NH man seeks to block gun convictions from trial for 5-year-old daughter’s murder
Adam Montgomery goes on trial in February on charges that he murdered his 5-year-old daughter[1] and he’s trying to prevent his six felony weapons convictions from being brought up as evidence in court. The 33-year-old New Hampshire man faces a second-degree murder charge in the 2019 death of his daughter Harmony, along with charges of abuse of a corpse, falsification of evidence, and witness tampering, the Union Leader reported.[2] Montgomery denies killing Harmony.
He said in court that he loved her unconditionally, just before being sentenced in August to 30 years[3] on the weapons charges. Montgomery’s public defenders filed a motion last week seeking to block evidence of “assaults or assaultive behavior” against Harmony, other than the conduct on or about Dec.
7, 2019, which his estranged wife, Kayla Montgomery, alleges led to Harmony’s death.
Adam Montgomery, 33, of Manchester, N.H., is seeking to block his six felony weapons charges from being presented at his trial in February on charges that he murdered his 5-year-old daughter. APMontgomery said in court that he loved her unconditionally, just before being sentenced to the weapons charges. AP
Prosecutors claim he beat Harmony to death in a fit of rage[4] after she had a “bathroom accident,” and hid her battered body for nearly two years before she was finally reported missing in November 2021. The girl’s remains have never been found despite massive searches as recently[5] as April.
Kayla Montgomery told police her estranged husband repeatedly punched the girl in the face after she soiled the car the family had been living in.
A Manchester, NH police officer holds two missing posters for Harmony Montgomery, who was finally reported missing in Nov.
2021 after not being seen for two years. AP
“I think I really hurt her this time.
I think I did something,” she said the accused killer told her.
The mom told the Daily Beast last year[6] that cops had ignored her warnings about her violent ex.”
References
- ^ murdered his 5-year-old daughter (nypost.com)
- ^ the Union Leader reported. (www.unionleader.com)
- ^ sentenced in August to 30 years (nypost.com)
- ^ beat Harmony to death in a fit of rage (nypost.com)
- ^ despite massive searches as recently (nypost.com)
- ^ told the Daily Beast last year (nypost.com)