches, he told Kayla, “I think I really hurt her this time. I think I did something.” Harmony began moaning for about 5 minutes and then stopped. This all happened on Route 3 on the way to a Burger King in Manchester.

Adam returned to the Colonial Village Apartment parking lot. Kayla said that Adam had her get some heroin and fentanyl from Tone and that they did some drugs in the parking lot for about 20 minutes. They got back on the road again mid-morning in the Sebring, and then the vehicle broke down at the intersection of Elm Street and Webster. The five of them were in the car (Adam, Kayla, the two boys, and Harmony). They were trying to get the kids bundled, but Harmony wasn’t responsive. When they looked more closely they realized that Harmony wasn’t breathing. She didn’t have a pulse. Harmony Montgomery was dead.

Adam moved quickly. He knew that he didn’t have much time before a cop would stop to check on their stalled vehicle. He took a large duffel bag from the back of the Sebring and started to improvise. They were only a quarter-mile away from the Colonial Village apartment complex, so they decided to walk back—Kayla with the boys, Adam with the duffel.

When they got back, they went straight to Tone and asked him if he could help. He offered them a place to stay—his Audi S4—which was in the Colonial Village parking lot.

According to records from Manchester Police, the abandoned car was discovered just after noon, and it was towed from the spot about an hour later. It was never recovered by Adam or Kayla and eventually made its way to a salvage lot.

Dec. 2019—March 2020: The movement of the body

For the next 3 months, Adam would keep Harmony’s body close to him, like a lingering albatross, transferring it again and again to different nooks and hidey holes.

Adam, Kayla, and their two surviving kids lived in Tone’s Audi “for a couple of days” with Harmony’s body in the trunk in the duffel. Kayla later said that Adam would often keep the heavy duffel outside of the vehicle, in the cold New Hampshire weather, to slow the decomposition of the body.

According to location data later recovered by the police, the Montgomery family was last in the Colonial Village parking lot on Sunday, December 8th, just one day after Harmony was killed.

They eventually moved in with Kayla’s mother, Christina, who lived at 258 Dubuque Street in Manchester in an apartment with her boyfriend, John. They had no vehicle, so they relied upon Christina and friends to help them get around.

At points, Harmony’s body was stored under the porch, but for the majority of their time on Dubuque Street, her remains were hidden in a red cooler with a white hinged top that was kept in the common corridors of the apartment house. Adam likely picked the corridor because it was winter time and it was not a heated area of the interior. The cool air would slow the degradation.

While living on Dubuque Street, Adam and Kayla worked on finding a better living arrangement, and on December 30th, in the week between Christmas and New Years of 2019, Adam, Kayla, and the two boys moved to a Manchester shelter called “Families in Transition” (FIT). They would live at FIT for about 2 months—through February 20th.

Adam kept Harmony’s body in the infamous duffel bag in the ceiling of their unit. He removed a ductwork vent that laid in a ceiling grid, pushing it out of the way, and stuck his head up above the ceiling plane in an empty space called the plenum. This would be the first time that the body was kept in an area that was a fully-heated interior space, and in short order, it started to badly stink. Adam took the whole duffel and put it into plastic trash bags—an attempt to contain the liquid and the stench—and returned it to its hiding spot above the bunk beds where they slept.

The living arrangements at FIT are compact, so there were other families in close proximity. And unsurprisingly, there were multiple smell complaints about Adam and Kayla’s unit. When they showed up, Adam had moved the black-and-red duffel to a shut closet and cleaned the top of the ceiling. Maintenance guessed that it had likely been a dead animal.

On January 8th, DCYF got a call about the Montgomery family. They visited FIT Shelter and ended up speaking with Adam. He told them that Harmony was with her mom in Massachusetts and had been with her since Thanksgiving. Later that month, DCYF New Hampshire called Crystal Sorey and left a voicemail asking to confirm Harmony’s address, but she didn’t return the call. This is likely the first point at which the alarm could have been raised about Harmony’s disappearance, but she would not be reported missing for another year and nine months.

