1 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: Crime Stories with Nancy Grace in the last hours a 2 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:19,919 Speaker 1: stunning development in the search for seven year old Harmony Montgomery. 3 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: I mean, Nancy Grace, this is Crime Stories. Thank you 4 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:25,480 Speaker 1: for being with us here at Foxnation. Sirius XM one 5 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: to eleven. First of all, take to listen to our 6 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 1: cut b The Manchester, New Hampshire Police Chief was choking 7 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:34,519 Speaker 1: back tears, while the New Hampshire Attorney General said it 8 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:37,279 Speaker 1: was devastating to have to break this news. It's been 9 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:40,200 Speaker 1: more than two years since Harmony Montgomery was last seen 10 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 1: and while many questions remain, this investigation has taken a 11 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:48,560 Speaker 1: new term. This is now officially a homicide investigation. The 12 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: heartbreaking determination from investigators erasing any hope of Harmony Montgomery 13 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 1: being alive. She was five years old when she was 14 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 1: last seen between November twenty eighth and December tenth of 15 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, a timeframe when they now say she was murdered, 16 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:07,680 Speaker 1: and that is the tip of the iceberg. You were 17 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 1: hearing our friends at CBS Boston just sin did you 18 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 1: notice what she said and what she didn't say? Rolling again, 19 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 1: Jackie Police. The Manchester, New Hampshire Police Chief was choking 20 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 1: back tears, while the new Hampshire Attorney General said it 21 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:23,959 Speaker 1: was devastating to have to break this news. It's been 22 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: more than two years since Harmony Montgomery was last seen 23 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:30,679 Speaker 1: and while many questions remain, this investigation has taken a 24 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 1: new term. This is now officially a homicide investigation. The 25 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 1: heartbreaking determination from investigators erasing any hope of Harmony Montgomery 26 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 1: being alive. She was five years old when she was 27 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:47,039 Speaker 1: last seen between November twenty eighth and December tenth of 28 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, a timeframe when they now say she was murdered. 29 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 1: But nobody has found Harmony and nobody has been arrested 30 00:01:55,680 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 1: in Harmony's disappearance. Adam Montgomery as Harmony's father. Her mother 31 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 1: who goes by a couple of different names, but we 32 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,920 Speaker 1: know her as Crystal Sory, has not had custody of 33 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 1: Harmony since twenty nineteen. Department of Family Children's Services give 34 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 1: full custody and give her two the father that we 35 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 1: think gave her the black eye. Take a listen to 36 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 1: our friends at CBS Boston. A man has been arrested 37 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: in connection to the search for a young girl who 38 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 1: has been missing for two years. The Attorney General says 39 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 1: that Adam Montgomery was wanted for allegedly assaulting Harmony Montgomery 40 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen. He is facing several charges, but has 41 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,799 Speaker 1: not been charged in her disappearance. Police say the now 42 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:47,239 Speaker 1: seven year old was last seen in twenty nineteen, although 43 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: she was only reported missing last week. I appreciate that. 44 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:54,919 Speaker 1: I'm glad an arrest has been made, essentially for the 45 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: black eye this little girl had in twenty nineteen. Police 46 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: were called and they went, can't do anything about that. 47 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 1: We'll wash my hands to the whole thing. Department of 48 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:11,799 Speaker 1: Family Children's Services even worse. So he's arrested. They've got 49 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 1: him in their clutches like the spider in the web, 50 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 1: and now they're going to try to squeeze him. Talk 51 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:20,800 Speaker 1: to him if he will volunteer anything, play good cop, 52 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 1: bad cop, Bring him a cup of coffee, no, take 53 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: it away, give it back, Threaten him within the confines 54 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 1: of the constitution, of course, put him on a guilt trip. 55 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 1: Whatever they can do to find this little girl, of course, 56 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 1: within the bounds of the constitution. With me, Nicole Hotch 57 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 1: Globe joining us out of Texas. She's been on the 58 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: case from the very beginning. Former prosecutor now defense attorney 59 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 1: at Houston Criminal Defense dot Com. Which you agree or disagree, 60 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 1: Nicole hots Globe. I totally agree, and I think unfortunately, 61 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: because of his experience with law enforcement, he is not 62 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 1: likely to break and provide information. I hope I'm wrong, 63 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 1: but I don't expect that they'll be getting any helpful 64 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 1: information out of this individual. Nicole Debord hodge Clube, could 65 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 1: you repeat what you just said? But you said, based 66 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 1: on his experience, you make him sound like he's a 67 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 1: private investigator or a psychologist. I believe what you mean 68 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 1: by that, Nicole Debord hodge Clube, is that he's got 69 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 1: a rap sheet as long as I seventy five? Are 70 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: you talking about that experience? You got it. That's his resume. 