Missing Harmony Montgomery’s stepmother Kayla Montgomery has been arrested and was charged with welfare fraud.
Kayla Montgomery is in legal trouble.
The stepmother of 7-years-old Harmony Montgomery was arrested by the New Hampshire police with the case related to Harmony.
While the details behind the young girl who has been missing for 2 years have yet to be known, her stepmother Kayla has been arrested after she collected food stamp benefits for the missing girl.
Following the news of her arrest has surfaced on social media, people are eager to know about the detailed information.
We start with.
Who Is Kayla Montgomery? Harmony Montgomery Step Mother
Kayla Montgomery is the stepmother of Harmony Montgomery, a 7-year-old girl who has been missing since October 2019.
The resident of Manchester, New Hampshire, Kayla is a 31-year-old woman who is now being charged for welfare fraud.
As per the police, Kayla continued to collect the food stamps on Harmony’s behalf despite the fact that she was not living with Kayla and her father Adam since December 2019.
She shares 3 children with her husband Adam Montgomery. Adam, 31, has also been arrested and charged for the second-degree assault of his daughter Harmony.
Apparently, Harmony, who was 5 in 2019, was granted to live with her father after his divorce from Crystal Sorey. Sorey, who had been living in Massachusetts after the divorce had later reported to the Manchester police about her daughter’s missing on November 18, 2019.
Kayla was interviewed by the police after the missing report. She revealed that she never saw or heard about Harmony after November or December 2019 when Adam told her that he drove his daughter back to her mother.
Harmony has not been found since.
Kayla Montgomery On Facebook: Is She Arrested?
Kayla Montgomery’s news of arrest can be found on Facebook.
Montgomery, 31, was arrested on Wednesday and was charged with welfare fraud for obtaining $1500 worth of food-stamp benefits on behalf of missing Harmony.
She was pleaded not guilty on Thursday’s bond hearing. The judge has ruled the $5000 bond.
While her family is yet to talk about the case as of now, her mother has revealed that she saw Harmony for the last time in Thanksgiving 2019 where she was wearing her pigtails.
Further, Kayla’s mother believes that Harmony disappeared after December 6, 2019.
Adam Montgomery Charges
Adam Montgomery was arrested and charged with second-degree assault.
He was revealed to give his 5-year-old daughter a black eye after a beating. Further, he beat in her back as well and ordered Harmony to scrub the toilet with her toothbrush.
He was granted full custody of Harmony after her biological mother lost custody due to substance use.