Adam Montgomery trial

Senior Assistant Attorney General Benjamin Agati, at left, speaks with Assistant Attorney General Christopher Knowles during the Adam Montgomery murder trial at Hillsborough County Superior Court in Manchester, N.H., on Feb. 13, 2024. Montgomery has been charged with second-degree murder, abuse of a corpse, falsification of evidence and witness tampering. Montgomery allegedly beat his daughter, Harmony, for going to the bathroom in the car they were living in on the way to Burger King and then went to great lengths to cover it up. Her body has never been recovered. DAVID LANE/Union Leader/POOL