MYSTERY DEEPENS
Kelsey Small update: Girlfriend who lived with dad of missing seven-year-old Harmony Montgomery is found dead
THE girlfriend of Harmony Montgomery's father was found dead after investigators learned she was living in a car with him before his arrest.
Kelsey Small, who was not charged in connection with Harmony's disappearance, died on March 13 in Manchester, , police confirmed on Wednesday.
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Small was Adam Montgomery's girlfriend at the time of her death.
According to an affidavit, the pair were found living in a car on December 31, 2021, when he was arrested in connection with the disappearance of his seven-year-old daughter.
Small's cause of death is pending, but Manchester Police are not considering it suspicious, they told .
Adam, 31, was taken into custody on January 4 and charged with felony second-degree assault, interfering with custody, and child endangerment stemming from his alleged 2019 conduct against Harmony.
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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 when the girl was not living with her and Adam.
They have both pleaded not guilty and are in jail.
Since their arrest, prosecutors have released new details in the case of Harmony.
According to New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella, investigators believe disappeared sometime between November 28 and December 10, 2019. However, she wasn't reported missing until late 2021.
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The DA said police have since learned that Adam and Kayla 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 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 birth mother, Crystal Sorey, told police she hadn’t seen her daughter since a Facetime call around Easter 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.”
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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.
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