Kayla Montgomery

Harmony Montgomery’s mom Crystal Sorey says she wasn’t happy when she heard from investigators this week that Kayla Montgomery had reached a plea deal.

The stepmother of a New Hampshire girl who vanished in 2019 at age 5 and is presumed dead plans to plead guilty to unrelated perjury charges and agree to cooperate with prosecutors, who charged her husband with second-degree murder in the child’s death, according to a document filed in court Wednesday. Other charges against Kayla Montgomery, 32, would be dropped,…

Montgomery had her bail revoked by a judge Tuesday, after failing to appear for a scheduled court hearing.

Kayla Montgomery, the stepmother of New Hampshire girl Harmony Montgomery, who vanished in 2019 at age 5, will remain jailed following her arrest Friday after she failed to appear for a scheduled court hearing.

The stepmother of long-missing New Hampshire girl Harmony Montgomery, who is considered dead, was arrested Friday afternoon after missing a court date the day before, prosecutors said. Kayla Montgomery was due in Hillsborough Superior Court at 10 a.m. for a hearing about charges she’d received stolen property, according to the court’s docket, but an official with the state Justice...

The stepmother of long-missing New Hampshire girl Harmony Montgomery, who is considered dead, didn’t appear in court on Thursday, leading authorities to issue a warrant for her arrest. Kayla Montgomery was due in Hillsborough Superior Court at 10 a.m. for a hearing about charges she’d received stolen property, according to the court’s docket, but an official with the state...

The case of Harmony Montgomery, a New Hampshire girl who has been missing for over two years and is now believed to have been killed in 2019, has been closely followed by people throughout New England. Complete strangers, even, have become so invested in finding the little girl that they volunteer for intense searches in wooded areas in Manchester. The…

Kayla Montgomery, 31, was arrested Friday at the Manchester Police Department when she arrived for a daily check-in.

The stepmother of a New Hampshire girl who went missing in 2019 has waived her arraignment on perjury charges after allegedly lying twice to a grand jury. Kayla Montgomery, 31, was arrested Friday at the Manchester Police Department when she arrived for a daily check-in. The check-ins are required as part of Montgomery’s bail conditions after she was arrested on unrelated...

The stepmother of missing child Harmony Montgomery has been taken into custody by Manchester Police on perjury charges, authorities confirmed Saturday. Kayla Montgomery, the wife of Harmony’s father, Adam Montgomery, had been out on $5,000 bail , after she was arraigned on a welfare fraud charge. She is now facing two counts of perjury for lying to a grand jury…

The stepmother of missing child Harmony Montgomery, facing charges of welfare fraud and receiving stolen property, is out on bail. Kayla Montgomery, the wife of Harmony’s father, Adam Montgomery, had been held on $5,000 bail since January, when she was arraigned on a welfare fraud charge. Harmony was last seen in 2019, when she was 5 years old. She was…

The stepmother of missing New Hampshire 7-year-old Harmony Montgomery is now facing gun charges, authorities announced Tuesday. Kayla Montgomery, 31, of Manchester, is charged with two counts of receiving stolen property related to a gun theft that took place in September or October of 2019. Adam Montgomery, Harmony’s father and Kayla’s estranged husband, was arrested earlier this month on eight…

The search for Harmony Montgomery, who has not been seen since 2019, continues as the welfare fraud case against the child’s stepmother, Kayla Montgomery, plays out in court. For the first time, we’re learning the State of New Hampshire has offered Kayla Montgomery a plea, but Defense Attorney Paul Garrity says they aren’t even close to striking a deal....

The father of missing 7-year-old New Hampshire girl Harmony Montgomery was due back in court Wednesday facing a series of gun charges, but waived his arraignment. Adam Montgomery, 32, of Manchester, was arrested Monday for eight charges related to a firearms theft in September or October of 2019, the attorney general’s office said. He filed waivers of arraignment and extradition…

The father of missing 7-year-old New Hampshire girl Harmony Montgomery is facing a series of gun charges related to a theft dating back to 2019, authorities announced Monday. Adam Montgomery, 32, of Manchester, has been arrested for eight charges related to a firearms theft in September or October of 2019, the attorney general’s office said. Prosecutors allege that between Sept….

The father and stepmother of missing 7-year-old New Hampshire girl Harmony Montgomery were indicted this week on charges initially brought against them in January. Adam Montgomery, 30, of Manchester, was indicted on a charge of second degree assault for allegedly knowingly causing bodily injury to Harmony by striking her in the face. He was arrested Jan. 4 on a warrant charging…

The girlfriend of missing New Hampshire girl Harmony Montgomery’s father was found dead, police said. Kelsey Small, who was not charged in connection with the case, died in Manchester, police there confirmed Wednesday. The cause of death is pending but is not considered suspicious, they said. Small was Adam Montgomery’s girlfriend. According to a police affidavit, the couple was...

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu placed the blame for the disappearance of 7-year-old Harmony Montgomery squarely at the feet of the Massachusetts court system in a letter released Tuesday. In the letter, which was sent to Kimberly Budd, chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Sununu expressed “grave concerns” about the ongoing investigation into the missing girl. He cited…

Prosecutors plan to drop a welfare fraud charge against the stepmother of a missing New Hampshire girl for collecting food stamps in her name and replace it with nine other charges, including theft, according to court documents released Tuesday. The change was being made based on new information provided by the state Department of Health and Human Services about Kayla…

The wife of missing 7-year-old New Hampshire girl Harmony Montgomery’s father has been arrested on welfare fraud charges stemming from food stamp benefits she claimed on behalf of the child even though Harmony was no longer living with them. Kayla Montgomery, 31, of Manchester, was arrested Wednesday on a warrant for one charge of welfare fraud, the New Hampshire Attorney…