Harmony Montgomery , a name no one knew until the end of 2021 when we learned the 4-year-old had been missing for 2 years.
Since then, her story, her death and her father’s murder trial were in the spotlight.
25 Investigates spent months examining how Harmony went from the custody of the Department of Children and Families in Massachusetts to her father in New Hampshire, a man with a lengthy criminal record with little to no oversight .
Now this tragic case is the focus of a new book, “A Cruel Injustice: How Massachusetts Put 4-Year-Old Harmony in the Hands of a Monster.”
Anchor and Investigative Reporter Kerry Kavanaugh recently spoke with the author, Judge Carol Erskine, retired first justice for the Worcester County Juvenile Court.
“I wanted to tell the story because I had developed a friendship with the two dads of Harmony’s brother, Jamison. I did the finalization of his adoption in 2019 and they asked me what could have possibly happened in Massachusetts that actually brought her into the custody of the father and then to New Hampshire, where she ultimately was murdered,” Erskine told Kavanaugh.