Eight-year-old girl Harmony Montgomery missing for two years now considered dead

Concord Montgomery has been lacking since December 2019, when she was simply 5 years previous

An 8-year-old lady who disappeared in 2019 on the age of 5, however was not reported lacking till two years later, is believed to be lifeless, police in New Hampshire mentioned Thursday.

Concord Montgomery was doubtless killed in Manchester in early December 2019, Legal professional Common John Formella mentioned.

The younger lady went lacking someday between November 28 and December 10 in 2019, however police weren't alerted to her disappearance till December of 2021, in response to Fox 13.

‘The entire (investigative) efforts have led us to conclude that Concord Montgomery was murdered in Manchester in early December of 2019,’ Formella mentioned.

Manchester Police Public Info Officer Heather Hamel holds two lacking posters for Concord Montgomery (Image: AP)

Because the investigation shifts from a lacking individuals case to a murder investigation, police say they’re nonetheless on the hunt for the younger lady’s stays.

‘At this level, whereas Concord’s stays haven't but been situated, we do have a number of sources of investigative data, together with only recently confirmed organic proof which have led us to this troublesome and tragic conclusion,’ Formella added.

In June, legislation enforcement officers flocked to the house the place Concord’s father, Adam Montgomery, and her stepmother, Kayla Montgomery, had beforehand lived.

Throughout that search, officers had been seen eradicating a fridge from the household residence, wrapping it in black plastic and loading it right into a truck.

On the time of her disappearance, Adam Montgomery had authorized custody over Concord. The daddy was indicted on a cost alleging he struck Concord within the face in 2019. He pleaded not responsible and has been in jail since January.

Concord’s stepmother has additionally been arrested on perjury expenses after being accused of mendacity to a grand jury about the place she was when Concord was final seen. She pleaded not responsible and was launched on bail.

No expenses have been filed immediately referring to Concord’s disappearance or alleged homicide.

Police solely turned conscious that Concord was lacking after they obtained a report from her mom, Crystal Sorey, in November, in response to Fox 13 Information. The mom instructed authorities she had been looking for the lady for months.

When police contacted her father and different relations on the finish of December, all of them mentioned nobody had seen Concord in over two years and there have been considerations over whether or not she was alive.

‘I do know that over the previous eight months, there have been many discussions, hypothesis and questions relative to the place the system failed Concord, and I actually proceed to share the identical considerations and nonetheless have many remaining questions,’ Manchester Police Chief Allen Aldenberg mentioned.

He added that the police division would do ‘every little thing throughout the limits of the legislation’ to carry whoever is accountable for Concord’s homicide to justice.

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