The years-long investigation into the disappearance of five-year-old Concord Montgomery escalated Friday as officers started scouring wetlands in Revere, Massachusetts alongside Route 107 for brand spanking new proof.
Montgomery was final seen alive in New Hampshire in 2019, and though authorities allege she was killed by her father Adam Montgomery, who has pleaded not responsible to her homicide, her physique has by no means been discovered.
Authorities started scouring alongside Route 107 on Friday morning, which was ‘prompted by info developed by investigators,’ David Procopio, State Police spokesman, stated in a press release.
A number of legislation enforcement businesses have been tasked with the renewed search, together with 18 troopers from the Particular Emergency Response Workforce, 4 K9s and their handlers, a drone, and detectives assigned to Suffolk District Legal professional Kevin R. Hayden’s workplace, Procopio added.
5-year-old Concord Montgomery went mysteriously lacking in 2019, and her physique has by no means been discovered
Her father Adam Montgomery, 33, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was indicted on costs of second-degree homicide, abuse of a corpse, falsifying proof, and witness tampering over the disappearance
In January, the woman’s father Adam was indicted on homicide costs over her disappearance. He’s additionally dealing with costs of abuse of a corpse, falsifying proof, and witness tampering.
The 33-year-old profession felony, who has a rap sheet relationship again to 2007, has been accused of killing Concord by repeatedly placing her within the head with a closed fist in early-December 2019.
Her physique has by no means been discovered since her disappearance three years in the past, after she was final seen alive by her mom Crystal Sorey in 2019.
Nevertheless, police solely started investigating the alleged homicide in September 2021 after Concord was reported lacking.
And in August 2022, authorities stated she was murdered in December 2019, after new ‘organic’ proof was cited in her case.
In keeping with the Boston Globe, Adam Montgomery has deep ties to Revere, the place the investigation has been refocused to.
Concord, then 5, was allegedly killed by her father as authorities say he repeatedly struck her within the head with a closed fist in early-December 2019
The renewed seek for proof was introduced by New Hampshire Legal professional Common John M. Formella’s workplace.
The prosecutor, who main the investigation into her homicide, stated in a press release: ‘As a result of ongoing investigation, no extra info will likely be launched presently.
‘Officers warning in opposition to any hypothesis associated to the potential outcomes of this search.’
Formella has beforehand said the investigation’s focus had moved from discovering her physique to discovering the individual liable for killing her.
Concord was born in Massachusetts in 2014. Her dad and mom had been single, had been now not collectively and had a historical past of substance use, in line with a report this yr by the Massachusetts Workplace of the Little one Advocate. Adam Montgomery was in jail when she was born.
She was blind in a single eye and had behavioral wants, and went into the custody of kid protecting companies in Massachusetts when she was 2 months previous. She was moved between the properties of her mom and her foster dad and mom a number of instances, the report stated, inflicting ‘vital trauma and hurt.’
Adam Montgomery was awarded custody of Concord in February 2019.
Concord’s case led to vigils and the creation of social media websites. Police provided money rewards for info and devoted a 24-hour tip line to the case.
‘I ask that in reminiscence of Concord that all of us make each effort to do one thing good for a kid as we speak,’ Manchester Police Chief Allen Aldenberg stated on the information convention. He added, ‘Simply take a couple of moments out of your day to say one thing good to a baby, give her or him a hug, some particular phrases of encouragement.’
In June of final yr, investigators had been seen eradicating proof, together with a fridge, from the Manchester, New Hampshire, condo, the place Concord had lived together with her father and stepmom earlier than her disappearance
Concord’s stepmother Kayla (pictured) was additionally arrested in January 2022 after she allegedly lied concerning the disappearance of Concord
Concord’s stepmother Kayla Montgomery was additionally arrested in January 2022 after she allegedly lied to investigators concerning the kid’s disappearance.
Alongside telling the state Division of Well being and Human Companies that Concord was in her care, she additionally faces costs of wire fraud for reportedly accumulating $1,500 value of meals stamps within the kid’s title for a yr following her disappearance.
In keeping with court docket information, Kayla agreed to cooperate with New Hampshire legislation enforcement final yr. She is at present incarcerated and isn’t set for launch till 2029.
In February 2019, a Massachusetts decide had positioned the little woman in Montgomery’s care, regardless of pleading responsible 5 years earlier to capturing a person within the head throughout a drug deal.
The daddy didn’t should undergo a suitability evaluation to realize entry to his daughter because the decide overruled it, regardless of state’s lawyer objecting it.
Within the years following that call, family members accused Montgomery of abusing Concord, inflicting case employees to go to the Manchester condo a number of instances in 2019, 2020, and 2021 – a number of coming after the woman was final seen.
Montgomery’s uncle, Kevin, recounted incidents together with spanking, forcing the then five-year-old to wash the bathroom together with her toothbrush, and leaving her standing within the nook for hours, investigators say.
Within the months earlier than she was final seen alive, there have been a number of stories from folks in her life to little one companies that she had bruises and crimson marks on her face.
In June of final yr, investigators had been seen eradicating proof, together with a fridge, from the Manchester, New Hampshire, condo, the place Concord had lived together with her father and stepmom earlier than her disappearance.