Deceased/Not Found NH - Harmony Montgomery, 7, Manchester, Oct 2019 *reported missing Dec 2021* *REWARD* *Arrest*

[PommyMommy]

I feel the same.

I don't know what the Venn Diagram would be between hard-core junkies and pedophiles. Clearly compulsion and illegal acts in common, but I think they're driven by very different motives and live different lifestyles. But maybe pedophiles do scour the streets for junkies that will hand over their kids for money. Or to sex traffickers who are the middlemen, because you have cited two cases where this stuff did happen to these poor babies.

I just feel that since AM was capable of punching in the face his helpless little girl who was already blind in one eye, and blithely said he "slammed her around the house," that it is easy to conjecture that he went too far one day and caused her death. Then he deposited her somewhere which could be absolutely anywhere.

It seems obvious that her well-being was never a factor to him, and the only loss was whatever financial benefits accrued to him for having a disabled child. Which IMO KM felt also and made sure Harmony was still listed on their benefits.

I am certain KM must know more than anyone besides AM. Was Harmony four when AM got custody? Then KM had three babies in a row with AM? I'm getting mixed up with the timeline. But IMO she just has to know more and I hope she does tell LE everything.

BBM

AM and KM had two children at the time AM was awarded custody of Harmony when she was about 4 1/2. Another child was born about a year after Harmony was last seen. MOO

Jun 7, 2014 - Harmony was born.

Jun 8, 2017 - AM and KM's first child was born. 010622MontgomeryK-Affidavit.pdf (nh.gov)

Jan 30, 2019 - AM and KM's second child was born. 010622MontgomeryK-Affidavit.pdf (nh.gov)

Feb 22, 2019 – Harmony’s mother no longer had custody; Harmony was returned to her father and no longer in MA foster care system according to juvenile court records from Lawrence, MA.

Nov 4, 2020 - AM and KM's third child was born. 010622MontgomeryK-Affidavit.pdf (nh.gov)

 

[SaguaroSpirit]

Have seen so many cases over the years here where DCHS/DHS/DCYF or other agencies have REALLY failed children and it is so angering and heartbreaking and frustrating;

But I am also growing very tired of a series of complete failures to the children prior to the involvement of DCYF being ignored, "excused" or conveniently not acknowledged.

Its 2021, there are little to no excuses for not being prepared to be a parent prior to becoming a parent. Taking into account who or the type of person you are procreating with prior to procreating with them is solely the responsibility of those two people, no one else. Parenting in a way so that 3rd parties do not have to become involved at all in childrens lives is also the responsibility of the parents.

I guess it's simply easier to point fingers at other agencies for their failures and focus on that and how those agencies need an overhaul (which they do) than to take much responsibility for their own countless failures

I dont believe Childrens Services is ever 100% soley responsible for what we see happening to kids on any of the threads here on Websleuths.

MOO

You do have an excellent point.

 

[cocomod]

I agree that AM definitely could have those type of connections. Having said that, him having sold Harmony is low on my list of probabilities. I think AM being a typical violent abuser likely ‘lost it’ and abused Harmony to death and then dumped her little body somewhere. IMO, if she’s not buried in the yard of the Gilford Street residence, and it’s not looking too promising she’s there, another possibility would be AM dumped her somewhere close by the residence or somewhere along the route between NH and MA, possibly even buried her in MA (per KM-he said he was taking her to her Mother’s in MA. Maybe he really did take her to MA and used taking her there to her Mom as a cover story and really took her there and dumped her body somewhere in MA he’s familiar with)

Hoping and praying for a miracle that she’ll be found soon, xo.

#FindHarmony #JusticeForHarmony

RSBM I agree that it is highly unlikely he sold her, but I disagree that he lost his temper and killed her. If the "step-monster" is telling the truth, he said he was taking her to her mom. IF, IF, IF that is true, then he planned to kill her. He planned it and he took her somewhere where it will be difficult to find her.

However, I just saw the change in charges. Charging her with deception means she DOES NOT tell the truth!! Uuuugghhhhh!! I hate it when two monsters get together. I hate it when a momster can't find it within herself to love another person's child that is put in her care.

 

[PommyMommy]

JAN 11, 2022
Stepmom In Missing New Hampshire Girl Case Has Charge Revised | Concord, NH Patch
[...]

A judge set Kayla Montgomery's bail at $5,000 cash with several conditions.

Late Friday, however, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services informed prosecutors it had found "additional documentation that potentially raised concern for the offense level of the welfare fraud charge." Officials did not say specifically what the information was. But a review led prosecutors to communicate with Kayla Montgomery's defense about the new evidence. Prosecutors said new charges would be filed in Hillsborough County Superior Court North.

