With reporting by AL.com A 3-year-old child in Alabama foster care has died after being left inside a parked vehicle for roughly five hours while under the supervision of a Department of Human Resources (DHR)...

Harmony Montgomery’s tragic death and the $2.25 million settlement awarded to her mother expose deep failures within the child protection system. Despite red flags, the state placed Harmony with an abusive father. Now, her story stands as a warning of what happens when oversight fails and accountability is absent.