Dad Who Allegedly Beat Harmony Montgomery To Death Admits To Moving Daughter’s Corpse
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
- In a surprise turn before his trial even started, the New Hampshire man accused of murdering his 5-year-old daughter pleaded guilty to abusing a corpse and falsifying evidence. Adam Montgomery faces several other criminal charges including second-degree murder for the death of Harmony Montgomery. Law&Crime's Sierra Gillespie breaks down the case and the key witnesses to take the stand so far.
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The judge that gave custody to Adam should be charged with manslaughter.
@@iamcharissanicoleThe mother lost her daughter due to drug use.
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@@iamcharissanicoleshe didn’t report her missing for 2 years. Mom is as guilty as stepmom and dad.
The poor kid never had a chance😢
Exactly doll. It's despicable. Judge should be in prison!
There is more than one adult who let this little girl down and they all deserve to be held accountable.
And the judge that gave her scumbag father, Adam, custody of her..
yea they show this in the video
Yes the System did as well He should’ve never been given custody w/his history
Agreed. Her own mother does not deserve sympathy. She knew this man was a terror! And she let her baby be with him anyway. If a normal person knew this they'd throw a fit everyday on the steps of a police station until somebody listened.
From what I remember the defendants uncle raise the alarm with DCFS and the whole family about what he had witnessed but nothing was done. Suprise suprise
I wish the judge that gave custody to Adam would be held accountable
@@carem5807 it’s easy to think that- but the way the law works- judges are strongly encouraged to keep children with biological parents - it’s not clear cut where kids are safest- plenty of them are horribly abused in foster care. They aren’t safe anywhere anymore.
I don't have children and probably never will but she is just too precious... I honestly can't believe that she suffered such a horrible ending.
I agree. I can't have children and probably wouldn't be able to adopt. It seems some people have children they don't want and could go to a family who does want to be a parent and to love a child unconditionally 😢
@@SofaSleuthingit’s easier if you foster them adopt. Cheaper too. I was able to foster 3 kiddos in a two bedroom apt. :) we made it work . They called and asked if I would take them
Actually and I was worried about the lack of space but it was fine
@@weekendnomad5038those kids have the worze stories
Living in a car....its not like she had a bathroom
Yes and with all the bruises he wouldn‘t want to let her go to public restrooms besides the drug related paranoia he might have had on top of that. Harmony‘s wellbeing was his last priority😭
Don‘t think Kayla killed her but she did nothing to avoid it😢 Seems to me she was so dependent on him emotionally and for the drugs. Addiction is strong/ a severe problem and when both parents ( both primary care takers) are addicted no child should be under their care!!! I‘ve witnessed too much neglection even with non violent addicts there‘s nothing in such a household benefitting a child in any way. Why was that poor girl and two boys in their care?! Child protection services take away kids from much less problematic circumstances…Poor sweet Harmony, can‘t imagine how scared and lost she must have felt😭😭😭💔
Not to mention, when you gotta pee are you going to interrupt the violent man who's screaming about finding his next fix?
Exactly poor kid had no access to a bathroom...accidents that's absurd
The two states also failed harmony...
poor little angel. omg
He can’t even come to his own trial. What a pathetic monster.
How is that allowed?
he did tho.
@shabanadawood6156 a defendant in many states is allowed to option of being in person or not at their trial.
The amount of rage unleashed on that precious little girl is mind blowing. Then to tote her around like a bag of trash. SMH. He’s clearly a monster. But HIS WIFE! To sit there and watch what he did to that little girl and to do nothing! Wasn’t she afraid that he’d do the same thing to her children? This world is out of control.
What's sad is that no one listened back in 2019/20 when the fister family begged for help. While he still had her. I can't believe I remember this.
I just can’t wrap my head around how a judge thought Adam was the best choice! anyone would of been better and I mean anyone!
Supposedly everything was kept from the judge, and he went on CPS recommendations. They aren't telling us everything, but I'm going out on a limb thinking many people in CPS were held accountable. We just saw testimony from the CPS case worker who took Harmony's anonymous report, 1st question "where are you currently employed?"...."The Post Office"...😬
The judge is almost on the verge of a manslaughter charge I feel.
