The public has a right to hear audio recordings from the custody hearing of Harmony Montgomery, a 5-year-old girl murdered by her father.

A Massachusetts juvenile court must provide a journalist with a recording of a crucial closed-door hearing in the case of Harmony Montgomery, the young girl who was killed by her father after a judge awarded him custody, the state’s highest court ruled Wednesday.

Audio recordings from the custody hearing of Harmony Montgomery will become public after a ruling Wednesday from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.