Once bail was set on the new charges, the original welfare fraud charge will be nolle prossed.

[...]

Prosecutors countered on Tuesday that the bail should not be changed since a Class A theft charge was one of the nine new charges.

"In his motion, defense counsel argues that the issue of bail should be reopened based on the state's information that the defendant would no longer be charged with a Class A felony," prosecutors told the court in a filing. "However, because the defendant will remain charged with a Class A felony (albeit under a different statute), as well as an additional eight new criminal charges, the defendant's motion should be denied and bail should remain as set."

The court is expected to consider the matter on Tuesday.

[...]

 

[MimosaMornings]

RSBM I agree that it is highly unlikely he sold her, but I disagree that he lost his temper and killed her. If the "step-monster" is telling the truth, he said he was taking her to her mom. IF, IF, IF that is true, then he planned to kill her. He planned it and he took her somewhere where it will be difficult to find her.

However, I just saw the change in charges. Charging her with deception means she DOES NOT tell the truth!! Uuuugghhhhh!! I hate it when two monsters get together. I hate it when a momster can't find it within herself to love another person's child that is put in her care.

I doubt they are legally married, common law is not recognized in NH.
I do not consider KM to be a “step” parent.

It would be wishful thinking to hope Harmony was with someone perhaps even HM - AM’s mother (Harmony’s paternal grandmother) in Florida. But things don’t seem to be going in that direction. CS said in her interview that HM didn’t raise AM so it’s possible there are multiple layers of dysfunction.
JMO

 

[Tealgrove]

Although selling children happens (Kamarie and possibly Summer) and many others I don’t think this is the case here.

I think he lost it on her or maybe she just died of long term abuse. My guess is that the he dumped her in a dumpster. After two years I doubt she will be found which makes me incredibly heartbroken and incredibly angry.

Personally, I have had it with these types of cases and we see them over and over again.

I don’t know how we live in a world where AM could be deemed a good choice to care for Harmony. It not only defies logic, it defies common sense. More protections are in place for animal welfare.

Everything about this child’s life is tragic. Everything!

It’s time to put the child’s rights ahead of the parents’ rights.

Harmony should be here with us. She should be living with her brother in a home that wanted her, had the means to care for her and tried to make it happen. But no, a hardened long term criminal was deemed the best choice to care for Harmony because he’s her “father”. Utterly makes me sick.

KM knows. She knows. Sure hope she’s telling what she knows.

MOO

 

[FlossyMay]

There is no way AM would sit in jail and not tell anyone if Harmony was somewhere safe.

 

[Ontario Mom]

All the while KM was lying to welfare and collecting benefits for a child that wasn't living with her... where did she think Harmony was? I'd sure love to be a fly on the wall when investigators asked her that question. I hate to even think it, but for all we know, she knew all along this child was no longer living. If that's the case, I'm sure we'll be hearing about how Adam threatened her, the other kids, etc., she was scared, blah blah excuses.

jmo

 

[kkdj]

All the while KM was lying to welfare and collecting benefits for a child that wasn't living with her... where did she think Harmony was? I'd sure love to be a fly on the wall when investigators asked her that question. I hate to even think it, but for all we know, she knew all along this child was no longer living. If that's the case, I'm sure we'll be hearing about how Adam threatened her, the other kids, etc., she was scared, blah blah excuses.

jmo

If KM had believed Harmony was with her bio mom, why wouldn't she think her bio mom might be collecting welfare benefits for Harmony and therefore get her (KM) found out.
She has to have known there was no threat to her collecting and nobody else would be collecting welfare benefits for Harmony.
moo

 

[tlcya]

KM knows exactly what happened to Harmony. MOO all that jazz. It's a matter of time before either she or AM throws the other under the bus. I anticipate it will be KM who breaks and we will hear all about how AM lost it, killed Harmony, and is so abusive he made her go along with disposing of remains and the cover story.

 

[Ontario Mom]

If KM had believed Harmony was with her bio mom, why wouldn't she think her bio mom might be collecting welfare benefits for her and therefore get her KM found out.
She has to have known there was no threat to her collecting and nobody else.
moo

Agreed, it sure does appear that she had to have known that no one else was going to be applying for benefits for Harmony, because she wasn't with anyone. And that's a really heartbreaking thought.

 

[Ontario Mom]

KM knows exactly what happened to Harmony. MOO all that jazz. It's a matter of time before either she or AM throws the other under the bus. I anticipate it will be KM who breaks and we will hear all about how AM lost it, killed Harmony, and is so abusive he made her go along with disposing of remains and the cover story.