She is responsible because her decision got that sweet girl killed.
The judge didn't, the state allowed it to happen. DCF of MASS is also to blame
@AliceA333 the judge did NOT do his homework, extremely negligent. Also, Chrystal was unable to attend because she had a court case the same day for her son Jamison to be adopted. I a different court house. They refused to give her a continuance. She wasn't asking for custody in that case, she was trying to prevent Adam from getting custody. Harmony had a foster mother and father that would have adopted her in a heartbeat with the support of Chrystal. It's just sickening.
@@lizchlebeck8292 There are a few adults involved I'd like more info on, for my own sanity. I've only heard 1 Judge give an analysis on the Judge's decision & it wasn't too helpful. She basically said, paraphrased "the MA judge wasn't aware that CPS was missing crucial paperwork from NH, so the shady past of Adam wasn't visible". I'd love an actual analysis of what the judge had & if there was reason to believe it was complete, no speculation or missing data.
Anything is possible, the Judge may just be negligent or cruel. But with no motive to hurt Harmony & no questionable past cases, it feels more likely he bases his decisions on the same info in all cases & wasn't aware any was missing. And maybe that's so, since lawmakers from both states gathered in September to prevent this from happening again.
He's going to know what a beating feels like in prison
Pray God.
Your d*** right!!!! Prison justice I pray for that! That poor child❤
I hope to GOD.
I think that’s why he doesn’t want to be in court.
He doesn’t want people to see him for who he is. Which is a little girl beater.
I hope they give it to him in jail. I really do.
This man's narcissism is why he is not in court. If he can't control the narrative he wants no part of it.
He deserves the DP, unfortunately not an option with the charges. I truly believe this man is BEYOND redemption and deserves the absolute worst. He is a sadist and a narcissist. Chrystal (Harmonys mom) said he HATES woman, mom abandoned him... cry me a river. Do better CPS and the judge that granted cusdody has to live with this. I would love to hear some reasoning on why the custody case went the way it did. Purly shameful.
Death Sentence should be given.
No DP in NH, and 2nd degree murder doesn’t qualify anyway.
It's a second degree case, death is not on the table but he's already been sentenced to a minimum of 35 years for another charge, he's never getting out.
Not sure if NH has death penalty unfortunately
@@ochce1980 Look at the answer above yours. NH abolished the DP in 2019 & 2nd degree murder doesn't qualify anyway.
Adam's already in prison for at least 30 years.
I couldn't imagine selling your soul to be a defense attorney for this monster.
I know... I don't see how someone could defend this
Without defender attorneys killers go free
It's how our system works.
Harmony, Strangers like myself haven't forgotten about you. RIP sweet baby. xo
I have adopted her in my heart ❤️. she is always with me
She could have gone to police with the girl before he got to the point of murdering the child if she was innocent. Both are guilty.
Kayla's not guilty of murder.
@@stellaallbright4750
Wrong she’s just as guilty as Adam. Remember, she was still collecting food stamps for Harmony, when she knew Harmony was deceased.. she’s a partner in crime and now she’s pointing the finger at Adam thinking that it’s going to get her neck out of the ringer.
Somehow someone finds a way to blame the woman as much as the girl's OWN FATHER
@@Dongdong497 yea because she died in her "stepmoms" custody.
@stellaallbright4750 what do you think she should be charged with?
This is a true testament to two very incompetent parents who should never have been allowed to have children. They both are guilty in one form or another. RIP 🙏 sweet angel Harmony.
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She really didn't stand any kind of chance 😢 first her parents let her down and then the social worker and next the judge..😢
RIP Beautiful Harmony 🙏🙏 for Justice ⚖️
This is her stepmother.
Those are NOT parents. Period.
@@libertyna933hell bio mom failed her too!
What I still dont get is how it is possible that she wasn’t reported missing for over 2 years after she had disappeared!
