Killer dad Adam Montgomery, 34, is jailed to 45 years to life for beating daughter Harmony, 5, to death after refusing again to say where body is

Harmony Montgomery's father has been sentenced to 45 years to life in prison for the five-year-old's brutal murder.

Adam Montgomery, 34, faced life in prison after being convicted of the 2019 murder in February in New Hampshire. He punched Harmony to death for soiling herself and her body was never found.

Prosecutors gave the killer one last chance to reveal where Harmony's remains are in exchange for the state recommending a a lesser sentence, but were met with silence from Montgomery's attorneys. 

Since that offer has been rejected, your honor, that is yet another reason why the minimum should not apply,' said Senior Assistant Attorney General Ben Agati after Montgomery failed to respond.

Prosecutors had asked that Montgomery be sentenced to 56 years to life. He’s currently serving a minimum sentence of 32 1/2 years in prison on unrelated gun charges. 

Harmony Montgomery's father has been sentenced to 45 years to life in prison for the five-year-old's brutal murder 

Montgomery did not ask any questions about his sentencing after it was read by the judge

Police believe that Harmony Montgomery was killed nearly two years before she was reported missing in 2021

A judge ordered the killer to attend his sentencing after he refused to appear in his trial. He is seen in February

Harmony was only reported missing in 2021 when her mother, Crystal Sorey, who did not have custody of the child, discovered she had never been enrolled in school 

He was also convicted of witness tampering, falsifying physical evidence and abuse of a corpse

A judge ordered the killer to attend his sentencing after he refused to appear in his trial. 

Harmony's mother Crystal Sorey was in present for the sentencing and gave an impact statement calling the killer 'just plain evil.' 

Harmony Montgomery's dad is a 'career criminal' 

The violent felon, who had previously been jailed for shooting a drug dealer in the face, is currently serving a 32-and-a-half year sentence for an unrelated fire arms case

Sorey said to Montgomery: '[Harmony] wasn't a coward like you, and I'll be forever grateful for that. You're a coward that has to be in control of everything and everyone around you.

'She had a life worth living, unlike your own. And it bothered you to your core that she was nothing like you and everything like me.'

In a sentencing memo, prosecutors cited testimony by Harmony's stepmother Kayla, who said the father hit his daughter several times after she had a bathroom accident in the car.

The memo reads: 'The defendant robbed Harmony and her family of the person she was going to become... He killed all potential she held and eradicated the potential good she could do for her family and the community. 

'Harmony left behind young siblings, one who was 1 year old when he last saw her, and another born later who will never know her.'

Montgomery had attended his first day of jury selection in February, but did not come to court during his two-week trial. 

Police believe that Harmony Montgomery was killed nearly two years before she was reported missing in 2021. 

A judge declared Harmony legally dead in March at the request of her mother Crustal Sorey.

Montgomery’s lawyer recently asked for him to be excused from his scheduled May 9 sentencing in Manchester, saying Montgomery has maintained his innocence on charges of second-degree murder, second-degree assault and witness tampering.

He had admitted to abuse of a corpse and falsifying evidence. 

State law says that in second-degree murder cases, 'The defendant shall personally appear in court when the victim or victim’s next of kin addresses the judge, unless excused by the court.' 

Harmony's mother Crystal Sorey was in present for the sentencing and gave an impact statement calling the killer 'just plain evil'

Kayla confessed to placing the tote bag containing Harmony's body in between her own young children in a stroller and brought it to her husband's workplace

Harmony's mother, Crystal Sorey, who did not have custody of her daughter, called Montgomery a 'coward' following the verdict

The attorney general’s office said in March that Harmony’s next of kin and others would be addressing the judge at the sentencing, so it was mandatory for Adam Montgomery to show up. 

The Montgomery case spurred a bill in the state Legislature requiring people charged with serious crimes to be present for the reading of verdicts and at sentencing hearings. The bill passed in the House and awaits action in the Senate.

Last year, Montgomery proclaimed his innocence in the death of his daughter, saying in court he loved Harmony Montgomery 'unconditionally.' 

His lawyers suggested that the girl died while she was with her stepmother.

Montgomery's estranged wife Kayla is currently serving 18 months in prison for perjury and provided key testimony against her husband 

Montgomery repeatedly punched the helpless child in the face after she had a bathroom accident while sleeping in the car in December 2019

Harmony's stepmother, Kayla Montgomery, is expected to be released on parole in May after serving an 18-month sentence for perjury. 

She testified that her husband killed Harmony Montgomery on December 7, 2019, while the family lived in their car. 

Kayla Montgomery said he was driving to a fast food restaurant when he turned around and repeatedly punched Harmony in the face and head because he was angry that she was having bathroom accidents in the car.

She said he then hid the body in the trunk of a car, in a ceiling vent of a homeless shelter and in the walk-in freezer at his workplace before disposing of it in March 2020.