Oct. 16, 2025
"TOXIC RELATIONSHIP MURDER TRIAL, 5-YEAR-OLD'S KILLER APPEALS & DRUNK SKATING COACH"
Reid Carter covers Daisy Link's murder trial - claims self-defense after shooting her husband Pedro Jimenez who she says pistol-whipped her, but prosecutors say she was the aggressor in their violent relationship. Link got pregnant by another inmate while in jail awaiting trial. Adam Montgomery's appeal hearing today - convicted of murdering his 5-year-old daughter Harmony, beating her to death then dissolving her body in lye. Body never recovered. Seeking new trial. Figure skating coach Megan Oster-Schultz sentenced to 100 days for drunk driving rollover crash with her two children - BAC three times legal limit.
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Callarogu Shark Media, Good morning, I'm reed Carter, Thursday, October sixteenth,
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twenty twenty five. Daisy Link is on trial in Miami
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for second degree murder. June twenty fifth, twenty twenty two.
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She shot her husband, Pedro Jimenez to death. Prosecutors say
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Link was the aggressor in their relationship. Pistol whipped him
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in front of her children, attacked him with a skateboard
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five days before the shooting. Admitted to police she shot
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to merely scare him. Link claims self defense. Says Jimenez
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abused her for years, Pistol whipped her days before his death,
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and she feared for her life when she pulled the trigger.
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The jury doesn't know. Link got pregnant by another inmate
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while in jail awaiting trial. Adam Montgomery murdered his five
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year old daughter, Harmony in December twenty nineteen. Beat her
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today in their car while traveling to a methadone clinic,
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hid her body in a duffel bag, froze it, then
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thought it out to cut up the remains and dissolve
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them in lie. Her body has never been recovered. Montgomery
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was convicted in February twenty twenty four, sentenced to fifty
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six years to life. Today, the New Hampshire Supreme Court
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hears his appeal. He wants a new trial, claims the
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judge made three errors. Prosecutors say deny it. And Megan
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Oaster Schultz, a Kenosha figure skating coach, was sentenced Monday
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to one hundred days in jail for drunk driving with
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her two children in the car November twenty twenty four.
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She rolled her vehicle BAC of zero point two pet eight,
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nearly three times the legal limit, miraculously no injuries. She
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told the judge she was going through a divorce and
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lets stress and alcohol get the best of her. I'm
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reed Carter. Three cases, one self defense claim, one father
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who dissolved his daughter's bad one coach who endangered her
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own children. This is Celebrity Trials. Miami, Florida, June twenty fifth,
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twenty twenty two, early morning, Daisy Link shoots her husband,
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Pedro Jimenez. He runs, stumbling, falling. Surveillance from a neighbor's
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camera captures him running through the alley. Link follows. He's
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bleeding heavily. The bullets severed his femoral artery. Within minutes,
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he'll bleed to death. Link calls nine to one one,
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applies a tourniquet to his leg, but it's too late.
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Pedro Jimenez dies at the scene. Now Link is on
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trial for second degree murder. The prosecution says she was
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the aggressor. The defense says she acted in self defense,
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and the truth lies somewhere in nine years of a
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toxic violent relationship background. Link and Jimenez were together nine years,
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had a tumultuous relationship marred by long term physical abs
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abuse and domestic violence, according to court documents. But who
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was abusing whom That's what the jury must decide the
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prosecution's case. Five days before the shooting, June twentieth, police
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respond to a nine to one one call, Link allegedly
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attacked Jimenez with a skateboard while he was inside his
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vehicle trying to flee. Text messages between them show Jimenez
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accusing Link of violence. He claims she pistol whipped him
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in front of her children. When Link spoke to police
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after the shooting, she admitted being the aggressor in the
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argument and said she shot to merely scare the victim.
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That statement is devastating to her defense. Admitting you were
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the aggressor, admitting you shot to scare, not to protect yourself,
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that's not self defense language. Detective Joseph Cruz, the lead investigator,
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testified that ring camera footage showed a five minute gap
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between the shooting and when gunshots were heard, and a
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twelve minute gap between the shooting and the nine one
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one call. What was Link doing during those twelve minutes?
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Why didn't she call immediately? No firearm or bullet casings
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found during the initial property search. The gun was later
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discovered hidden in a palm tree around twelve thirty pm.
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Link volunteered the location before knowing police had already found it.
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But hiding the gun after a shooting doesn't suggest self
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defense suggests consciousness of guilt. During her interview with police,
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which lasted eleven hours, Link said she just wanted to
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scare him and make him stop hitting me. She described
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their nine year relationship, said Jimenez had a severe mental disorder,
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said he controlled her social media, no Facebook, TikTok or
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Instagram allowed. Link also told police he Meenez threw a
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chair at a detective. During questioning, she whispered, I killed him.