71 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:36,839 Speaker 1: He's had many encounters with law enforcement, and I'm thinking, 72 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 1: because he's had so many encounters with law enforcement, that 73 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 1: he is very, very unlikely to respond to what, no 74 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 1: doubt is something he's seen before. In terms of interview technique, 75 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:50,839 Speaker 1: Nicole Parton Crime Online dot Com investigative reporter Nicole Parton, 76 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 1: do you have anything on his rap sheet that we 77 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:55,480 Speaker 1: know of? I do, and his rap sheet goes all 78 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:59,479 Speaker 1: the way back. Let me get comfortable. Go ahead, Okay, 79 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 1: I knew numerous long wrapped sheet that includes burglary, a 80 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: salt an, armed robbery with the intent to murder, and 81 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:14,360 Speaker 1: another interesting thing. Correct me if i'm ron Nicole. This 82 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:18,159 Speaker 1: is based on an account I got from Boston twenty five. Yes, 83 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 1: in New Hampshire he has the burglary, which is a felony, 84 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: first year reassault, which is a felony, stalking which can 85 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: be a felony in Massachusetts dating back to twenty fourteen. 86 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 1: Which that affects what that relates to what Nicole Hodge 87 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:37,920 Speaker 1: Globe just said. In Haverhill, you've got armed robbery, assault 88 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: with intent to murder which I believe to have been 89 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:46,599 Speaker 1: a drug shooting, and they just hand the child over 90 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 1: to this father, give the baby to him. If this 91 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:56,799 Speaker 1: is in fact the same Adam Montgomery with the same dab. 92 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:01,480 Speaker 1: What about that doctor Jerry crossing a jury? You've never 93 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 1: worked with defects, have you? Yes? I have? Oh, dear 94 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:12,840 Speaker 1: Lord in heaven, you worked with why to help children? Okay? 95 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 1: All right? That was my focus with him. I look 96 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:19,679 Speaker 1: at his past behavior in order to look at future behavior. 97 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 1: He knows the criminal justice system so it comes down 98 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:28,479 Speaker 1: to how well they interview and negotiate with him. He's 99 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:33,920 Speaker 1: in a position to negotiate information, so as an you know, 100 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 1: interviewer of him, that's where I would focus in on 101 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 1: because he's definitely got information from twenty nineteen four that 102 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:43,920 Speaker 1: they need to use to fill in their timeline. And 103 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 1: Nicole parton joining us from crime online dot Com. You've 104 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:49,920 Speaker 1: got the father with a rap shape and you've got 105 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 1: the mother who has lost custody. I think we can 106 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:56,840 Speaker 1: take her out of this equation because it could you 107 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 1: check this, Jackie, unless you know Nicole, I don't think 108 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 1: the mom had custody in twenty nineteen when Harmony was 109 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:06,279 Speaker 1: last seen alive with that black high. That was around 110 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 1: October one, twenty nineteen. Okay. So, and once her rights 111 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 1: are terminated, he can't do any more than she's done. 112 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 1: She can call DC up and ask, but they're not 113 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 1: going to tell her anything. She has legally no right. 114 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 1: So in somewhat of a defense to this mom, if 115 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 1: she was looking for the daughter, they wouldn't give her 116 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 1: any information because her right have been terminated. Take a listen, 117 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 1: guys to the New Hampshire Police Chief Alan Aldenberg listen. 118 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:41,239 Speaker 1: I'm beyond satin that we're staring in today to announce 119 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 1: that the disappearance Harmony Montgomery is now officially a Harmonide investigation. 120 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 1: As I stated, from the beginning of this investigation and 121 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 1: throughout every effort has been made to bring Harmony home 122 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 1: to her family. Our commitment to bringing Harmony home has 123 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 1: not wavered, nor will it bring Harmony. Bringing Harmony home 124 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 1: continue to be the number one priority of the Manchester 125 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 1: Police Department. I know that over the past eight months 126 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:10,200 Speaker 1: that there have been many discussions, speculation and questions relative 127 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: to where the system failed. Harmony and I myself continue 128 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 1: to share the same concerns and still have many remaining questions. However, 129 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 1: the homicide of this little girl rest with the person 130 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 1: or persons who committed this horrific act. The Manchester Police 131 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 1: Department will do everything within the limits of the law 132 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 1: to ensure that the responsible person or persons for the 133 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 1: murder of Harmony are brought to justice. As always, I 134 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 1: encourage members of the public to continue to use a 135 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:42,079 Speaker 1: dedicated tip line should they have any information at all 136 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 1: that would assist us in locating Harmony, or any information 137 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 1: that they feel is relevant to this investigation. The dedicated 138 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:53,200 Speaker 1: tip line has I'm sorry. The dedicated tip line number 139 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: is six zoo three two zero three six zero six zero. Again, 140 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 1: that number is six zo three to zero three six 141 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 1: zero six zero. As I said from the beginning, I 142 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:08,079 Speaker 1: maintain the stance that there are people out there in 143 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 1: the community that have information about this investigation who have 144 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 1: yet to come forward. If you are that person, pay 145 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: attention to be carefully. If you were that person, I 146 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 