New Hampshire pays USD 2.25 million to the 5-year-old's mother who was killed by the father

Concord, NH – New Hampshire agreed to pay the mother of Harmony Montgomery $ 2.25 million, a 5-year-old girl whose father was convicted of murder.

Crystal Sorey submitted a negligence action against the state last May and accused social workers to ignore signs that their daughter was physically abused by her ex-husband after receiving custody in early 2019.

Adam Montgomery served at least 56 years after he was convicted of murder of harmony and shift in her body for months before he disposed of it. The police believe that harmony was killed by him almost two years before her report in 2021. Your body was not found.

The state does not allow misconduct in the comparison agreement achieved last month. The General Prosecutor's office refused to comment on the settlement on Friday or other similar settlements that were achieved last year.

In July, the state agreed to pay 5.75 million dollars to pay the mother of a Laconia boy who the state had assigned to a grandmother who is now charged because of his death in 2019. In December it settled with the father of the 5-year-old boy Merrimack, who was killed by his mother in 2021.

In 2018, the state founded an office of the child lawyer to act as an independent watchdog agency, but consider the legislators to eliminate them in the next state budget.