The Manchester Police Department says it is working every day to investigate the disappearance of Harmony Montgomery, but her mother says she is concerned about the lack of progress.
The reward in the Harmony Montgomery case has shot up to $150,000 thanks to a personal donation from a New Hampshire resident.
It's been three months since Harmony's disappearance made international headlines.
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"It's very scary for me," her mother, Crystal Sorey, said during a video call. "I am afraid, like what if I never know?"
Sorey thinks the case has stalled at the Manchester Police Department.
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"I even emailed the lead detective letting him know I was concerned that the case was going nowhere," she said.
Meanwhile, other community members are planning a citizens' search, hoping to find something that might help find the missing 7-year-old.
Regina Carr doesn't know Harmony or her family, but like so many, she is heartbroken that this little girl has been missing since 2019 and nobody knows what happened to her.
"I don't want to get emotional, but I feel like nobody cared, so I guess I'll be that person," Carr said.
Harmony hasn't been seen since late 2019 but the disappearance wasn't reported to police until two years later. She was supposed to be in the custody of her father, Adam Montgomery.
"Whatever he did, just man up. You're in jail already, you're not going anywhere, you might as well say what you did," Sorey said.
Adam Montgomery was arrested in January, but has not been linked to the disappearance.
He's facing a number of charges, including child endangerment for refusing to provide information about Harmony's whereabouts.
Sorey has a message for her daughter.
"Harmony, if you're listening to this or if you can see me, Mommy loves you very much and I'm out here fighting every day for you," said Sorey. "We won't stop until you're home and you're safe."
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Carr is planning a search at an undisclosed wooded area on the city's West Side that she says Adam Montgomery was familiar with.
"It's is a place where homeless encampments have been swept and cleared out, but those are his people," Carr said.
She and another volunteer surveyed the site Friday. They say although they're amateurs, they've done their research and are well prepared.
"We've got flags if we find anything, safety vests, tape, gloves and nametags," Carr said as she rummaged through a box in the trunk of her car.
Manchester Police spokeswoman Heather Hamel says detectives are still following more than 600 leads.
"Just because there aren't details we can disclose to the public doesn't mean that each and every day, Manchester Police aren't working this case," Hamel said.
She says the department supports anything that could help bring Harmony home — including the search this weekend.
"Their heart is in the right place, we don't have any problem with it," Hamel said.
The search party will gather at 8:30 a.m. Saturday.
Carr says she's expecting some volunteers from as far away as North Carolina.
"I'm really grateful, from the bottom of my heart," Sorey said of the search effort.