1: employ you to do so now and come forward. I'm 147 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 1: not asking you for doing for me, for the people 148 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:26,360 Speaker 1: in this room and the people that have been working 149 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 1: this investigation. Do it for this little girl. Crime Stories 150 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 1: with Nancy Grace a stunning development in the search for 151 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 1: seven year old Harmony Montgomery. Have you looked, guys, have 152 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 1: you looked at her picture? Because she's always got this 153 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:01,319 Speaker 1: huge smile, and she's got an her little special classes 154 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,920 Speaker 1: and you can tell one eye is having a problem 155 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 1: we now, and as she's blind in that eye, she's 156 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 1: always got this big smile. Behind that smile. This child 157 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:14,559 Speaker 1: was being abused and beaten and bouncing from foster home 158 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 1: to foster home. She had only been alive sixty months 159 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:22,560 Speaker 1: and now dead take a listen to our friends at WCVB. 160 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:26,559 Speaker 1: Harmony Montgomery was just five years old when investigators say 161 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 1: she was killed sometime in December of twenty nineteen. Her 162 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:33,720 Speaker 1: body has never been found. We just want to find 163 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:36,199 Speaker 1: her remains so we can lay her to rus and 164 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 1: spring her home. Investigators say new evidence led them to 165 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 1: make the call, including just recently confirmed biological evidence that 166 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 1: have led us to this difficult and tragic conclusion. Earlier 167 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 1: this summer, state and federal law enforcement agencies swarmed a 168 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 1: Manchester apartment building where Harmony's father and his estranged wife 169 00:10:56,040 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 1: had previously lived. Investigators carrying out evidence Harmony's father, at A. Montgomery, 170 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:04,920 Speaker 1: had custody of her at the time of her disappearance. 171 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:07,680 Speaker 1: He had been charged with giving the girl a black 172 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 1: guy in twenty nineteen. While he hasn't been charged in 173 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:15,439 Speaker 1: connection to Harmony's disappearance or murder, he is being held 174 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 1: on unrelated gunseft charges. Can you imagine just five years? 175 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:27,199 Speaker 1: How did this whole thing begin? Why did two years 176 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 1: pass before anybody raises a flag formally that she is missing? 177 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:38,320 Speaker 1: Now you know, if one of my children don't show 178 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:43,079 Speaker 1: up to school, all HBL breaks loose. That's why I 179 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 1: got to get in there ahead of time and say, oh, 180 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:48,360 Speaker 1: Lucy has a sore throat. John David has an earache 181 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:52,119 Speaker 1: ahead of time before all the bells and the alarms 182 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:55,520 Speaker 1: go off because they're missing, and the school doesn't know why. 183 00:11:56,720 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 1: What happened with the school system, what happened with Department 184 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 1: of Family Children's Services who had been called to the 185 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 1: home many times before, about thirteen times for various things. 186 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:12,480 Speaker 1: Even the neighbors had called. So why is it one 187 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 1: of the last times this little then five year old 188 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 1: girl is seeing with a black eye and the authorities 189 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:23,959 Speaker 1: from the cops and Department Family Children's Services leave her 190 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 1: in the home with a black eye, scared and crying. 191 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:33,199 Speaker 1: Why why did that happen? We let a little girl 192 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:39,720 Speaker 1: just disappear? Where is harmony with me? An all star 193 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 1: panel to make sense of what we know right now? 194 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 1: First of all, Lisa Daddio, former police Lieutenant Nehavian, PD, 195 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 1: Senior Lecturer and Director for Center for Advanced Policing University, Newhavens, 196 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:56,199 Speaker 1: Doctor Jorry Cross and psychologists faculty Saint Leo University, consulted 197 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 1: with the Blue Wall Institute and author of Operation as 198 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 1: OSA boy, do we need a shrink? High profile lawyer 199 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:07,200 Speaker 1: joining me out of Houston. Former felony prosecutor Nicole Debord 200 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 1: Hodge Globe and you can find her at Houston Criminal 201 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 1: Defense dot Com. Special guests joining us and I now 202 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 1: feel that we are friends over the airwaves. Blair Miller 203 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 1: now Blair Miller who you may see on air. He's 204 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:32,199 Speaker 1: a reporter and anchor with Cox Media Group in Washington 205 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:37,040 Speaker 1: with their news bureau. Blair Miller is really, as far 206 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 1: as I can tell, the only one who actually tried 207 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 1: to do something about Harmony's horrible situation. He tried to 208 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:50,920 Speaker 1: adopt her, and you know why because he and his 209 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 1: partner adopted her little brother, Jamison. Then they find out 210 00:13:55,960 --> 00:14:00,320 Speaker 1: Jamison has a sister, so Jamison wants his sister of horse. 211 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:04,480 Speaker 1: So they try to get Harmony too, open up their 212 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:07,960 Speaker 1: home and formally adopt her, and they are told by 213 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 1: Department Family Children's Services, no, we're going to reunite her 214 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:16,079 Speaker 1: with her abusive father, the one with the rap sheet 215 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 1: including shooting somebody in the face. Blair Miller is with 216 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:24,800 Speaker 1: us who desperately try to get Harmony and give her 217 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 1: a happy life and a loving home. Blair Miller. As 218 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 1: the days pass by, what do you think? So we're 219 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 1: very concerned all then, and as let's just keeps going on, 220 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:37,280 Speaker 1: know our concerns grow. It feels like it's been a lifetime. 