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Crystal R. Sorey, the mother of murdered 5-year-old Harmony Montgomery, is suing her child’s father who was convicted of beating the child to death in 2019 and then hiding her remains for months.

“From the time Harmony was placed with her father in February 2019 until the date of her death in December 2019, Harmony endured breath-taking abuse and neglect by her father, leading ultimately to Harmony’s homicide,” she alleges in the wrongful death lawsuit filed Monday in Hillsborough County Superior Court Northern District.

Sorey already has settled her lawsuit against New Hampshire for $2.25 million . Adam Montgomery is serving a 56-

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