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I loved him. I loved him so much. During the interview,
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that's not the language of someone defending themselves from an attacker.
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That's regret, grief, realization of what she'd done. The forensic
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evidence doctor Benjamin Mattis, chief medical examiner, testified that Jimenez
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had two gunshot wounds, a through and through wound on
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his left foot and his right thigh. A single bullet
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caused both injuries. His foot had to be in the
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air when shot, consistent with running. The bullet damaged the
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femoral artery and vein in his thigh. That injury causes rapid,
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severe blood loss. Death would take several minutes without medical intervention.
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Toxicology showed alcohol, cocaine, and THHC in Jimenez's system. Cause
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of death gunshot wound to right thigh manner homicide. Now
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the defense case, Link claims years of abuse by Jimenez.
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Days before the shooting, she says he pistol whipped her,
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causing severe head injuries. Her family testified about seeing those injuries.
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Leileen Gonzalez, Link's nie, traveled from Texas to Florida with
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her grandmother in June twenty twenty two to bring Lincoln
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her children back to Texas. Before traveling, she saw photos
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showing injuries to Link's head and bruises. When she arrived,
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she observed wounds consistent with the photos. The family was
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planning to help Link escape the relationship. Crystal Burreto, Link's sister,
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received text pictures from Link showing severe injuries. One showed
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blood all over Link's shoulder. Another showed a gash on
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Link's head with blood in her hair. Crystal testified she
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could see what appeared to be a skull through the
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open wound, severe injuries, lots of blood and swelling. Cristel
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believed the injuries were potentially life threatening and immediately contacted
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their mother to come to Florida. Josphina Perez, Link's mother,
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testified she traveled from Texas after seeing photos of her
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daughter's injuries. There was a pre existing plan to help
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Link in her children escape from Jimenez on July fourth,
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but they moved it up due to the severity of
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the injuries. Perez witnessed Jimenez choke Link during a conversation
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that made him angry. She threatened to call police, but
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Jimenez said not to because he'd lose his career. Pedro left,
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then returned fifteen minutes later, knocking things over, grabbing Link's
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perse and cell phone, taking whiskey, and running out. He
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returned a third time and clothes lined Link when she
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looked for her purse. That testimony paints a picture of
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an abusive, controlling man. But here's the problem. Perez was
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questioned about watching the trial's live stream during a break,
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which she denied. Prosecutors also accused Crystal Baretto of lying
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about watching the trial and sharing Facebook posts. Both were
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confronted about their credibility. If the defense witnesses are lying
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about small things like watching the trial, are they lying
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about the abuse? That's what prosecutors want the jury to question.
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The physical evidence contradicts some of Link's claims. Neighbor Robertsis
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Narrows testified about surveillance video showing Jimenez running, stumbling and
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falling and Link approaching him. Says Narrow said, Link appeared
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emotionally distraught, but the video shows Jimenez fleeing, not attacking.
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DNA analysis revealed Link's DNA as the major profile on
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the firearm. The statistical probability it belongs to someone else
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is one in twenty eight point seven Septilian, it's her gun,
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she shot him. A seven minute video was recorded on
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Link's phone minutes before the nine to one to one call.
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What's on that video we don't know yet, but it
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was captured during the critical time between shooting and calling
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for help. Ring camera audio captured Link telling the dying
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Himenez you'll be fine and asking if he wanted to
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go to the hospital. Defense played additional audio where Jimenez
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appears to say I want to die. Is that a
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man expressing regret for abusing someone or a man dying
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from blood loss saying he wants the pain to end.
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Here's what makes this case complex. Both things can be true.
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Link can have been abused by Jimenez for years and
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not been acting in self defense when she shot him.
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Abuse victims sometimes become abuse users themselves. Violence begets violence.
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A toxic relationship can have two aggressors. The pistol whipping
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incident cuts both ways. Link claims Jimenez pistol whipped her.
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Text messages show Jimenez claiming Link pistol whipped him in
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front of her children. Who's telling the truth. Maybe both?
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Maybe they both used weapons against each other. The skateboard
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attack five days before the shooting. Link attacking Jimenez while
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he tried to flee in his vehicle. That's not defensive violence.
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That's aggressive violence, attacking someone who's trying to escape. But
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Link's family documented severe injuries days before the shooting. Head
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wounds severe enough that Crystal thought she could see skull.
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That level of injury doesn't happen from nothing. Someone beat
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Link badly enough to cause significant trauma. The question for
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the jury when Link shot Jimenez on June twenty fifth,
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twenty twenty two, was she defending herself from imminent harm?