221 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 1: We've first learned about this at the end of December. 222 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 1: Jackson Miller, newswriter for Oxygen dot Com, miltv Home, true 223 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 1: crime author of Hell in the Heartland murder math in 224 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:50,400 Speaker 1: the case of two missing girls. Let's talk about what 225 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 1: we know about harmony. We have this two year span 226 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:56,440 Speaker 1: of time. That's two years of evidence that's lost. That 227 00:14:57,120 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 1: opportunities to speak with people who may have known something 228 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 1: just out the window. We're still trying to play catch up. 229 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 1: There's been a lot of developments in the recent weeks, 230 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:11,280 Speaker 1: including the arrests of Anthony Montgomery or I'm sorry, I'm 231 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 1: Adam Montgomery. Who is the bio dad for those of 232 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:19,480 Speaker 1: you just joining us, Harmony Montgomery's bio dad is Adam Montgomery, 233 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 1: the one I told you about with a big rap sheet, 234 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 1: including shooting somebody in the face during a drug deal. 235 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 1: How many children does he have, Blair Miller, Three that 236 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 1: we know of, or four. We think it's three, but 237 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:35,280 Speaker 1: you know, you know, it's kind of hard to know. 238 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:38,840 Speaker 1: One is Jamison that you have, one is Harmony that's 239 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 1: been missing for two years. And Jamison has a brother. Correct, 240 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 1: Jamison has a brother as well, a biological brother, and 241 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 1: obviously Harmony as biological sisters. So those are the three 242 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 1: that we know of, guys. Speaking of the father, Adam Montgomery, 243 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 1: he's the one. Didn't he claim Jack's miller that he 244 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:03,880 Speaker 1: bashed a little girl around the house. Yeah, that's what's 245 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 1: being reported that he had said that he'd done that. 246 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 1: There are reports that he had forced Harmony need to 247 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:14,880 Speaker 1: stand in the corner for hours and that she had 248 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 1: to clean the house with a toothbrush, including the toilet, 249 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:21,920 Speaker 1: which is just so incredibly excessive and just horrible to 250 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:24,440 Speaker 1: even think about. You know, I'm listening to this and 251 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 1: I need to shrink. Got to Jerry Crawls and psychologist's 252 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:30,480 Speaker 1: faculty Saint Leos University forcing a child to clean the 253 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 1: bathroom including the committ with their toothbrush, making her stand 254 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 1: in the corner for hours on until she couldn't even 255 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 1: stand up anymore, giving her a black eye. Why that 256 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 1: comes from his just abusive nature, the aggressiveness of him 257 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 1: first off, he should have never had this child in 258 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 1: the custody of you know himself. That gets back to 259 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 1: the DCYF and their protocol um. You know, he repeatedly 260 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 1: from his behavior showed this aggressive nature and violence and 261 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:07,639 Speaker 1: only you can't really tell what has happened to her, 262 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:10,000 Speaker 1: but it's not going to turn out well, definitely. What 263 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:12,399 Speaker 1: I'm saying is, why does a grown adult fill the 264 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:15,199 Speaker 1: knee to torture a little child, a five year old 265 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 1: little girl. She weighed, as I recall, maybe fifty pounds. 266 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 1: She's only four feet tall, and she's blind in one eye. 267 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 1: Why would you give a little girl like that a 268 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:27,359 Speaker 1: black eye, make her stand in the corner for hours 269 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:29,840 Speaker 1: until she can't stand up anymore, make her clean the 270 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:33,240 Speaker 1: whole house with a toothbrush, her toothbrush. Explain that to me. 271 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 1: Usually the research you know shows that the daughter or 272 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:42,399 Speaker 1: the child is related to the other parent. So he's 273 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:47,720 Speaker 1: basically focusing his hatred his anger on her mother through 274 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 1: her by making and forcing that control over her. Okay, 275 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:54,920 Speaker 1: let me tell you a technical legal term, doctor Jeorry 276 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,199 Speaker 1: Cross and that you may not have learned in psychology 277 00:17:57,240 --> 00:18:00,360 Speaker 1: when you're getting your doctorate. It's called an a hole, 278 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 1: all right, And now I'm not giving you the full 279 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:08,439 Speaker 1: Latin word, but to you, Nicole to Board Hodge Globe, 280 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:12,440 Speaker 1: you've been a felony prosecutor, now veteran defense attorney, high 281 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 1: profile lawyer, Jody Matta Houston. You've heard of those right, 282 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,920 Speaker 1: a holes where they don't really need or easily because yeah, 283 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 1: I'm all for you shrinking it, doctor Jerry Cross and 284 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:25,680 Speaker 1: about he's taking out his feelings against his wife blah 285 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:30,800 Speaker 1: blah blah on the door, bf foul on that. Why 286 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 1: did he shoot somebody in the face? Why does he 287 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:37,159 Speaker 1: have assault, stalking, theft charges? Was he all? That? Was 288 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:40,440 Speaker 1: all that acted out because of his anger at his 289 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:44,240 