Cops ‘closing in’ on Harmony case
Young girl has been missing for 2 years
New Hampshire officials investigating the case of missing 7year-old girl Harmony Montgomery have narrowed the date of her disappearance down to a 13-day window in 2019, according to the state attorney general.
New details in the case emerged Monday as Montgomery’s father and stepmother, Adam and Kayla Montgomery, remain behind bars facing numerous charges — none directly connected to her disappearance.
“The investigation to-date has narrowed the window of Harmony’s disappearance to approxi
mately November 28-December 10, 2019. According to informa
tion learned by police, Adam and Kayla Montgomery, together with their two common children and Adam’s daughter Harmony, were evicted from 77 Gilford Street in Manchester on November 27, 2019,” Attorney General John M. Formella’s office released in a statement.
The AG added: “Multiple individuals have reported seeing Harmony with Adam and Kayla in the following days; however, by approximately December 6-10, 2019, Adam and Kayla apparently had only their two common children, and Harmony was no longer with them.”
Witnesses reported seeing Kayla and Adam Montgomery living out of cars around Manchester during that time, authorities said. The cars were identified as a silver 2010 Chrysler Sebring and a 2006 dark blue Audi S4. Officials noted the Sebring’s rear license plate was not on straight.
Kayla Montgomery faced new charges Monday in Manchester Superior Court, including a felony theft charge.
Granite State prosecutors dropped a previous charge of welfare theft, but replaced it with three new charges alleging Montgomery had claimed food stamps in Harmony’s name on eight different occasions while the 7-year-old was not living with her. Six of those incidents fell outside the statute of limitations, according to the state.
In light of the dropped fraud charge, Montgomery’s attorney requested her $5,000 bail be reconsidered. He said she isn’t a flight risk because of her ties to the Manchester area, including her other children with Adam Montgomery.
Prosecutor Jesse O’neill pushed back, saying “everything in the state’s original bail argument continues to hold true.”
Harmony Montgomery has been missing since 2019, but was only reported missing on Nov. 18 by her biological mother, Crystal Sorey. Manchester Police opened an investigation into the girl’s disappearance in December and charged Adam Montgomery with felony second-degree assault stemming from a 2019 physical altercation with the child.
The prosecution also hinted at a more sinister reason Kayla Montgomery should remain in custody: that she may know officials are close to a grim discovery, giving her cause to flee the area.
“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,” O’neill said.