# What Happens When Adam Montgomery Goes Back on Trial for Murder?

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Podcast: [Hidden Killers Live! Daily True Crime News & Breakdowns](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-killers-live-daily-true-crime-news-breakdowns-5650841)
Published: 2026-06-17T23:00:00+00:00
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Adam Montgomery’s murder retrial in the Harmony Montgomery case will look nothing like the first trial. The assault evidence is out. The independent witnesses who corroborated the pattern are excluded. What’s left is a murder charge that depends on Kayla Montgomery — a witness who did prison time for lying to investigators — and a cover-up timeline that the Supreme Court says only proves what happened after Harmony died. Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta (Defense Diaries) joins Tony Brueski for the full three-part conversation. The legal mechanics behind the unanimous reversal: what went wrong at trial, why the defense ended up arguing both sides of the joinder issue, and what people misunderstand about a conviction being overturned. The retrial calculus: prosecution strategy, defense strategy, and the question of whether Kayla can carry a murder conviction alone. And the questions that outlast the courtroom: Montgomery’s silence about Harmony’s location, the civil judgments, the system failures, and what justice looks like when a little girl’s body has never been found and her father won’t say where she is. 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 information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing p…

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