Kayla Montgomery, the stepmother of Harmony Montgomery, has now been charged in connection with the ongoing saga to find the 7-year-old who was last seen in New Hampshire in 2019.
Kayla Montgomery, 31, was arrested Wednesday on one count of welfare fraud after allegedly continuing to collect food-stamp benefits for Harmony. The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office said that between Dec. 2019 and June 2021, Montgomery obtained more than $1,500 in food-stamp benefits on Harmony’s behalf—even though the child was no longer living with her and her husband, Adam.
Adam Montgomery, 31, was booked Tuesday evening on an array of charges, including felony second-degree assault in connection with 2019 conduct against Harmony. He was also charged with one misdemeanor charge of interference with custody, and two misdemeanor charges of endangering the welfare of a child pertaining to his daughter.
The affidavit for Adam Montgomery also provided new details into the months leading up to Harmony’s disappearance, who police say was last seen at a Manchester home after officers answered a call in Oct. 2019. “Kayla claimed she never saw, or heard about [Harmony] after that day,” the affidavit states, noting she said she had not seen her husband since Oct. 2021. “Kayla admitted that she had seen [Harmony] with a black eye in the past; however, she explained that Adam told her it was caused by one of their other children striking [Harmony] with a toy.”
“She is 4 years old and permanently blind in one eye, she was born like that,” Kayla wrote in an attempt to add Harmony to her account, which included three children she shared with Adam.
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