Harmony Montgomery’s story exposes the devastating failures of child protective services. Years of warnings were ignored, oversight collapsed, and a child disappeared under the care of those sworn to protect her.

A shocking case in Waterbury exposed decades of abuse hidden in plain sight. A man held captive since childhood was discovered after setting fire to his home, forcing attention on failures by Connecticut’s DCF. Teachers and neighbors had raised alarms for years, yet the system erased records and ignored warnings. This tragedy joins a pattern of preventable child deaths and neglect cases that reveal a child protection agency in crisis.