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Body camera footage shows interaction between police, Adam Montgomery

Footage shows police questioning Montgomery about missing daughter

Body camera footage shows interaction between police, Adam Montgomery

Footage shows police questioning Montgomery about missing daughter

LAWYERS ARE TRYING TO GET A JUDGE TO SUPPRESS STATEMENTS THAT HE MADE IN THESE VIDEOS. <00;22-:00;27 "POLICE: WHAT'S YOUR NAME MY MAN?.....ADAM: ADAM. POLICE:ADAM?"> THIS POLICE BODY CAM VIDEO OBTAINED BY NEWS 9 INVESTIGATES WAS TAKEN ON DECEMBER, 31 2021-- THE DAY MANCHESTER POLICE ANNOUNCED A MISSING PERSON'S INVESTIGATION FOR HARMONY MONTGOMERY. <00;00;32-:00;36 POLICE: ON TOP. ADAM: WHAT'S GOING ON?"> THIS WAS THE FIRST INTERACTION BETWEEN ADAM MONTGOMERY AND MANCHESTER POLICE AFTER OFFICERS LOCATED HIM SLEEPING IN A CAR IN MANCHESTER'S WOLFE PARK. IN THE VIDEO-- OFFICERS ASK MONTGOMERY ABOUT HIS DAUGHTER'S WHEREABOUTS. <:13;10-:13;26 "DET. DUNLEAVY: WE JUST NEED TO FIND OUT WHERE SHE IS THAT'S ALL I'M CONCERNED ABOUT. YOU'RE NOT IN ANY TROUBLE RIGHT NOW THAT I KNOW OF. YOU DON'T HAVE ANY WARRANTS. SO, WHERE'S YOUR DAUGHTER SO THAT WE CAN CHECK ON HER TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE'S OKAY? ADAM: RIGHT NOW, I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY TO YOU GUYS. DET. DUNLEAVY: I'M JUST ASKING YOU WHERE SHE IS. ADAM: OKAY, I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY."> THE INTERACTION LASTS ABOUT 45 MINUTES BEFORE MONTGOMERY IS SENT ON HIS WAY. POLICE TRACKED MONTGOMERY DOWN AGAIN LATER THAT DAY--SERVING HIM A COURT ORDER TO PRODUCE HARMONY. <00;30-:00;33 "POLICE: DETECTIVES WANT TO SPEAK WITH YOU. YOU'RE JUST BEING DETAINED AT THIS POINT."> FIVE DAYS LATER-- MONTGOMERY IS ARRESTED ON CHARGES INCLUDING SECOND DEGREE ASSAULT FOR ALLEGEDLY ABUSING HARMONY. DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH DETECTIVES-- MONTGOMERY IS ASKED SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT HIS DAUGHTER. <30;29-:30;41 "DET. JOHN DUNLEAVY: THIS MONTGOMERY'S LAWYERS ARGUE THAT THEIR CLIENT TOLD POLICE HE DID NOT WANT TO SPEAK WITH THEM...BUT DETECTIVES CONTINUED TO QUESTION HIM...ESSENTIALLY VIOLATING HIS RIGHTS. PROSECUTORS ARGUE ANY STATEMENT MADE BY MONTGOMERY WAS DONE SO VOLUNTARILY. A JUDGE HAS NOT DECIDED
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Body camera footage shows interaction between police, Adam Montgomery

Footage shows police questioning Montgomery about missing daughter

Body camera footage obtained by News 9 Investigates shows the first interactions between Manchester police and Adam Montgomery, the father of Harmony Montgomery, who has not been seen since 2019 and is presumed dead.In the video, Adam Montgomery is questioned about his daughter's whereabouts. Audio from the recordings was first heard during a hearing for Adam Montgomery last week, but News 9 has requested the full video.The video was taken on Dec. 31, 2021, the day Manchester police first announced a missing person's investigation for Harmony. It shows officers locating her father in a parked car in Wolfe Park in Manchester. In the body cam video, officers ask Adam Montgomery about his daughter's whereabouts, to which he replies, "I have nothing to say.""We just need to find out where she is. That's all I'm concerned about," Manchester Detective John Dunleavy said in the video. "You're not in any trouble right now that I know of. You don't have any warrants. So, where's your daughter, so that we can check on her to make sure that she's OK?"The interaction lasted about 45 minutes before Adam Montgomery was sent on his way. Police tracked him down later that day and served him with a court order that forces him to provide information about Harmony's whereabouts. "Right now, I have nothing to say to you guys," Adam Montgomery replies. "I have nothing to say."Five days later, Montgomery was arrested on charges for allegedly abusing Harmony. The video was evidence in a hearing last week in which lawyers for Adam Montgomery asked a judge to suppress statements he made to officers on that day. They said he repeatedly told detectives that he did not want to talk to them, but detectives continued to question him.Adam Montgomery is not charged in connection with Harmony's disappearance and presumed death. He's facing charges of second-degree assault, interference with custody and endangering the welfare of a child.

Body camera footage obtained by News 9 Investigates shows the first interactions between Manchester police and Adam Montgomery, the father of Harmony Montgomery, who has not been seen since 2019 and is presumed dead.

In the video, Adam Montgomery is questioned about his daughter's whereabouts.

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Audio from the recordings was first heard during a hearing for Adam Montgomery last week, but News 9 has requested the full video.

The video was taken on Dec. 31, 2021, the day Manchester police first announced a missing person's investigation for Harmony. It shows officers locating her father in a parked car in Wolfe Park in Manchester.

In the body cam video, officers ask Adam Montgomery about his daughter's whereabouts, to which he replies, "I have nothing to say."

"We just need to find out where she is. That's all I'm concerned about," Manchester Detective John Dunleavy said in the video. "You're not in any trouble right now that I know of. You don't have any warrants. So, where's your daughter, so that we can check on her to make sure that she's OK?"

The interaction lasted about 45 minutes before Adam Montgomery was sent on his way.

Police tracked him down later that day and served him with a court order that forces him to provide information about Harmony's whereabouts.

"Right now, I have nothing to say to you guys," Adam Montgomery replies. "I have nothing to say."

Five days later, Montgomery was arrested on charges for allegedly abusing Harmony.

The video was evidence in a hearing last week in which lawyers for Adam Montgomery asked a judge to suppress statements he made to officers on that day. They said he repeatedly told detectives that he did not want to talk to them, but detectives continued to question him.

Adam Montgomery is not charged in connection with Harmony's disappearance and presumed death. He's facing charges of second-degree assault, interference with custody and endangering the welfare of a child.