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Det. Max Rahill is now on the stand. He helped process the room at the homeless shelter where the Montgomery family lived. This is where prosecutors allege Adam hid Harmony's body in the ceiling.
Det. Rahill is now discussing bank receipts from an account belonging to Kayla Montgomery. Rahill says $500 was withdrawn from the account. Withdrawal happened at a bank less than a mile from the Manchester Home Depot on the same day when tools were purchased.
Rahill says police requested video from transaction, but the bank did not have it. Request was made years after transaction.
We're now seeing a receipt from the Home Depot purchased that Det. Rahill obtained from the store.
There's a 22-minute difference between the time money was withdrawn from the account and when the tools were purchased.
Court is breaking for lunch. Jurors will return in an hour.
Back from lunch recess. Prosecution is continuing with its questioning of Det. Rahill. He testifies that he requested surveillance footage from Home Depot for the day the tool purchases were made. He says he could not obtain the footage because the date was too far back.
On cross-examination the defense brings up an interview b/t Det. Rahill and Kayla Montogmery. Rahill tells defense Kayla never mentioned Adam purchasing any tools. His testimony is over.
We are now hearing from a maintenance man for the Montgomery family's Union Street apartment. He says he was called to their home for a clogged drain in the bathtub.
Now on the stand is Brendon Middleton. He is currently an inmate at the Hillsborough House of Corrections. He tells prosecutors that he rented a UHaul for his friend, Travis Beach in March of 2020. The UHaul was being used to move furniture.
The UHaul was rented on 3/3/2020 with 5,092 miles on the odometer. It was returned on 3/4/2020 with 5,225 miles on the odometer. This testimony is important because prosecutors claim that
#AdamMontgomery used a UHaul to take Harmony's remains somewhere in the spring of 2020.
Middleton says he gave the UHaul to Travis at a gas station and never saw the UHaul again. He was not the person who returned the UHaul. Tells prosecutors he did not know Adam or Kayla Montgomery at the time.
No questions from the defense for Middleton. He has been excused.
We’re now hearing from Rose Smith. She works for a company that provides non-emergency medical rides. She says she started driving Adam and Kayla in December 12 of 2019.
Smith says she drove the whole family that day. She took them to the methadone clinic and Manchester. Smith says she stayed in the car with Adam and Kayla’s two boys while they went into the clinic.
Smith says she only saw the two boys. Harmony was not with the family. She’s now getting into a ride she gave to Kayla and Adam in 2020. She says Kayla had a black eye. Smith says it’s a ride she’ll never forget.
Smith says she took Adam and Kayla to the clinic. She says when they returned them to their Union Street apt. she gave Kayla her phone to call for help. Adam was walking away from the car at the time.
Smith says Adam turned around and approached her car. She says he was enraged. She claims Adam reached into her car and twisted her phone out of her hand. She reported the incident to her boss.
On cross-examination, the defense asks Smith what happened when Adam grabbed her phone. She says she told him that she was trying to help them. She says Adam "softened”.
On redirect, the state asks Smith to explain what she meant by softened. She says the anger in Adam's face went away but says the rage when he grabbed her phone was “very frightening”, “it was assault." Court is done for today.