In mid-January, Adam got a job at a restaurant called Portland Pie Company (a Maine born company) that had a location in Manchester (that has since closed). He was a dishwasher and a cook.

On about February 7th, 2020, Kayla pushed a stroller to Portland Pie Company. The stroller was large and had room for the two boys and a large plastic bin. Inside the plastic bin was the duffel bag. Adam took the bag and stored it at his work in the Portland Pie Co. cooler for “a week or two,” with Harmony’s body inside—after which he brought it back to FIT Shelter.

Around this same time Kayla became pregnant with her third child with Adam.

On February 20, 2020, the family of four (with one on the way) moved into their final home together—644 Union Street, Apartment #2, in Manchester. At some point, they realized that the plastic tote bin was leaking, so Adam took the duffel out, put it in another trash bag and put it in their refrigerator.

One day, Adam removed the body from the fridge and took it to the bathroom, where he spent the next 4-6 hours, with the water of the shower running the whole time. Kayla has explained the timing of this event a couple of ways—it’s inconsistent—but the crux of the account is that Harmony’s body was transferred. Adam removed Harmony’s body from the large bag, Kayla helped to cut her clothes off her body, and then Adam used the shower to wash off fluids. Kayla later said that Harmony’s body was still fairly intact—she could still make out who she was. He then put her body into a Catholic Medical Center (CMC) branded “maternity bag,”—a substantially smaller bag than the duffel.

The story, as recalled by Kayla, ends on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020. Adam asked a friend of his, Travis Beach, if he could help him rent a U-Haul. Travis got a friend named Brendon Middleton to rent a U-Haul cargo van and drove it to the Econo Lodge in Manchester on Hancock Street. A woman named Britney Bedard had rented two rooms at the Econo Lodge—one for the Montgomery family and another for Travis and her. According to Kayla, Adam had brought Harmony’s body with him. Shortly after arriving with the van, Brendon gave the keys to Adam. The five of them went to one of their hotel rooms and smoked some crack cocaine.

According to Kayla, Adam left around 1:00AM with the U-Haul van and the maternity bag and returned around 5:00AM. Kayla said that Adam didn’t want her to know where he had gone in case it was later discovered that Harmony was dead. On his return, he said something to the effect of “It’s done.”

The U-Haul’s license plate was registered at a toll station in Boston—The Maurice Tobin Memorial Bridge. The van passed the toll reader going north at 4:44AM, going south a minute later, and then going north again at 5:25AM. In no case did the van stop to pay the toll. This doesn’t quite line up with the timeframe Kayla provided—she said Adam had returned by 5:00AM, but the drive time from the Tobin Bridge back to the Econo Lodge is about an hour and a half, putting him back, at the earliest, around 7:00AM, two hours later than she told police in interviews.

At 1:47PM Adam returned the U-Haul to their location on Willow Street in Manchester. It’s not clear what the van was used for, if anything, between 7:00AM and 1:47PM that day. The total rental mileage was 133 miles. The distance from the U-Haul location… to the Econo Lodge… to the bridge… and then back… was 110 miles, which is 21 miles less than the total mileage driven during the rental.

2021 – Harmony Montgomery is reported missing

It was in the new year, 2021, that things started to change again.

In March, Kayla took the three kids and left Adam. She said that Adam physically assaulted her—and it wasn’t the first time. She moved in with her mom again.

On June 27th, Crystal showed some interest in locating Harmony. She posted a video on Tiktok with a slideshow of pictures of her daughter. She left a comment on her own video a month later, saying, “She’s not quite missing… her father has her and hasn’t let me see or talk to her in 2 years! For no reason but just to hurt me… She’s in Manchester somewhere. I need to find her!”

