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   From: kirkland@jan6.org   
      
   The ruling comes after her father was convicted of killing her. Harmony’s   
   mother “has carried her burden to demonstrate” that her daughter was   
   killed “as a result of some catastrophic event” and that her body has not   
   been found, the judge said.   
      
   CONCORD, N.H. — A judge has ruled that a 5-year-old New Hampshire girl   
   missing since 2019 is legally dead and her mother can become administrator   
   of her estate, just weeks after the child’s father was convicted of   
   killing her.   
      
   Crystal Sorey “has carried her burden to demonstrate” that her daughter,   
   Harmony Montgomery, was killed “as a result of some catastrophic event”   
   and that her body has not been found, a probate judge said in an order   
   made public Tuesday, a day after Sorey went to court.   
      
   Sorey is taking the first steps in preparation of a planned wrongful death   
   lawsuit against the state regarding Harmony Montgomery. Her lawyer told   
   the judge that Adam Montgomery’s second-degree murder conviction, plus his   
   admission of guilt to lesser charges that he moved his daughter’s body   
   around for months afterward and falsified physical evidence, was enough to   
   result in a legal death declaration.   
      
   The lawyer also said there was trial testimony from Adam Montgomery’s   
   estranged wife, Kayla Montgomery, that “she had handled Harmony   
   Montgomery’s lifeless body,” according to the judge’s decision.   
      
   Sorey’s lawyer still has to provide a copy of the jury’s verdict and a   
   probate surety bond that would guarantee Sorey would fulfill her duties   
   under the law as administrator.   
      
   Adam Montgomery and Sorey were not in a relationship when their daughter   
   was born in 2014. Harmony Montgomery lived on and off with foster families   
   and her mother until Sorey lost custody in 2018. Montgomery was awarded   
   custody in early 2019, and Sorey testified she last saw her daughter   
   during a FaceTime call around Easter of that year.   
      
   When they were later questioned about Harmony’s whereabouts, Adam and   
   Kayla Montgomery told authorities that he had taken the child to live with   
   Sorey.   
      
   Adam Montgomery, in prison awaiting sentencing, chose not to attend the   
   probate hearing via Webex.   
      
   https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judge-rules-harmony-montgomery-   
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