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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Yahoo
New Hampshire to pay $2.25M to mother of 5-year-old killed by father
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire has agreed to pay $2.25 million to the mother of Harmony Montgomery, a 5-year-old girl whose father was convicted of murdering her. Crystal Sorey filed a negligence lawsuit against the state last May accusing social workers of ignoring signs that her daughter was being physically abused by her ex-husband after he was awarded custody in early 2019. Adam Montgomery is serving a minimum of 56 years in prison after being convicted of murdering Harmony and moving her corpse around for months before disposing of it. Police believe Harmony was killed by him nearly two years before she was reported missing in 2021. Her body has not been found. The state does not admit any wrongdoing in the settlement agreement reached last month. The attorney general's office declined to comment on the settlement Friday or on other similar settlements reached in the last year. In July, the state agreed to pay $5.75 million to the mother of a Laconia boy the state placed with a grandmother who is now charged with his 2019 death. In December, it settled with the father of 5-year-old boy Merrimack killed by his mother in 2021. In 2018, the state created an Office of the Child Advocate to serve as an independent watchdog agency, but lawmakers are considering eliminating it in the next state budget.
Winnipeg Free Press
23-05-2025
- Winnipeg Free Press
New Hampshire to pay $2.25M to mother of 5-year-old killed by father
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire has agreed to pay $2.25 million to the mother of Harmony Montgomery, a 5-year-old girl whose father was convicted of murdering her. Crystal Sorey filed a negligence lawsuit against the state last May accusing social workers of ignoring signs that her daughter was being physically abused by her ex-husband after he was awarded custody in early 2019. Adam Montgomery is serving a minimum of 56 years in prison after being convicted of murdering Harmony and moving her corpse around for months before disposing of it. Police believe Harmony was killed by him nearly two years before she was reported missing in 2021. Her body has not been found. The state does not admit any wrongdoing in the settlement agreement reached last month. The attorney general's office declined to comment on the settlement Friday or on other similar settlements reached in the last year. In July, the state agreed to pay $5.75 million to the mother of a Laconia boy the state placed with a grandmother who is now charged with his 2019 death. In December, it settled with the father of 5-year-old boy Merrimack killed by his mother in 2021. In 2018, the state created an Office of the Child Advocate to serve as an independent watchdog agency, but lawmakers are considering eliminating it in the next state budget.
Yahoo
27-02-2025
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- Yahoo
Today in Chicago History: Jane Byrne upsets Mayor Michael Bilandic
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 27, according to the Tribune's archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago) High temperature: 75 degrees (1976) Low temperature: Minus 6 degrees (1897) Precipitation: 1.08 inches (1876) Snowfall: 2.9 inches (1954) 1917: Tribune correspondent Floyd P. Gibbons was on the British ocean liner Laconia bound for reporting duty in England when the ship was torpedoed off the coast of Ireland by a German submarine in the North Atlantic. The Tribune reported Gibbons, who previously traveled with Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa, was the only reporter aboard the vessel when it was struck and began sinking. Gibbons messaged the Tribune: 'Two Chicago women victims,' before the first draft of his story about the attack published in the Feb. 28, 1917, edition of the newspaper. 'I have serious doubts whether this is a real story,' Gibbons wrote. 'I am not entirely certain that it is not all a dream. … It is now a little over thirty hours since I stood on the slanting decks of the big liner, listened to the lowering of the lifeboats, heard the hiss of escaping steam and the roar of ascending rockets as they tore lurid rents in the black sky and cast their red glare over the roaring sea.' Widely reprinted, Gibbons' story stiffened American support for war with Germany by depicting the emotional roller coaster of Americans on a sinking ship in which 12 people died. Gibbons became a well known and decorated World War I correspondent who lost his eye during a battle. 1974: During an argument outside City Council chambers, Ald. Edward Burke threatened to punch 5th Ward Ald. Leon Despres in the mouth. Timeline: Edward Burke, once Chicago's longest-serving alderman, sentenced to 2 years in federal prison Despres told Burke, 'Thank you for not doing it,' before returning to chambers. The two later shook hands and made up. 1979: In the wake of the city's inept handling of record January snowstorms, Jane Byrne upset Mayor Michael Bilandic in the Democratic primary. Byrne's campaign, launched after she was fired from a City Hall job by Bilandic, was dismissed at first as a bid for retribution. But Bilandic's handling of the snow buried him. Vintage Chicago Tribune: The blizzard of 1979 — and how it propelled Jane Byrne into the mayor's office Byrne easily defeated Republican opponent Wallace Johnson in the general election and was elected Chicago's first female mayor on April 3, 1979. Subscribe to the free Vintage Chicago Tribune newsletter, join our Chicagoland history Facebook group, stay current with Today in Chicago History and follow us on Instagram for more from Chicago's past. Have an idea for Vintage Chicago Tribune? Share it with Kori Rumore and Marianne Mather at krumore@ and mmather@