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Or was she the aggressor in yet a another fight
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In a mutually violent relationship. Self defense requires reasonable fear
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of imminent harm, proportional response, no safe alternatives. Did Link
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reasonably believe Jimenez was about to seriously harm or kill her?
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The surveillance shows him running away. That's not imminent threat,
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that's retreat. Did Link use proportional force? Shooting someone who's
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fleeing isn't proportional that's escalation beyond what's necessary for defense.
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Did Link have safe alternatives? Her family was there to
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help her escape. They'd traveled from Texas specifically to get
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her out of the relationship. She had options beyond shooting him.
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The prosecution wants the jury to see Link as the
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primary aggressor who killed her husband during a fight. The
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defense wants the jury to see Link as an abuse
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victim who finally defended herself after years of torture. One
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more detail the jury doesn't know. After her arrest, Link
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became pregnant by another inmate. That fact is excluded from
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trial as prejudicial, but it raises questions about Link's judgment
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and character that the jury won't hear. The trial continues,
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the state rested its case, defense presented family members testifying
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about abuse. Closing arguments coming soon, and twelve jurors will
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decide whether Daisy Link murdered her husband or defended herself
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from an abuser. We'll be right back with Adam Montgomery's appeal,
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the father who dissolved his daughter's body and lie. By
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the link in the show notes we'd love to hear
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from you. Today. The New Hampshire Supreme Court hears arguments
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in Adam Montgomery's appeal. He wants a new trial for
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murdering his five year old daughter, Harmony. He was convicted
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in February twenty twenty four, sentenced to fifty six years
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to life. Now he's claiming the trial court made errors
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that warrant overturning his conviction. Quick background. Harmony Montgomery was
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born June seventh, twenty fourteen, to Crystal Sorry and Adam Montgomery,
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parents not together. Harmony, partially blind in her left eye,
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had special needs. Crystal originally had custody, but lost it
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due to DCF involvement over neglect allegations. Harmony went into
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foster care at two months old. Twenty nineteen, a Massachusetts
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judge awarded Adam full custody, despite him being incarcerated most
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of Harmony's early life and having spent only twenty hours
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with her on supervised visits. DCF failed to adequately assess
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Adam or present a strong legal case against placing Harmony
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with him. Adam lived in New Hampshire with his wife, Kayla,
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and their two sons. Both had substance abuse issues, paid
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their drug dealer with snap food stamps, leaving the family
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without adequate food. Harmony was subjected to beatings and abuse
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by Adam. When Adam's uncle noticed Harmony had a black eye,
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Adam allegedly said he bashed her around. The uncle contacted
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child protective agencies, nothing came of it. Late twenty nineteen,
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the family was evicted and began living in their car
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before moving to a homeless shelter. Adam and Kayla abused
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drugs in the car while three young children were in
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the back seat. Harmony, struggling with bathroom accidents that started
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during homelessness, was repeatedly beaten by Adam. December twenty nineteen,
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while the family traveled to a meta the Done clinic,
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Adam went into a rage over Harmony's bathroom accidents, beat
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her to death, hid her body in a duffel bag.
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Then he and Kayla concealed her remains for months, initially
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froze the body, later thought it out to cut up
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the remains and dissolve them in lie. The body has
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never been recovered. Harmony's mother, Cristel, became concerned when Adam
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didn't bring Harmony for Thanksgiving, she questioned him on Facebook,
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he blocked her. She filed a missing person report. Adam
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claimed Harmony was living with Crystel, but Cristel hadn't seen
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her in over two years. August twenty twenty two, Manchester
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Police Chief and New Hampshire Attorney General stated they believed
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Harmony was dead and Adam murdered her. February twenty twenty four,
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trial begins. Adam was already in prison serving thirty years
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for an unrelated gun crime. He refused to attend court.
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Prosecutor Christopher Knowles presented the case. Adam was represent entered
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by Caroline Smith and James Brooks. Kayla Montgomery, Adam's ex wife,
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was serving time for perjury lying to a grand jury
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about Harmony's death. She testified against Adam, said he'd been
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physically and emotionally abusive to her in Harmony, that he
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beat Harmony to death in December twenty nineteen, that she
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didn't speak up because she still cared for him. February
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twenty second, twenty twenty four, Adam Montgomery found guilty of
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second degree murder and falsifying physical evidence. May ninth, twenty
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twenty four, sentenced to forty five years to life in
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prison consecutive to his weapons sentence, total fifty six years
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to life now. Adam appeals, citing three errors. First, the
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court's failure to sever assault and murder charges. Adam argues
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that trying the assault charges together with the murder charge
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prejudiced the jury. They heard evidence of his violent abuse
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