The mother of Harmony Montgomery is filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the state of New Hampshire, including the state Department of Health and Human Services and the state Division for Children, Youth and Families, News 9 Investigates has learned.Crystal Sorey filed the lawsuit Friday, months after the girl’s father, Adam Montgomery, was convicted of second-degree murder in his 5-year-old daughter’s death and sentenced to 56 years to life in prison.In March, a judge granted Sorey’s request to have Harmony declared legally dead, a decision that helped pave the way for a wrongful death suit to be filed. Sorey’s attorney Rus Rilee told WMUR in a statement in March that he intended to hold “the institutions accountable whose failures led to Harmony’s death.””Justice is only halfway there, and we are still going to focus on looking for her,” Sorey told WMUR at the time. The judge’s order stated no death certificate would be issued because Harmony’s body has not been found. Sorey has maintained that finding her daughter’s remains is her top priority. In late July, friends, family members and strangers searched an area called the Rumney Marsh in Saugus, Massachusetts, for Harmony’s body, but nothing turned up. Officials previously said their investigation has focused on a U-Haul Adam Montgomery rented in March 2020. They said they have been able to ping the vehicle’s movements between Manchester and the Tobin Bridge in Boston using toll data.Accounting for the distance between Manchester and Boston leaves 26 miles that Montgomery could have driven as he searched for a place to dispose of her remains.The Rumney Marsh was the focus of a previous police search connected to Harmony’s case. Investigators believe it’s a potential location for where Adam Montgomery may have hid Harmony’s remains.Investigators previously mentioned searches around Sales Creek in Revere and Chelsea Creek a few miles north. Adam Montgomery was from the Revere area.Anyone with information is asked to call the Harmony Montgomery tip line at 603-932-8997.
The mother of Harmony Montgomery is filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the state of New Hampshire, including the state Department of Health and Human Services and the state Division for Children, Youth and Families, News 9 Investigates has learned.
Crystal Sorey filed the lawsuit Friday, months after the girl’s father, Adam Montgomery, was convicted of second-degree murder in his 5-year-old daughter’s death and sentenced to 56 years to life in prison.
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In March, a judge granted Sorey’s request to have Harmony declared legally dead, a decision that helped pave the way for a wrongful death suit to be filed.
Sorey’s attorney Rus Rilee told WMUR in a statement in March that he intended to hold “the institutions accountable whose failures led to Harmony’s death.”
“Justice is only halfway there, and we are still going to focus on looking for her,” Sorey told WMUR at the time.
The judge’s order stated no death certificate would be issued because Harmony’s body has not been found. Sorey has maintained that finding her daughter’s remains is her top priority.
In late July, friends, family members and strangers searched an area called the Rumney Marsh in Saugus, Massachusetts, for Harmony’s body, but nothing turned up.
Officials previously said their investigation has focused on a U-Haul Adam Montgomery rented in March 2020. They said they have been able to ping the vehicle’s movements between Manchester and the Tobin Bridge in Boston using toll data.
Accounting for the distance between Manchester and Boston leaves 26 miles that Montgomery could have driven as he searched for a place to dispose of her remains.
The Rumney Marsh was the focus of a previous police search connected to Harmony’s case. Investigators believe it’s a potential location for where Adam Montgomery may have hid Harmony’s remains.
Investigators previously mentioned searches around Sales Creek in Revere and Chelsea Creek a few miles north. Adam Montgomery was from the Revere area.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Harmony Montgomery tip line at 603-932-8997.
