Harmony Montgomery’s father will be sentenced Thursday after being found guilty of the 5-year-old’s death earlier this year.
Adam Montgomery was found guilty on Feb. 22 of second-degree murder, second-degree assault, witness tampering, falsifying physical evidence and abuse of a corpse, all in connection with the death in 2019 and disappearance in 2020 of his 5-year-old daughter, Harmony.
He was accused of beating and killing his daughter, Harmony, on Dec. 7, 2019, while the family was living in their Chrysler Sebring. Harmony had several bathroom accidents in the car and Adam Montgomery yelled and hit her in the head, according to prosecutors. He did not appear in court during the trial and on the day he was found guilty.
Adam Montgomery is already serving prison time on unrelated firearm charges. On Aug. 7, 2023, he was sentenced to 15-30 years in prison on two counts of armed career criminal charges. Montgomery also received an additional sentence of 7.5-15 years for two theft charges.
Prosecutors asked that he be sentenced to 56 years to life in prison, according to WMUR.
Judge Amy Messer ordered Adam Montgomery to appear for his sentencing on May 9 and cannot miss it, according to the State of New Hampshire Judicial Branch.
Adam Montgomery, the father of missing 7-year-old Harmony Montgomery, is being held in jail without bail in New Hampshire. (Manchester, N.H., Police Department)
“Specifically, the state provides notice that Harmony Montgomery’s next of kin will be personally appearing in court along with other individuals victimized by the defendant’s crimes to address the court and provide the court with statements on the impact the defendant’s criminal actions has had upon them,” the notice read. “The defendant’s personal appearance in court on the day of his sentencing is thus mandatory.”
Blair Miller and Johnathon Bobbitt-Miller, who adopted Harmony’s brother Jamison, 7, and attempted to adopt Harmony, are expected to be there.
“… the ‘monster’ needs to hear how this has impacted Jamison and how it will impact him for the rest of his life,” a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, reads.
The court has asked Miller to read a statement written by Jamison directly, rather than writing and speaking on his behalf. However, Miller feels this limitation silences his son.
“Why are we being denied this opportunity to speak for Jamison without limitations?” he wrote.
The attorney general’s office has worked with the family to help them write or record Jamison’s own words, they told MassLive. Still, Miller hopes his words about Jamison are read in court — something the attorney general’s office is bringing to the court’s attention on Thursday.