Speaker 1: ex wife? No, he is what we call in the law, 290 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 1: Nicole Hodge Globe and a hole. He needs to be 291 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:50,000 Speaker 1: in jail well, and he definitely doesn't need to have 292 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:53,040 Speaker 1: custody of a small child. And it's shocking to me, 293 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:56,320 Speaker 1: knowing what we know now with what appears to be 294 00:18:56,440 --> 00:19:00,680 Speaker 1: minimal research after she went missing or wasp ord amissing 295 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 1: that his record is a mile long. I don't understand 296 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:05,960 Speaker 1: how the people in charge of making sure that this 297 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 1: child was in safe hands allowed that child despite many 298 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:14,440 Speaker 1: reports potentially continuing abuse allowed her to stay in that home. 299 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:17,560 Speaker 1: Jackson Miller joining me from Oxygen dot Com. How is 300 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:20,639 Speaker 1: it the dad got custody? Well, I think that's a 301 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 1: million dollar question, and I think everyone is hoping that 302 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:27,480 Speaker 1: there's going to be an internal review with a DCYF, 303 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:30,600 Speaker 1: because how does a child go back with the biological 304 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:32,760 Speaker 1: father when he has a rap sheet like this? I 305 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:36,600 Speaker 1: mean his rap sheet includes stabbing other people, pulling knives 306 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:40,880 Speaker 1: on people, stalking people, armed robberies, shooting people on the head. 307 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:47,600 Speaker 1: It's pretty lengthy. Blair Miller, the adoptive dad of Harmony's 308 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 1: little brother, Jamison. Do you remember that court date where 309 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 1: you had the adoption hearing regarding Jamison. We had a 310 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:59,200 Speaker 1: couple of different hearings as far as the focus on 311 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,200 Speaker 1: Harmony's timeline as far as her court dates. We didn't 312 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:04,440 Speaker 1: know her court dates, so there could be some court 313 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:07,560 Speaker 1: dates to get back. We were told that Harmony had 314 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:11,160 Speaker 1: been reunited with her father officially by the state in February. 315 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:14,920 Speaker 1: At twenty nineteen. We adopted Jamison. We were matched with 316 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,480 Speaker 1: him in June, and then we officially adopted him on 317 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:21,679 Speaker 1: National Adoption Day in November. About a week before Thanksgiving, 318 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:24,360 Speaker 1: and if he's been falling part of the timeline, that's 319 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 1: where some of the last people's seen Harmony with about 320 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:30,479 Speaker 1: a week later, right, so you get Jamieson and then 321 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 1: about a week later Harmony is scene. Is that when 322 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:35,640 Speaker 1: she had the black eye? I think that was maybe 323 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:40,320 Speaker 1: around in October. As far as when she was last seen, 324 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:43,639 Speaker 1: we've heard some reports maybe around Thanksgiving at twenty nineteen. 325 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 1: So when we adopted Jamison a National Adoption Day, because 326 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:49,240 Speaker 1: I worked in TV news, it was something that was 327 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 1: covered in Boston extensively on TV. And we just find 328 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:55,959 Speaker 1: it very interesting that Jameson was adopted in a very 329 00:20:56,000 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 1: public way right before Thanksgiving and then his sister last 330 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:03,880 Speaker 1: thing when only sees or is maybe a week later. 331 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:06,000 Speaker 1: That tells me a lot was going on, not like 332 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:09,399 Speaker 1: to Jamison of Harmony as well. Now tell me something. 333 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:13,400 Speaker 1: With Jamieson's adoption being so high profile, do you think 334 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 1: that had anything to do with Harmony's disappearance. I don't know, 335 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,120 Speaker 1: but I know it's something we shared with police when 336 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 1: we started hearing some new reports of when Harmony was 337 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:26,600 Speaker 1: last seen, being around Thanksgiving in twenty nineteen, my husband 338 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:28,800 Speaker 1: and I both went back over our timeline and thought 339 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:33,159 Speaker 1: it so Jamison was adopted five days before that, that 340 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:36,240 Speaker 1: doesn't that just seems really unusual, and so we shared 341 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 1: that was police. We talked with him about that, and 342 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 1: we don't know where that's punting there, but it certainly 343 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 1: raised a lot of questions for us. Jelisa Daddy, I 344 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:47,359 Speaker 1: former police lieutenant, joining us director of Center for Advance 345 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:50,800 Speaker 1: Advanced Policing. Lisa, thank you so much for being with us. 346 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 1: You know, I always say there is no coincidence in 347 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:55,879 Speaker 1: criminal law. I don't know what the connection could be 348 00:21:56,680 --> 00:22:02,000 Speaker 1: between Jamieson getting adopted in a high profile adoption which 349 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:06,359 Speaker 1: is covered on TV for National Adoption Day extensively, and 350 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 1: then within a couple of days harmony is never seen again. 