In September 2021, the search for Harmony started to heat up. One of Crystal’s friends contacted New Hampshire DCYF and explained that her mother hadn’t seen Harmony since April of 2019, two-and-a-half years ago. On September 10th, DCYF contacted the school district looking for Harmony, and learned that she had never been enrolled in school. DCYF then attempted to contact Adam and Kayla.

They must have been ducking DCYF, because things fizzled out for a couple of months. During this period, Kayla saw and spoke to Adam for the last time.

On November 18th, Crystal reported Harmony missing to Manchester PD. Police notified DCYF to look into it.

On December 27th, DCYF notified the police that they couldn’t find Harmony either, so Manchester PD started contacting Adam’s family. On December 28th, they got in touch with Kayla. She told the police that she had no idea where Harmony was—that Adam had told her that he returned her to her mom around Thanksgiving of the previous year.

And finally, on December 31st of 2021, Manchester Police held a press conference, saying:

“Manchester police received a report that Harmony Montgomery hasn’t been seen since late 2019. The circumstances surrounding this prolonged absence are concerning, and are thoroughly being investigated as we speak.”

This text has been adapted from the Murder, She Told podcast episode, Harmony Montgomery, Part One: A Child is Missing. To hear Harmony’s full story, find Murder, She Told on your favorite podcast platform. Part 2 will be released on July 2nd.

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Adam and Kayla Montgomery’s home, 77 Gilford St., Manchester, NH

Harmony’s room, decorated with a Mickie Mouse theme, at Adam and Kayla Montgomery’s home, 77 Gilford St., Manchester, NH (Zillow)

Adam Montgomery and Kayla Montgomery stayed here after Harmony’s death (Kayla’s mother’s apartment on Dubuque St, Manchester) (Google Maps)

FIT Shelter, Adam and Kayla’s room, ceiling vent, Harmony's body stored here (NH DOJ)

Police press conference on the search for missing person, Harmony Montgomery, 12/31/2021 (Boston25)

Crystal Sorey, conducting interviews after the announcement Harmony is missing (NewsNation)

Search of 77 Gilford St., Manchester, NH (WMUR)

Search of 77 Gilford St., Manchester, NH (NewsNation)

Murder trial of Adam Montgomery, cooler used to store Harmony’s remains (Law & Crime)

Sources For This Episode

Newspaper articles

Various articles from the Associated Press, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, CNN Wire service, Daily Star, Insider, New Hampshire Union Leader, TCA Regional News, The Daily Beast, The Haverhill Gazette, The Independent, The Telegraph, USA Today, Washington Post, all listed here.

Primary authors were Dean Shalhoup, Dugan Arnett, Gabriela Miranda, Jeffrey Hastings, John Ellement, John Hilliard, Jonathan Phelps, Josie Albertson-Grove, Kathy McCormack, Marie Szaniszlo, Marisa Iati, Mark Hayward, and Pilar Melendez.

Official documents

2014-01-24 - Narrative regarding Jan 2014 shooting

2014-02-04 - Adam Montgomery's docket record for Jan 2014 shooting

2014-02-04 - Detective narrative underlying charge against Adam for Jan 2014 shooting

2019-06-02 - Medical report on Harmony Montgomery from Catholic Medical Center

2019-07-07 - Manchester PD report regarding 77 Gilford St

2019-07-10 - Manchester PD report regarding 77 Gilford St

2019-08-05 - Manchester PD report regarding 77 Gilford St

2019-08-19 - Manchester PD report regarding 77 Gilford St

2019-08-21 - Manchester PD report regarding 77 Gilford St

2019-09-05 - Manchester PD report regarding 77 Gilford St

2019-09-11 - Manchester PD report regarding 77 Gilford St

2019-09-11 - Manchester PD report, Kevin and Adam confrontation (1 of 2)

2019-09-11 - Manchester PD report, Kevin and Adam confrontation (2 of 2)