And part of the cover story was the welfare fraud.

So... why change the story last June when KM took Harmony off the family benefits?

 

[HilaryHormone]

If KM had believed Harmony was with her bio mom, why wouldn't she think her bio mom might be collecting welfare benefits for her and therefore get her KM found out.
She has to have known there was no threat to her collecting and nobody else.
moo

Exactly. She also made sure officials in the welfare system noted her ‘confusion’ around whether Harmony was part of their claim, stating that she had weekends with her Mother, like it was a shared custody arrangement. Harmony hadn’t been seen in a long time when that conversation was logged IIRC. An attempt to minimise any future fallout IMO.

Even if Km was so ignorant as to believe AM’s account of returning Harmony to her Mother, why didn’t she ever question it, ask him how that little girl was doing? Why did she allegedly block bio Mum on social media? Wouldn’t bio Mum’s questions about Harmony’s whereabouts make the average person think ‘hold up…isn’t Harmony with you?’and trigger safeguarding concerns at that end? The whole thing stinks. Too many adults just went about their lives without giving that poor, defenceless child a second thought. It hurts my heart.

 

[kkdj]

There is no way that KM believed (at least after a certain point) that Harmony was with her bio mom. No Way!
She might not know exactly what happened to her, or she might know, but she knew Harmony wasn't with her bio mom.
KM is also a criminal who knowingly committed welfare fraud and is lying to the police.
moo

 

[tlcya]

And part of the cover story was the welfare fraud.

So... why change the story last June when KM took Harmony off the family benefits?

I suspect it was a combo of these three events on the timeline:
Missing Harmony Montgomery: Timeline of New Hampshire girl's disappearance

March 21. 2021
Kayla Montgomery takes the three children she shares with Adam and moves into her mother's apartment "due to domestic violence on her from her husband, Adam Montgomery," according to the request for a restraining order her mother filed month later.

Between October and November 2021
Adam Montgomery splits with his wife, Kayla, and checks into a sober house.

He later moved to Maine with another woman, according to court documents, based on Kayla Montgomery’s statements to investigators.

June 2021
With Harmony’s seventh birthday approaching, the Millers are still sending pictures of Jamison to Sorey and asking about the girl’s whereabouts. She tells them that on the child’s birthday, she woke up crying and said she wished her ex would stop avoiding her.

 

[tlcya]

MOO, KM kept receiving fraudulent benefits for Harmony until such time as she had to reapply or predetermine her benefits around the same time she moved in with her 3 kids to her mother's apartment. Meaning she and AM were on the outs and she would have to explain to her mother why she was receiving benefits for a child that did NOT accompany her to mom's apartment. So when she was required to update her case she dropped Harmony off of it. Why not distance from AM and his MIA daughter at that time.

 

[MoeInVA]

And part of the cover story was the welfare fraud.

So... why change the story last June when KM took Harmony off the family benefits?

MOO, KM kept receiving fraudulent benefits for Harmony until such time as she had to reapply or predetermine her benefits around the same time she moved in with her 3 kids to her mother's apartment. Meaning she and AM were on the outs and she would have to explain to her mother why she was receiving benefits for a child that did NOT accompany her to mom's apartment. So when she was required to update her case she dropped Harmony off of it. Why not distance from AM and his MIA daughter at that time.

I agree. I think it could be as simple as: In January 2021 KM was still with AM. By June, she wasnt.

Maybe it was her redetermination of eligibility date or maybe it was her mom's influence.

I am betting KM's mom influenced that benefit change. She had moved in with her mom in March 21 due to DV from AM (per mom) and one month after requesting the benefits change KM's mom filed for the TRO. Bureaucracy is hard and to pursue the TRO, KM's mom seemed to be a competent force trying to cut AM out of her daughter's life and the lives of her grandchildren.

 

[tlcya]

I think you may be right @MoeInVA
video interview with Christine Lubin, mother of KM regarding what she knows and thinks of this situation. Kayla Montgomery, Stepmother Of Missing NH Girl, Appears In Court

 

[Kitsey]

I may have missed this, but does KM have a history of addiction as well?

 

[tlcya]

The prosecutor detailed Montgomery’s criminal record, which consisted of misdemeanor convictions dating from 2012 to 2015 prior to when she had children. They consisted of possession of a prescription drug, willful concealment, false report to law enforcement and a probation violation.
Step-mom of missing Harmony Montgomery pleads not-guilty to spending $2,450 in food stamps designated for missing child | Manchester Ink Link
from KM's recent hearing