351 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:16,639 Speaker 1: To Jackson Miller joining us from Oxygen dot com, author 352 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:19,800 Speaker 1: of Hell in the Heartland, Murdering meth and the Case 353 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:22,879 Speaker 1: of two Missing Girls. Jack Miller again, thank you for 354 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:25,760 Speaker 1: being with us. I'm listening to everything Blair Miller and 355 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:30,280 Speaker 1: Nicole Hodge, Globe, doctor Jerry Crawsen, Lisa Daddy are saying 356 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 1: the reality is that time is ticking by cops are 357 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:38,639 Speaker 1: two years later they went to the home when the 358 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:41,159 Speaker 1: little girl had the black eye. They were there, they 359 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:44,879 Speaker 1: left her there. Can you tell me, Jack Miller, was 360 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 1: there ever a home study done like you're supposed to 361 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:52,680 Speaker 1: do before you hand over custody with the father, Adam Montgomery, 362 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:54,480 Speaker 1: before they just handed up this little girl on a 363 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:58,440 Speaker 1: silver platter. I spoke to the Manchester Police Department. I 364 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 1: was in contact with the spokes person, Heather Hamill, who 365 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 1: confirmed that the police did do a home visit back 366 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:08,040 Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen at her Manchester home and they confirmed 367 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 1: that she was there. We know that after that the 368 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 1: house seemingly went into foreclosure. That's on the Guildford Street 369 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:17,680 Speaker 1: where they had done the search, So I think it's 370 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:21,200 Speaker 1: that timeline from there after they moved. What happened? Who had? 371 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:23,400 Speaker 1: You know? I feel like I feel like Harmony's case 372 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 1: is a bar of soap, and you have all these people, 373 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:27,960 Speaker 1: all these agencies, all these relatives trying to get a 374 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,639 Speaker 1: grip it. Nobody has a firm grip on where this 375 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:33,560 Speaker 1: girl is for the next two years. But a home study, 376 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:37,840 Speaker 1: a home study, I mean, Blair Miller, you adopted Jamison, 377 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 1: Harmony's a little brother. I'm sure they did a home 378 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 1: study before you got Jamison right absolutely when lived up 379 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:46,959 Speaker 1: in all three of our boys after we were placed 380 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,480 Speaker 1: with them and after we had our adoption. In our case, 381 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 1: we adopted there in Boston with Jamison and Ales ended 382 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:56,920 Speaker 1: up moving to the BC area and the scusilicates here 383 00:23:56,960 --> 00:23:59,560 Speaker 1: in Virginia coming to our house for six months. And 384 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 1: there we were doing the right thing at the same 385 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 1: the film was in school, he was going to doctors, 386 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 1: he was in a good setting, he had a better emmony. 387 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:08,240 Speaker 1: It was be able to see healthy and be healthy. 388 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:11,680 Speaker 1: And so we went through that. And those are many 389 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:13,680 Speaker 1: of the questions we're asking right now, is what happened 390 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:15,800 Speaker 1: in this case. Why didn't Harmony go through the same thing? 391 00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:20,240 Speaker 1: No home study for Harmony, because you'd think that figure 392 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:23,639 Speaker 1: out her dad shot somebody in the face and was 393 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:27,080 Speaker 1: on dope, I mean. And then you got Blair Miller, 394 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:31,560 Speaker 1: who holds down not just a job, at an incredible job, stable, 395 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:35,960 Speaker 1: happy home. He's got three boys now that they have adopted. 396 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:39,640 Speaker 1: He can tell you all about home studies. They look 397 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:44,159 Speaker 1: at everything, but nothing was done for Harmony. Thing is 398 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:48,120 Speaker 1: that there were thirteen quals made to Harmonies home within 399 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:51,879 Speaker 1: a five month period in twenty nineteen and twenty nine coals. 400 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:55,880 Speaker 1: Between twenty eighteen and twenty twenty there was a report 401 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:59,320 Speaker 1: that the home had no electricity and no food. But 402 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:04,240 Speaker 1: then according authorities, when DCYF checked in on the girls, 403 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:06,680 Speaker 1: they said there was electricity and there was food. So 404 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 1: that adds to the confusion, and of course enter the 405 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 1: next player in this scenario, the so called evil step mother. 406 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:19,880 Speaker 1: Take a listen to our friend of WMU R Amy 407 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:24,679 Speaker 1: Kevino and our cut thirty nine. These are the criminal 408 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 1: complaints filed late this afternoon against thirty two year old 409 00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:33,560 Speaker 1: Kayla Montgomery, alleging between November thirtieth, twenty nineteen and June second, 410 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:38,600 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, Kayla fraudulently represented to DHHS that Harmony 411 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:43,080 Speaker 1: Montgomery was a member of her household. The purpose, prosecutors say, 412 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:47,000 Speaker 1: was to receive undeserved foodstamp benefits and excess of fifteen 413 00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:50,240 Speaker 1: hundred dollars the police f A. David provides a timeline 414 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:53,479 Speaker 1: of Harmony's life in New Hampshire. On February twenty five, 415 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, Kayla allegedly filed a report with DHHS, adding 416 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:02,480 Speaker 1: Harmony as a new household member. The Affidavid states Adam Montgomery, 417 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 1: Harmony's father was granted full custody of her February twenty second, 418 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:11,920 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, and that DJHS records show eight hundred EBT 419 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 1: card transactions during that time period and state that on 420 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:19,680 Speaker 1: three occasions in twenty twenty, Kayla applied for SNAP benefits, 421 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:23,560 Speaker 1: listing Harmony as a family member. In February twenty twenty one, 422 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:27,560 Speaker 1: Kayla stopped listing Harmony as a beneficiary for food assistance, 423 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 1: and in June twenty twenty one told a DHHS caseworker 424 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:34,680 Speaker 1: that Harmony had moved back with her mother and could 425 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:53,480 Speaker 1: be removed from the case. Prime stories with Meancy Grace, 426 00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:59,160 Speaker 1: so long story shortened. Couldeboord hots Globe. You're the high 427 