Concord, NH – New Hampshire agreed to pay $ 2.25 million to Harmony Montgomery’s mother, a 5 -year -old girl whose father was convicted of killing her.
Crystal Sorey filed a negligence demand Against the state last May accusing social workers to ignore the signs that their daughter was being physically abused by her ex -husband after custody was granted in early 2019.
Adam Montgomery is serving a Minimum of 56 years in prison After being convicted of killing harmony and moving his body For months before getting rid of him. Police believe that harmony was killed by him almost two years before he was reported as missing in 2021. His body has not been found.
The State does not admit any irregularities in the conciliation agreement reached last month. The Office of the Attorney General declined to comment on the agreement on Friday or on other similar agreements reached in the last year.
In July, the State agreed to pay $ 5.75 million to the mother of a child of Laconia who placed with a grandmother who is now accused of his death in 2019. In December, he established himself with the father of the 5 -year -old boy Merrimack killed by his mother in 2021.
In 2018, the State created an office of the children’s defender to serve as an independent surveillance agency, but legislators are considering eliminating it in the next state budget.