Why is it only second degree murder? This is first degree! He tortured this girl for months until it becomes so normal to him that she passed away!
And why he dont have to show up in courtroom?
Rip little Harmony
It's probably second degree because Harmony hasn't been found yet.
You have to understand what the different degrees mean to understand why he got second. First requires planning and is premeditated. He didn't plan on killing Harmony, but he did beat her brutally and it resulted in her death. Hence, second degree instead of first
Most hated man in America?
Definitely a possibility.
There's Too Many child abusers to choose from these days 👿😞
Kayla should be sentence the same as Adam, but i personally believe that Adam is the one who killed his daughter.. Adam is so tough beating up a child and his wife isn't so tough now, he's hiding in his cell and won't come to court because he's a Evil Coward.
when i saw him walk into court smiling for the cameras in the beginning of the video, I just couldn't continue watching.
😂
I agree, I fully feel they are both responsible for Harmony's death. Kayla appears so cold and indifferent on the stand, I can't imagine the life this poor little girl had with these two monsters. So sad
This doesn’t make sense. You don’t like Kayla, which is understandable. But they are not equally culpable
How did he have custody? They were living in their car with kids. Plural. Poor baby
The state gave him custody and never checked his background. they should all be in jail too
@@DimanLaundry agreed
EVERYONE failed this poor girl 😥 Both Parents, DSS, Family and Friends 🤬
Especially Judge Mark Newman who gave custody to her murderer, instead of the foster parents who WANTED her. We need to hold these incompetent judges accountable.
@@irismckay6472agree strongly!!
Both are guilty. Both of them caused her death.
FALSE.
ADAM ALONE killed Harmony.
Kayla was an accessory to cover up the murder.
@@stellaallbright4750And as an accessory of the crime, she is also guilty of the murder. When three people rob a liquor store and one shoots the clerk to death, they all get charged with the murder. That's how the laws work. Kayla participated in the criminal activity surrounding Harmony's murder, therefore, she is guilty of the murder as well as the man who struck the final blow.
@@stellaallbright4750 they are both guilty. Kayla is just as guilty because she was collecting food stamps, fully well, knowing Harmony was deceased.
She’s trying to point the finger at Adam. She should get life if Adam gets life. She was a full participant.
She is just as guilty..she didn't give a sh about harmony
@@stellaallbright4750so she/ they’ve were there beating /watching how the child died☠️
This must be one of the most saddest cases I have ever heard of.
Adam is another high school bully who failed in the real world and now the high school bully goes to prision with other monsters
Stop calling him her father! He is no father ! The father badge is earned ! He is a monster!
He is her father. He’s a bad father. He’s also her murderer. You don’t have to earn anything to become a father. Most fathers are decent, then there’s are fathers like this monster who kill their children. I hope he feels such shame when he hears the term father. He’s the worst of the worst.
You ABSOLUTELY have to the earn the right to be a father. The biological children decide that and no one else.
@@msmg88 dna decides it actually.
@blackcatsarecool. Actually you're incorrect and completely ignorant. Sorry you're unable to accept you're wrong. Maybe it's because you've been brainwashed into thinking things like what you're trying to argue?
He's merely the sperm donor, not a father.
I cant imagine doing that to a little sweet angel like Harmony! Especially your own child. I cant even listen to all the details that he did to her, it makes my stomach turn...I hope every time he closes his eyes, he sees that precious angel and what he did to her. He deserves no peace! 😢
oh my God, just how could you?
This case turned into something I never saw coming, I hope he's found guilty.
But again, a judge gave custody to this man.
This little girl is literally the exact same age (to the day) as my own daughter and i don't know why when i found that out it hit me like a ton of bricks. I look at her and think of Harmony (especially at that age) and i cannot even imagine harming her in any way at all. Especially for having an accident. SHE WAS LIVING OUT OF A CAR!!! What did they expect?!?! This case is absolutely heartbreaking in every single way. I don't even have words!
The new wife needs to be charged too. This is so wrong
What a beautiful little girl. This story is so sad. Five years old it’s a shame she had such an awful childhood.
