Harmony Montgomery's family to search Mass. marsh for body of murdered 5-year-old
Jul. 25—The search for Harmony Montgomery will continue this weekend when more than 100 people plan to fan out along a Massachusetts marsh, looking for the body of the 5-year-old girl murdered by her father in 2019.
Volunteers, friends and family will begin their latest search at 10:15 a.m. Saturday at the Rumney Marsh Reservation near the Saugus-Revere town line. Searchers will start at 90 Bristow St. in Saugus.
"The location is one of the areas that we know (Adam Montgomery) went with the U-Haul. It's part of a 23-mile stretch from the Tobin Bridge and back," said Crystal Sorey, Harmony's mother.
Sorey said she has had the same dream several times about where Harmony is, and this site gives her hope for closure after her daughter was beaten to death by her father, Adam Montgomery, on Dec. 7, 2019.
"I'm really going off intuition, but it's like if I don't look for her and find her, who will?" she said.
Adam Montgomery, 34, was sentenced to 56 years to life for murder and other charges in May, on top of a minimum 32-year sentence he is serving for firearms convictions.
He has refused to say where Harmony's remains are.
Sorey lost custody of Harmony in 2019 while she struggled with substance abuse. Adam Montgomery was charged with murder in October 2022 after police began searching for her.
Manchester Police Chief Allen Aldenberg made a desperate plea for any information about Harmony's whereabouts on New Year's Eve 2021.
On Wednesday, Aldenberg said he was aware of this weekend's search, but no members of the Manchester Police Department will be involved. He said this is one of several searches that friends and family of Harmony have conducted in the past.
There are no new leads as to the location of Harmony's remains, but Sorey said she's hopeful her hunch will lead somewhere.
"I really hope we finally find her," she said.
