Justice For Harmony | The Trial Of Adam Montgomery

The conviction that was supposed to say what happened to Harmony Montgomery is gone. The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled unanimously that trying the murder alongside a separate assault charge in a single trial denied Adam Montgomery a fair proceeding. The strong assault evidence — multiple witnesses, documented injuries — contaminated the jury’s evaluation of the murder case, which depended on o...

Harmony Montgomery died in December 2019. Nobody noticed she was gone for two years. A jury convicted her father of murder in 2024. The Supreme Court reversed that conviction before it reached its second anniversary. The state says it will try again. Harmony is still out there, somewhere between Manchester and Massachusetts, because the man who put her there has chosen silence. This is the full co...

Adam Montgomery has been offered every incentive the system can provide. A lighter sentence. A path to something less than dying behind bars. All he has to do is tell someone where he put his five-year-old daughter. He has chosen silence every time. And the Harmony Montgomery case is now defined as much by what Adam Montgomery refuses to say as by what the courts have ruled. With the murder convic...

Adam Montgomery hid his daughter’s body in a duffel bag, a car trunk, banks of snow, a cooler, a homeless shelter ceiling, and a walk-in freezer. He used lime to accelerate decomposition. He rented a U-Haul and disposed of what remained of Harmony somewhere between Manchester and Massachusetts. She has never been found. The question at the center of the Harmony Montgomery murder retrial: does the...

A jury in Manchester convicted Adam Montgomery of second-degree murder in February 2024. The New Hampshire Supreme Court erased that conviction before it reached its second anniversary. For families and followers who have tracked the Harmony Montgomery case from the beginning, the reversal feels like the system breaking its promise. The ruling is procedural — the court found that trying the murder...

Crystal Sorey fought her way back from addiction to find her daughter. What she found was a two-year silence from every system that was supposed to protect Harmony Montgomery. Sorey was the one who went to Manchester police and sounded the alarm. Not child services. Not the courts. A mother who had lost custody and clawed her way to sobriety, searching for a child the state had already lost. The N...

 This is the " The Year in Review," where we delve into the true stories behind this year's most compelling headlines. Your host, Tony Brueski, joins hands with a rotating roster of guests, sharing their insights and analysis on a collection of intriguing, perplexing, and often chilling stories that have dominated the news.    This is not your average news recap. With the sharp investigative lens...

Welcome to the "Half Year Review," where we delve into the true stories behind this year's most compelling headlines. Your host, Tony Brueski, joins hands with a rotating roster of guests, sharing their insights and analysis on a collection of intriguing, perplexing, and often chilling stories that have dominated the news. This is not your average news recap. With the sharp investigative lens of T...

Welcome to the "Half Year Review," where we delve into the true stories behind this year's most compelling headlines. Your host, Tony Brueski, joins hands with a rotating roster of guests, sharing their insights and analysis on a collection of intriguing, perplexing, and often chilling stories that have dominated the news. This is not your average news recap. With the sharp investigative lens of T...

Welcome to the "Half Year Review," where we delve into the true stories behind this year's most compelling headlines. Your host, Tony Brueski, joins hands with a rotating roster of guests, sharing their insights and analysis on a collection of intriguing, perplexing, and often chilling stories that have dominated the news. This is not your average news recap. With the sharp investigative lens of T...

In a gripping conclusion to a tragic case, Adam Montgomery, a 34-year-old New Hampshire man, was sentenced to 45 years in prison for the murder of his five-year-old daughter, Harmony Montgomery. The sentencing occurred after a harrowing trial that shed light on the chilling details of the crime and the heartbreak it caused. Montgomery faced a series of charges including second-degree murder, secon...

Kayla Montgomery, the stepmother at the center of the Harmony Montgomery murder case, has been granted parole from her prison sentence, shedding light on a tragic tale of betrayal and loss. Kayla, who played a pivotal role in her estranged husband Adam Montgomery's recent murder trial, appeared before a parole board on Thursday, paving the way for her impending release from New Hampshire State Pri...

Welcome to the "Week in Review," where we delve into the true stories behind this week's headlines. Your host, Tony Brueski, joins hands with a rotating roster of guests, sharing their insights and analysis on a collection of intriguing, perplexing, and often chilling stories that made the news.       This is not your average news recap. With the sharp investigative lens of Tony and his guests, th...