When defense attorneys proclaim criminals innocent, I lose it.
Everyone is entitled to a lawyer and due process
Right?!?! When the states attorney said what he said about poor poor Kayla in opening statements really just about did me in. He's no better than the defense attorney
@@mickyanderson9336 “poor poor Kayla?” I feel zero sympathy for Kayla. She could've prevented the death of little Harmony and only talked years later to save her own skin.
@GodBlessAmerica1991 completely agree. Poor poor kayla was the way the prosecutor described her in his opening statement. A scared victim. Absolutely not. She doesn't deserve one second of sympathy from anyone
Why should he show up he's been sentenced to 65 years already. He doesn't care.
What kind of people are these anyway. Adam admitted to his uncle he beat the child. It was so nice Adam disposed if his child's body to protect his lovely wife. Both of them should be locked up. What horrible people.
My heart breaks for this little beautiful girl. She's guilty of letting Harmony down. He's beyond evil.
This case will forever stick with me! I watch true crime shows and cases all the time, but this sweet Angel has made an everlasting impact on my soul and I never even met her. Fly high and rest in the arms of our Heavenly Father, we here will fight for justice for you sweet Angel 👼 🙏 🕊️ 🌹 ❤️
I don't care how much money is involved i could never be able to defend those monsters. Kayla is just as guilty as Adam.
I hope the inmates hear this
The inmates are guilty of things that are just as bad. They don’t care lmao
@@StoneheadassYep. Finally someone being honest about this
Adam killed her and hid her body. Guilty!!
she died while he was away but they both hid the body.
Man I hope the jurors find both of them guilty of murder
Kayla is not on trial for murder, nor is she guilty of murder.
Hard disagree that "she's not guilty"
@@chaozZX3They said she's not guilty of *murder,* specifically. Are you saying she is guilty of murder?
@@stellaallbright4750 she may not be on trial for murder, but she is a willing participant. She knew all along where harmony was and she was just a strung out on drugs as he was, and she was still collecting food stamps, fully knowing harmony was deceased so therefore she’s just as guilty.
FYI: Kayla has immunity for testifying against Adam.
Defense attorneys make me sick 🤮 he thinks hes a mind reader to know what happened defense attorneys make me sick 🤮
She was a beautiful child.
Everyone in this case are obviously drug addicts. Parents wants should NEVER go before a child’s needs. *We fail at this over and over! STOP.*
Justice for Harmony!
Poor baby girl.
Again, the system failed Harmony. Kayla, Adam and Harmonys mum all drug addicts. Harmonys brother was adopted by a lovely couple in DC. This couple wanted to adopt Harmony, the judge said no. The judge should be in prison! I wonder if the judge is able to sleep at night..Every child deserves a good parent. Not every parent deserves a child. So when Kayla gets released from prison, she will get pregnant and continue the cyle. More drugs and more babies, nice huh! Tie her tubes..The judge knew they were homeless living in a car per the interviews with the adoptive parents. Adam is a coward. Cannot show his face in courts. This is crazy. The system should make his sit in the seat in court room. Smh..RIP Harmony ❤❤
Everybody guilty. The father, the mother and the system. What kind of system gives a child to people living in their car?
Kayla was Harmony's stepmother, not her mother
@@just-a-generic-usernameBio mom has some responsibility as well. Missing one court date wasn’t her only shortcoming
Its no exercise but off his head on drugs and messed up, people on drugs should not be allowed to have kids..
They are both guilty they both need to go to prison and they never deserve to see their kids ever again
I'm sorry but she's no innocent in this. She new in the beginning what he was capable of. She stood beside him the first he hit her. Both should be punished.
I don't think this mother is innocentand I don't know yet about the father but if one is guilty they are both guilty... Period.
Justice for Harmony means that we, as the public, need to continue demanding that Child Protective Services, judges, and other 'responsible' parties do not let these children 'fall through the crack.' This father's behavior was beyond evil. The judge who gave him custody did not accept accountability for his actions, nor was he censored. Is it any wonder the American public has lost faith in our system of protecting families?!? We have laws to protect these children, they are just ignored!
