Stepmother of Missing Girl Harmony Montgomery Pleads Guilty to Perjury

Stepmother of Missing Girl Harmony Montgomery Pleads Guilty to Perjury
Kayla Montgomery arrives for her plea and sentencing hearing at Hillsborough County Superior Court in Manchester, N.H., on Nov. 18, 2022. David Lane/Union Leader via AP, Pool
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The stepmother of a New Hampshire girl who disappeared in 2019 at age 5 and is presumed dead was sent to prison for at least a year and a half Friday after pleading guilty to perjury charges.

Kayla Montgomery, 32, pleaded guilty to two charges alleging that she lied to a grand jury about working at a doughnut shop on Nov. 30, 2019, the day she said she last saw Harmony Montgomery. She also agreed to cooperate with prosecutors who have charged her estranged husband with second-degree murder in the child’s death.