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Does Adam Montgomery’s Murder Retrial Even Matter If He’s Never Getting Out?
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- Jun 17, 2026
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Summary
Adam Montgomery will die in prison. The math is done. Over forty-three years on the convictions that survived the Supreme Court reversal, plus thirty-two and a half years on firearms charges. The murder retrial won’t add meaningful time. So why does the Harmony Montgomery case demand a second trial? Because the murder conviction was supposed to be the one that said what happened to a five-year-old girl and who did it. Without it, the record says Adam Montgomery tampered with evidence, lied to investigators, and desecrated his daughter’s remains — but not that he killed her. For Crystal Sorey, for Harmony’s brother Jamison, and for every person who has followed this case, that distinction matters. Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta (Defense Diaries) joins Tony Brueski for a conversation about what justice actually means when the system has already failed at every level. Whether Montgomery’s silence about Harmony’s location is legally untouchable. How the civil judgments interact with the criminal case. Whether the defense has any reason to deal. And what this case reveals about a system that loses a child for two years, reverses the murder conviction on a technicality, and still can’t bring her home. Tony Brueski and Bob Motta. Links: Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod Disclaimer: This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available informa…