Volunteers have gathered to search the North Shore of Massachusetts for the remains of murdered five-year-old Harmony Montgomery.
Her murderous father, Adam Montgomery, 34, was sentenced to 45 years to life in prison for the 2019 murder of the little girl in New Hampshire.
He beat Harmony to death for soiling herself and refuses to reveal where he left her body.
Crystal Sorey, Harmony’s mother, organized the search on Saturday at the Rumney Marsh preserve, where Montgomery traveled in March 2020, according to investigators.
“That’s the acceptance that I’ve had to work through in my grief, just accepting the fact that he’s never going to do the right thing for her,” Sorey said WCVB.
Harmony Montgomery (pictured), 5, was murdered by her father, who refuses to reveal the whereabouts of her remains
Volunteers gathered to search the North Shore of Massachusetts for her body on Saturday
‘I have dreamed a lot and this area has always been my dream.’
While Harmony’s remains were not found Saturday, officials said they are focusing on the route of a U-Haul Montgomery rented in March 2020.
Using toll data, they were able to ping the vehicle’s movements between Manchester and the Tobin Bridge in Boston.
“Adam Montgomery drove 133 miles in the U-Haul truck. After traveling 3.2 miles each way in the rental car, he traveled approximately 106 miles on his route, including traveling through the Tobin Bridge tolls,” said Ben Agati, New Hampshire’s Senior Assistant Attorney General.
‘He traveled north, south, and then north again on those turnpikes before returning to Manchester. This left him with approximately 26 miles of driving between the Econo Lodge in Manchester and the Tobin Bridge.
‘Harmony’s remains are likely somewhere along this route.’
Her murderous father, Adam Montgomery (pictured), 34, was sentenced to 45 years to life for the 2019 murder
Crystal Sorey, Harmony’s mother, led the search on Saturday at the Rumney Marsh reserve, where investigators say Montgomery traveled in March 2020
Montgomery was convicted in February of Harmony’s murder, as well as of witness tampering, falsifying physical evidence and abuse of a corpse.
Prosecutors gave the killer one last chance to reveal the whereabouts of Harmony’s remains in exchange for a lighter sentence from the state. But Montgomery’s lawyers were silent.
He was sentenced to 45 years to life for the brutal murder of the five-year-old boy, and is serving a minimum sentence of 32.5 years for charges other than weapons possession.
Police suspect Harmony was murdered nearly two years ago when she was reported missing in 2021.
In March, a judge declared Harmony officially dead at her mother’s request.
Montgomery had custody of Harmony. Her mother, who no longer had a relationship with him, said she last saw Harmony during a video call in April 2019.
Police believe Harmony was murdered nearly two years before she was reported missing in 2021
A judge declared Harmony legally dead in March at her mother’s request
She eventually went to the police, who announced that they would be searching for the missing child on New Year’s Eve 2021. Montgomery and his wife told police that he had taken his daughter to live with Sorey in Massachusetts.
Harmony’s stepmother, Kayla Montgomery, was released on probation in May after serving an 18-month prison sentence for perjury.
She testified that her husband killed Harmony on December 7, 2019, while the family was living in their car.
Kayla Montgomery said he was on his way to a fast food restaurant when he turned around and repeatedly punched Harmony in the face and head. He was angry because she kept having accidents in the car.
She said he then hid the body in the trunk of a car, in a ceiling fan at a homeless shelter and in the freezer at his workplace before disposing of it in March 2020.