Adam Montgomery allegedly killed his 5-year-old daughter Harmony by placing her within the head as a result of the woman was having toilet accidents within the automotive they had been dwelling in, his spouse instructed New Hampshire police.
Harmony’s useless physique was then moved round in coolers and baggage for months, together with to a restaurant freezer at Adam’s office in Manchester, in line with the arrest warrant that was unsealed on Tuesday.
Adam’s spouse Kayla revealed the grisly particulars to Manchester Police throughout an interview final fall. After the household was evicted from their residence on the day earlier than Thanksgiving in 2019, they lived out of their car — a Chrysler Sebring that they’d park outdoors a Manchester condo constructing.
Then on Dec. 7, 2019, Adam struck Harmony whereas within the automotive, killing the woman, Kayla instructed police.
“Kayla stated that while living in the vehicle together, Adam was extremely upset that five-year-old Harmony was not saying when she needed to go to the bathroom and was having accidents in the car,” the arrest warrant reads.
After every accident, Adam would strike Harmony within the face/head with a closed fist, Kayla mentioned.
When Adam fatally hit Harmony, he allegedly turned from the motive force’s seat, placing Harmony “with sets of three-to-four blows with a closed fist to Harmony’s face/head on three separate occasions over the course of a few minutes,” Kayla mentioned.
After the third flurry of blows, Adam reportedly instructed Kayla, “I think I really hurt her this time. I think I did something.”
Harmony then moaned for about 5 minutes after which stopped making noises, in line with the warrant. The couple by no means bought Harmony medical consideration or checked on her.
Adam then found that his daughter was useless when their automotive broke down in an intersection. Adam reacted by pulling out an Under Armour duffle bag from the trunk and inserting Harmony’s lifeless physique contained in the bag.
The woman’s physique was then moved to numerous areas over the subsequent a number of months, Kayla instructed police. That included the walk-in cooler at Portland Pie Company, the place Adam labored as a dishwasher and prepare dinner. Harmony’s physique was apparently stuffed in a tote bag and positioned within the freezer.
Adam pleaded not responsible in October to second-degree homicide, falsifying bodily proof and abuse of a corpse on costs within the alleged homicide of Harmony. He’s scheduled for trial in November.
Adam was convicted by a jury final week on six unrelated costs, together with two counts every of being an armed profession felony, receiving stolen property, and theft.
Kayla is serving an 18-month jail sentence. She had pleaded responsible to costs that she lied to a grand jury about the place she was working the day she final noticed Harmony.
Harmony hasn’t been seen since 2019, however authorities didn’t know she was lacking till November 2021. Last yr, police introduced that they believed she was killed in Manchester in early December 2019, a time interval that aligns with the occasions described within the arrest warrant unsealed Tuesday.
Herald wire companies had been used on this report.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”