2019-09-12 - DCYF report

2019-09-18 - Manchester PD report regarding 77 Gilford St

2019-10-07 - DCYF summary of Harmony's case

2019-11-05 - Manchester PD report, Adam's friend took Sebring

2019-11-29 - Adam's Chrysler Sebring - Carfax accident report

2019-12-02 - Adam's Chrysler Sebring - Carfax accident report

2020-01-12 - Manchester PD report regarding 77 Gilford St

2021-07-06 - Application by Christina Lubin for restraining order against Adam Montgomery (1 of 2)

2021-07-06 - Application by Christina Lubin for restraining order against Adam Montgomery (2 of 2)

2021-12-29 - Email from Crystal to the mayor of Manchester

2021-12-29 - Response from mayor's office to Crystal

2022-01-04 - Detective report from Manchester PD

2022-01-05 - Supporting affidavit, Adam Montgomery assault against Harmony,

2022-01-05 - Bail order for Adam (bail not granted)

2022-01-06 - Kayla bail requirements

2022-01-09 - Narrative recap of interview of Roseanne Smith (Manchester PD)

2022-01-12 - Crystal text to Brian Entin

2022-01-18 - Letter from Gov. Sununu to MA SJC (1 of 2)

2022-01-18 - Letter from Gov. Sununu to MA SJC (2 of 2)

2022-02-25 - NH AG's report on Harmony, update to the public

2022-05-01 - Office of the Child Advocate, Massachusetts (OCA-MA) investigative report

2022-07-19 - Detective narrative (Manchester PD)

2022-10-21 - Supporting affidavit, murder charge against Adam Montgomery

2022-11-15 - Kayla's deal with state for testifying against Adam

2023-03-16 - Interview of Kayla Montgomery (transcript)

2023-12-13 - Defense motion in limine, exclude defendant's pre-arrest silence

2023-12-21 - Defense motion in limine, admit impeachment evidence against Kayla Montgomery

2023-12-21 - Defense motion in limine, exclude defendant's prior bad acts

2023-12-21 - Defense motion in limine, exclude purchase of pelletized limestone

2024-01-02 - State's opposition to defense's motion to exclude prior bad acts

2024-01-04 - Defense motion in limine, marital privilege

2024-01-04 - Defense witness list

2024-01-08 - State's motion in limine, exclude defendant's prior statements

2024-01-08 - State's witness list (amended)

2024-01-10 - Defense response to state's opposition to defense motion in limine to exclude limestone purchase

2024-01-12 - Defense response to state's opposition to defense motion to exclude prior bad acts

2024-01-14 - Defense response to state's opposition to defense motion in limine to impeach Kayla

2024-01-15 - Defense motion to sever assault and murder charges

2024-01-15 - Defense opposition to state's motion in limine to defendant's own prior statements

2024-01-15 - State's opposition to defense motion in limine, marital privilege

2024-01-16 - Defense witness list supplement

2024-01-17 - Defense response to state's response to defense motion to sever

2024-01-19 - Defense motion in limine, to admit impeachment evidence

2024-01-25 - Judge's omnibus order on motions

2024-01-25 - Judge order on motion to sever (denied)

2024-02-01 - State's witness list, amended

Photos

Photos from Google Maps, various newspaper articles, and as credited above.

Credits

Research, vocal performance, and audio editing by Kristen Seavey

Research, photo editing, and writing by Byron Willis

Murder, She Told is created by Kristen Seavey.

Harmony Montgomery’s early years

Adam Montgomery gets custody of Harmony

Harmony’s move to New Hampshire

Day of Harmony’s murder: December 7th, 2019

Dec. 2019—March 2020: The movement of the body

2021 – Harmony Montgomery is reported missing

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Harmony Montgomery: A Child is Missing

Harmony Montgomery’s early years

Adam Montgomery gets custody of Harmony

Harmony’s move to New Hampshire

Day of Harmony’s murder: December 7th, 2019

Dec. 2019—March 2020: The movement of the body

2021 – Harmony Montgomery is reported missing

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