Welcome to the "Week in Review," where we delve into the true stories behind this week's headlines. Your host, Tony Brueski, joins hands with a rotating roster of guests, sharing their insights and analysis on a collection of intriguing, perplexing, and often chilling stories that made the news.       This is not your average news recap. With the sharp investigative lens of Tony and his guests, th...

Welcome to the "Week in Review," where we delve into the true stories behind this week's headlines. Your host, Tony Brueski, joins hands with a rotating roster of guests, sharing their insights and analysis on a collection of intriguing, perplexing, and often chilling stories that made the news.       This is not your average news recap. With the sharp investigative lens of Tony and his guests, th...

Welcome to the "Week in Review," where we delve into the true stories behind this week's headlines. Your host, Tony Brueski, joins hands with a rotating roster of guests, sharing their insights and analysis on a collection of intriguing, perplexing, and often chilling stories that made the news.       This is not your average news recap. With the sharp investigative lens of Tony and his guests, th...

Why does a shockingly low bar for "good enough" parenting put vulnerable children at risk? On this episode of "Hidden Killers", Tony Brueski and psychotherapist Shavaun Scott expose deeply flawed assumptions within the child welfare system.  They discuss how outdated studies perpetuate the belief that biological parents are always best, even in horrific circumstances. Shavaun brings up the questio...

What happens when the system designed to protect children utterly fails them? On this episode of "Hidden Killers", Tony Brueski and psychotherapist Shavaun Scott dissect the tragic case of Harmony Montgomery.  The five-year-old girl's murder at the hands of her father, Adam Montgomery, has exposed shocking flaws in the child welfare system. Shavaun shares insights from the heartbreaking official r...

The disturbing case of Adam Montgomery has centered on one question: how did so many people ignore the tell-tale signs of abuse and neglect?  In this episode of "Hidden Killers", Tony Brueski and retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke explore the complacency of Montgomery's inner circle. Friends and family members seemed all too willing to accept the excuse that Harmony was living safely with her...

In this compelling episode of "Hidden Killers," host Tony Brueski welcomes special guest Bob Motta, a seasoned defense attorney and host of the podcast "Defense Diaries," to delve into the heart-wrenching case of Adam Montgomery and the murder of his five-year-old daughter, Harmony Montgomery. This episode offers a unique blend of legal insight and emotional depth as Brueski and Motta explore the...

In this episode of "Hidden Killers," Tony Brueski and former defense attorney Lori Hellis analyze the Adam Montgomery murder trial. Despite the guilty verdict, many felt the trial exposed serious flaws in how the system addresses cases where domestic abuse and addiction collide. Lori offers insight, saying that those involved "live in a reality where people do things...that we would find really ab...

Was justice served in the Harmony Montgomery case?  Or does her tragic death expose deeper failures? The disturbing case of Harmony Montgomery, the five-year-old girl beaten to death by her father, Adam Montgomery, has finally reached a verdict – guilty of murder.  But was justice truly done?  On this episode of Hidden Killers, Tony Brueski welcomes special guest Jennifer Coffindaffer (retired FBI...

This episode of Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski dives deep into the chilling case of Adam Montgomery, accused of murdering his young daughter, Harmony. Joining Tony for analysis is former Felony Prosecutor and attorney Eric Faddis. Did the defense make a mistake by resting their case without presenting witnesses? Eric expresses surprise at the lack of defense witnesses, highlighting how it could...

Can a case built on questionable witnesses and a lack of physical evidence still convict a killer?  In the trial of Adam Montgomery, accused of murdering his daughter Harmony, the prosecution rests their case, leaving listeners to ponder the weight of emotional testimony. Retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke joins host Tony Brueski to analyze the prosecution's strategy, built largely on witnesse...

Welcome to the "Week in Review," where we delve into the true stories behind this week's headlines. Your host, Tony Brueski, joins hands with a rotating roster of guests, sharing their insights and analysis on a collection of intriguing, perplexing, and often chilling stories that made the news.       This is not your average news recap. With the sharp investigative lens of Tony and his guests, th...