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:03,320 Speaker 1: profile lawyer joining us out of Texas for literally years, 428 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:08,359 Speaker 1: this evil stepmother gets government benefits and Harmony's name, knowing 429 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:11,720 Speaker 1: Harmony doesn't live there. That doesn't look good. Well, not 430 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:13,680 Speaker 1: only does it not look good, is a crime. So 431 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:17,600 Speaker 1: she's receiving funds from the government, effectively feeling from the 432 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:21,120 Speaker 1: government by lying about this child living in her home. 433 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:24,320 Speaker 1: And I think that now she is in a good 434 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:27,600 Speaker 1: position to really think about whether or not she wants 435 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:30,040 Speaker 1: to tell the government what she knows, to law enforcement 436 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:33,880 Speaker 1: what she knows, to help everyone find Harmony. I would 437 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:37,680 Speaker 1: keep her behind bars on this fraud until she told 438 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 1: me something. Guys, take a listen to our cut thirty three. Now, 439 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:45,720 Speaker 1: this is behavioral evidence that a defense team could attack 440 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:48,560 Speaker 1: at trial. They claimate means nothing. I think it means 441 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:52,160 Speaker 1: a lot. Take a listen to Mara Barrett NBC News. 442 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:56,640 Speaker 1: Adam Montgomery's charged with second degree assault, interference with custody, 443 00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 1: and endangering the welfare of a child. One of those 444 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:03,960 Speaker 1: instant investigators say Adam struck Harmony in the face, causing 445 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 1: a black eye in twenty nineteen. Kevin Montgomery, Adam's uncle, 446 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:10,680 Speaker 1: was visiting the home around that time. I walked in 447 00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:13,040 Speaker 1: the house at Harmony had a black guy like you 448 00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 1: see in a box match between two men. He bashed 449 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:20,359 Speaker 1: her around the apartment. Kind of her were his exact words. 450 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:23,879 Speaker 1: According to court documents. Kevin says he and other family 451 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:27,159 Speaker 1: members made multiple reports to New Hampshire's Division for Children, 452 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:29,760 Speaker 1: Youth and Families, and I don't know how they missed 453 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:33,240 Speaker 1: the black guy that I saw. Police say they found 454 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:35,800 Speaker 1: Adam sleeping in his car with his new girlfriend on 455 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 1: New Year's Eve. He told police he'd given harmony back 456 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 1: to her biological mother around Thanksgiving back in twenty nineteen. 457 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:46,200 Speaker 1: Her mother, Crystal Sorry, disputes this. According to the court documents, 458 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:49,719 Speaker 1: police say he made some contradictory statements and quote did 459 00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:52,440 Speaker 1: not exhibit much emotion or reaction to the fact that 460 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:55,680 Speaker 1: harmony hadn't been seen in two years. You know, I'll 461 00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 1: just never forget Lisa Daddio and my son John Day, 462 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:02,440 Speaker 1: he was about two and a half three at the time, 463 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:08,280 Speaker 1: went and hid inside as a superstore babies or us. 464 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:13,200 Speaker 1: I was looking for this organic sunscreen lotion and was 465 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:16,960 Speaker 1: digging through piles of sunscreen. I turned around, there was 466 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:20,680 Speaker 1: Lucy and no John David. I started screaming. I took 467 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 1: Lucy under my arm like a football and started running, 468 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:26,880 Speaker 1: screaming for them to lock the doors. He was hiding 469 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:29,479 Speaker 1: about two miles away thing, and he had no idea 470 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:32,600 Speaker 1: the panic he had called but caused. But I find 471 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:36,520 Speaker 1: it really interesting that when they told Adam Montgomery harmony 472 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:39,920 Speaker 1: hasn't been seen in two years, he showed no emotion whatsoever. Yeah, 473 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:43,800 Speaker 1: you know, it's and I've been in that position too 474 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:45,920 Speaker 1: with my youngest son, Nancy. I mean, it's the worst 475 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:48,800 Speaker 1: feeling in the whole world. So there's just so many 476 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:54,560 Speaker 1: things about this case, both from biological mom and biological daddy. O. 477 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:58,480 Speaker 1: You're a former police lieutenant, right, yes, ma'am call it 478 00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:01,680 Speaker 1: it's BS. It stings to I, am. And he showed 479 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:05,240 Speaker 1: no emotion. I mean when my cat went missing, I 480 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:07,800 Speaker 1: screamed till I couldn't scream, also my voice, I couldn't 481 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:10,000 Speaker 1: be on the air the next day. I screamed and 482 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:14,040 Speaker 1: screaming until midnight until we found the cat. And he 483 00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:19,320 Speaker 1: shows no emotion. That's BS, Nancy. I agree with you 484 00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:22,040 Speaker 1: one hundred percent. But look at this guy's path and 485 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:24,360 Speaker 1: his history, and I'm not making excuses for him, trust me, 486 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:28,560 Speaker 1: I would never do that. But I he's void of everything, 487 00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:32,400 Speaker 1: and so in light of everything, it doesn't shock me. 488 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:35,840 Speaker 1: But I always think when someone doesn't react the way 489 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:37,920 Speaker 1: that we think they should react, what is the reason 490 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:43,280 Speaker 1: why exactly Harmony is dead? Investigators say their conclusion is 491 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:47,280 Speaker 1: based on recently confirmed biological evidence, which they didn't reveal. 492 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:52,080 Speaker 1: There have been numerous searches of properties associated with Harmony's family, 493 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:55,880 Speaker 1: including back in June at a Manchester, New Hampshire apartment 494 00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:59,720 Speaker 1: where her father Adam and stepmother Caleb Mountgomery once lived. 