HARMONY BREAKTHROUGH
Update in Harmony Montgomery case as cops reveal when missing girl, 7, was last seen & how family were living in car
PROSECUTORS have released new details in the case of Harmony Montgomery, as police disclosed when the seven-year-old was last seen and how her family was living in a car.
According to New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella, investigators believe , 7, disappeared sometime between November 28 and December 10, 2019.
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The DA said police have since learned that Harmony's father, Adam Montgomery, and her stepmother, Kayla Montgomery, lived with Harmony and two common children at 77 Gilford Street when they were evicted on November 27, 2019.
Multiple people reported seeing Harmony with Adam and Kayla in the following days, but between December 6 and 10, they had only their two common children with them and not Harmony.
"Witnesses have reported that during that time, Adam, Kayla, and the children were homeless and living out of cars, possibly in the North End of Manchester," the attorney general's office said in a release.
One of the cars was a silver 2010 Chrysler Sebring, and the other a dark blue 2006 Audi S4.
Investigators released stock photos of the cars on Monday but said the actual condition of the vehicles in 2019 was worse than in the pictures, and the Sebring's rear license plate was crooked.
Harmony’s father, Adam, and stepmother have both been arrested on charges related to her well-being.
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Adam, 31, was arrested on January 4 and charged with assaulting his seven-year-old daughter before her mysterious disappearance.
The 31-year-old has been charged with felony second-degree assault stemming from an alleged attack against Harmony in 2019.
ADAM'S ALLEGED ABUSE
Adam's brother, Michael, told police the 31-year-old was physically abusive to Harmony and gave her a black eye.
A detective then spoke to Adam’s uncle Kevin and asked him about Harmony’s eye injury.
According to court documents, Kevin said that Adam told him in July 2019 that he [Adam] “bashed her [Harmony] around the house.”
Adam was allegedly angry at Harmony, who was five years old at the time because she was supposed to be watching her infant brother, but he started crying, which enraged the father.
The uncle also said Adam spanked his daughter, forced her to stand in the corner for hours, and ordered her to scrub a toilet with her toothbrush.
KAYLA APPEARS IN COURT
Harmony's stepmother, Kayla, was charged with welfare fraud on suspicion of obtaining $1,500 in food stamps from December 2019 to June 2021 for the child at a time when the girl was not living with her and Adam.
Kayla was arraigned on Monday as prosecutors argued she should be held on cash bail because she is a flight risk.
“This isn’t a white lie. This isn’t a simple lie. This is an approximately 18-month lie to get welfare benefits for a child who has disappeared. Despite a month of around-the-clock effort of three strong law enforcement agencies to locate her, she still has not appeared,” Assistant District Attorney Jesse O’Neill said.
“I suggest that makes this defendant a strong flight risk. She knows what law enforcement is closing in on learning. Maybe now it looks like an innocuous theft charge, welfare fraud charges. But she knows what we are going to learn as the investigation continues.”
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The judge took arguments under consideration but has not yet ruled.
Both Adam and Kayla have pleaded not guilty.
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