If ANYONE should have to be in the court, it's Adam Montgomery. When I see him, all I see is an evil person with absolutely NO REMORSE..we have to sit and hear all the vile things he did to this little baby girl ... all the people who failed her the moment she was handed over to this monster, her fate was sealed. He needs to be in that court room everyday! Why is the judge allowing this???????
I'm not an attorney. But if I was, I couldn't be the prosecutor in a case like this. I know I'd seem bipolar. Going from rage at the defendants to breaking down in tears, talking about & thinking what was done to an innocent child.
Think of trying to defend this animal she had for a Father.
@@kathyrama4570 I couldn't take the case as a defending attorney..... Idk guess I have a conscience
@@manicmike7724 these two, Kayla and Adam are about two sorry excuses for human beings.
They don’t choose who they defend. An attorney has to defend their client right or wrong.
@@crystals2186 they do if they are being paid.
Bro literally has a tear drop tattoo. Usually a tattoo for people who have taken a life. And getting one to pretend you have is also pretty messed up. Both parents know what happened and where she is now.
He had the tattoo long before she died.
Tattoos don’t make somebody a murderer 🙄
This is not his first murder.
A tattoo doesn't mean he murdered his daughter. Hopefully you never get picked for a jury.
@@pamcumb1977 Exactly, he did
Adam's uncle called the police on his nephew to protect Harmony when she was living with her father, went on TV to speak out and openly said that the police was doing it's best but that DCPS failed his niece.
I'm so glad he's finally facing justice for this. Harmony's sweet little face has haunted me since the day I heard about her "going missing". The monsters who did this to her never deserved to be in her life.
Well regardless they're both complicit and should both be sitting behind bar's for the same crimes. I don't believe Kayla, she's a liar 💯
Seeing how Kayla is sitting in prison for purjury, not exactly rocket science.
Kayla did not murder Harmony, though she may be guilty of a lot of other things.
@@stellaallbright4750 I think she’s just as guilty as he is, maybe more. How long did she collect food stamps for Harmony? Fully knowing that she was deceased. And I believe she is trying to point the finger at Adam and blame it all on him.
@@Sloan341exactly, almost 2 years of FS she collected on a dead little girls name. She has several tools at her disposal to save that child but just as they did drugs together while simultaneously hearing the agonal breathing aka the death rattle breathing of harmony indicating she was dying and they both did nothing, kayla prioritised drugs over the life of Harmony by choosing not to help her in order to carry on consuming drugs that Adam was very effective at obtaining for them both.
They both lie.
@@Sloan341not maybe more than Adam bc he did it, he ended her life, although she is also to blame for not reporting it.
it's more than the drugs there, I have no words it's catastrophic what this little girl went through, beaten and even more from what I hear, even the death penalty would be too easy in its case.
how terribly sad 😢
Heartbreaking 💔
Ill never understand how people do this to children so messed up and kids deserve better than this
Soooo they still haven’t found this baby girl ?
He killed her but they both should be charged!
it make me sick seeing adam smile knowing he ended little beautiful tiny Harmony s life! she suffered so much months she doesnt deserve this! Adam s a monster!
Those are 2 real rolemodels of parents 😮
I really hate this monster!
This story brings tears to my eyes, that beautiful little girl was murdered by animals.
what a mess....poor Harmony
wtfff is wrong with people
❤ Harmony was 💯 failed from the judge down... rest in peace beautiful harmony ❤ you are loved sweetheart ❤
No need for a trial
Yes there is
@moonlightamythst7425 -- She had nothing to do with Harmony's murder, at best she could be charged with being an accessory and obstruction.
@@stellaallbright4750 she’s just as guilty as he is period. She knew Harmony was deceased, and she was still collecting food stamps on her. That alone is breaking the law.