495 00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:02,960 Speaker 1: Our refrigerator was seen being brought in and then taken 496 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:06,200 Speaker 1: out of the building. Still nobody has been recovered. Our 497 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:10,480 Speaker 1: investigators will continue to seek justice and look into the 498 00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:14,280 Speaker 1: circumstances of Harmony's murder and search for her remains, and 499 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:17,959 Speaker 1: no one has yet been charged. Adam Montgomery, who had 500 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:20,960 Speaker 1: custody of Harmony at the time of her disappearance, is 501 00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:23,560 Speaker 1: now jailed on a charge of assaulting the little girl 502 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:27,040 Speaker 1: and unrelated firearms charges. You were hearing our friends at 503 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:30,960 Speaker 1: CBS Boston just sin there is a twenty four seven 504 00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:36,240 Speaker 1: three sixty five tipline devoted to Harmony's We're about six 505 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:40,920 Speaker 1: zero three two zero three sixty sixty repeat six zero 506 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:47,320 Speaker 1: three two zero three sixty sixty. Please help us bring 507 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:52,320 Speaker 1: home Jamison's sister. Take a listen now to our friend 508 00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:56,080 Speaker 1: Jason Law at Boston twenty five. What do you think 509 00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:59,840 Speaker 1: happened to Harmony? The answers lying him Tuesday, Boston twenty 510 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:03,760 Speaker 1: I've spoke with Harmony's maternal grandfather, Tim Flanagan. He says 511 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:07,280 Speaker 1: his daughter was a strange from Adam Montgomery court documents 512 00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:09,800 Speaker 1: showed the mother last spoke to her daughter sometime in 513 00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:12,800 Speaker 1: the spring of twenty nineteen. A lot of people may wonder, 514 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:15,320 Speaker 1: you know, why wasn't the mom were involved? Why why 515 00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:17,400 Speaker 1: didn't she see harmony in the last two years because 516 00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:21,600 Speaker 1: the father would not let her. Every time that he 517 00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:25,240 Speaker 1: didn't let her, she would call the spot of the 518 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:30,400 Speaker 1: social services, and social services would say one thing, yes, 519 00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:34,840 Speaker 1: we'll get on it, and they never did. Why is 520 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:37,800 Speaker 1: it in the coldeboard hats globe that Department of Family 521 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:41,360 Speaker 1: Shoulder's Services cannot be held accountable. I've been asking that 522 00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:45,120 Speaker 1: for many, many years. When they leave children in horrible 523 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:49,760 Speaker 1: situations and then the child is murdered. Here's a great example, 524 00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:54,840 Speaker 1: the Josh Powell case where Susan Powell goes missing and 525 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:58,040 Speaker 1: the children draw pictures of Mommy in a car trunk 526 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:03,600 Speaker 1: and being buried by daddy, and then he still has 527 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:07,200 Speaker 1: visitation and he murders them and blows up the house. 528 00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:10,840 Speaker 1: It goes on and on and on about how children 529 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:16,000 Speaker 1: are mistreated and defacts does nothing. Why aren't they prosecuted? 530 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:18,920 Speaker 1: Nicole Well, I think that they could be. And there 531 00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:22,640 Speaker 1: is immunity when you're a government agency. From certain types 532 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:26,920 Speaker 1: of liability. But when you exceed this type of negligence, 533 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:29,360 Speaker 1: I think there's a real question about whether or not 534 00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:34,160 Speaker 1: there is now the possibility of seeking redress for civil 535 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:38,800 Speaker 1: rights violations, for due process rights violations, dead and they 536 00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:44,640 Speaker 1: left or in an abusive home. Civil money, what money? 537 00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:51,040 Speaker 1: What money does Adam Montgomery have? I mean money from defacts? 538 00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:54,040 Speaker 1: I think they need to go to jail. Nicole, Well, 539 00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:57,720 Speaker 1: the problem is is that that finding one particular individual 540 00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:01,520 Speaker 1: liable could be extremely difficult in the criminal context, and 541 00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:05,600 Speaker 1: it may take a civil lawsuit to get the agency 542 00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:08,560 Speaker 1: to pay attention. You know, look, I look at Crystal 543 00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:11,080 Speaker 1: here as another victim. I mean, she did everything she 544 00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:14,799 Speaker 1: could to alert this system that she thought that there 545 00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:18,280 Speaker 1: was a problem. She'd lost custody. They continued to treat 546 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:21,200 Speaker 1: her like trash and ignore everything that she said, despite 547 00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:23,319 Speaker 1: the fact that she gave them multiple warning. Well, you're 548 00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:26,279 Speaker 1: right about that she did. According to her, she sent 549 00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:30,960 Speaker 1: multiple emails to Department of Family Children's Services, which they ignored. 550 00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:35,160 Speaker 1: They discounted her because she had had problems in the past. 551 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:39,320 Speaker 1: But they do that too. A lot of people totally 552 00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:42,240 Speaker 1: blow them off. I'll pay any attention to what they're saying, 553 00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:46,800 Speaker 1: and the child ends up dead. She's not alone. Neighbors called, 554 00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:49,799 Speaker 1: the uncle called, the uncle called police to the home, 555 00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:54,359 Speaker 1: and still nothing was done. And defects sits on their 556 00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:58,399 Speaker 1: thumb and lets it happen. And now she's gone again. 557 00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:02,080 Speaker 1: The tip line six to three two zero three sixty 558 00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:09,040 Speaker 1: sixty harmony, Where are you? Nancy Grace Crime Story signing 559 00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:10,600 Speaker 1: off goodbye for him.