N.H. social workers ignored warning signs that a 5-year-old girl Harmony Montgomery was being physically abused by her father before her death, the slain girl's…
"This is why children die," a relative of the little girl's once told a Division for Children, Youth and Families worker in frustration while following up on an earlier report, according to the lawsuitNew Hampshire social workers ignored a litany of warning signs that a 5-year-old girl was being physically abused by her father prior to the child's death, the slain girl's mother alleged in a negligence lawsuit filed Friday against the state.
The lawsuit details concerns people raised about Harmony's welfare under her father's care, including claims she returned from a trip to Florida with a black eye. Kevin Montgomery also told the agency he'd witnessed Harmony being made to scrub a bathroom with a toothbrush as a punishment on one occasion, and that another time she'd been made to stand in a corner for between five and eight hours, the lawsuit says.
As a result of the negligence by the agency, the lawsuit says, “Harmony was the subject of multiple separate single incidents of serious physical and emotional abuse and neglect, including, but not limited to, corporal punishment, verbal and mental abuse, beatings that caused serious injury, and death.”Michael Garrity, a spokesperson for the state's Attorney General, said it would review the complaint and “respond as appropriate.
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