Why take custody of child you have zero interest in raising? He couldn’t afford to put or keep a roof over his own head, but the state awarded him custody anyway. But he had money for drugs. His own relatives looked the other way even when they saw bruises on her face and knew he was living in a car. He thinks not showing up for his own trial is going to somehow save him? 😂
He was collecting food stamps and government assistance he was getting for having a child
To claim child benefit or to make his ex partner unhappy ? My understanding is Harmony’s Mum got clean but was unable to have custody as she could not track them down.
They obviously took time to pick a lovely name, how sad she had so many adults who let her down and looked the other way.
He wanted that Social Security check that Harmony got for being blind in her right eye 👁
Opportunistic people do it all the time. Kids come with benefits, especially disabled kids.
Oh good lord….are you joking. The defence wants people to believe that KAYLA killed Harmony…..you must be joking. I watched her testimony. AM did this. PERIOD.
They are both terrible people and guilty...
They both did it
She helped hide her corpse and didn't report it to the cops. She's just as bad as he is.
Defense attorneys are sickening. How they sleep at night when they spend all day trying to put the worst of the worst back out on the street, I will never know. Adam Montgomery was responsible for poor little Harmony. He was a horrible excuse for a father. He could have given that child up to a family member. He and his wife are both responsible for Harmony's death.
Yup the usual suspect.
Terrible Parents.
Isnt it obvious that hes trying to avoid prison retribution - hes a lifetime criminal
He just doesn't want to be lynched for murdering his own daughter
Yes, then why did the girl in rehab say that he told her that he backhanded her
Omg What Monsters!!!!!
I can’t even begin to imagine this kind of evil.
I’ve lost sleep over the things I’ve heard in this case. I feel so sorry for what that poor baby went through. Birth through death… just tossed around in custody , foster homes, and then ultimately ends up with two extremely unfit parents.
What judge thinks that was a good environment for her!?!?
EVERYONE failed this baby 😡
😢 this world is evil WATCH YOUR CHILDREN if you know something say something
Kayla had an opportunity at some point to seek help for herself and the children. She saw what he did to harmony yet did absolutely nothing to protect her own children. Being scared is not a defense or an excuse for a mother when your child is in danger.
My children were Never 👎🏾 Abused, yet they took my children away from me for No Reason 😢4 years I suffered alone 😢
And a Judge 👨⚖️ gave Him Custody of this Child 😢
None of these people should shed a tear! They shod all go to jail
im in uk and asking were is harmoney my god this poor child
What judge gave him custody of this precious little girl?!? 😢😢😢
Kayla is not a “mother” she is not worthy of such an honorable title.
Look up mother in the dictionary. You mean not a “good” mother.
OMG 😢 I’m almost 9 minutes in and I’m bawling my eyes out. I can’t watch or listen any more. I’m so sorry Harmony ❤️ I should be listening to your story so the beautiful memories of you will live on… but I can’t. It’s too much. It hurts so much.
May God 🙏🏼 hold you in his arms and ensure you feel safe and loved.
I’m sorry baby girl ❤ I’m so sorry.
Where was CPS?
They still had an appetite to eat Burger King after they both knew how badly she was beaten. These ppl are disgusting
If he was so worried about Kayla talking , and had her conditioned he wouldn't of let her walk away.
Exactly! He just thought she wouldn’t talk, because she was just as guilty.
So many share responsibility for sweet baby's homicide. Even her mother who lived a vile life as well as CPS and LE.
Life for a life I say
How come only the mother knows what happened to harmony ? 🤦🏾♀️
Kayla is not Harmony's mother, she is her stepmother.
@@stellaallbright4750Are you Kayla’s friend?
@@stellaallbright4750 Got it,
The STEPmother and she knows because she was with her husband Adam. Usually husbands and wives cohabitate.
@@PrincessCashmonie Huh?? They merely pointed out that Kayla was Harmony’s stepmom, not her bio mom (Crystal).
Your reply makes zero sense, move on.
Most horrible thing I ever heard. Poor little prescious girl. I wish I never saw this case. I'm so sick from this I think I need counseling. I'm suffering on some level just hearing what this poor little girl went through.😭😭😭
Weak defense. Weaker defense attorney.