ME AYLA REYNOLDS: Missing from Waterville, ME - 16 Dec 2011 - Age 20 months

Ayla was last seen when her father, Justin DiPietro, put her to bed at her home on Violette Avenue in Waterville, Maine at 8:00 p.m. on December 16, 2011. She apparently vanished during the night and has never been seen again. Her father called the police at 8:50 the next morning.

DiPietro, his sister, his girlfriend and the women's two children were at the residence all night the night Ayla disappeared. Authorities maintain the baby's father has not been cooperative with the investigation and they believe the adults who were in the home that night are withholding information.

Investigators found Ayla's blood in the multiple places in DiPietro's home, including her first-floor bedroom and his basement bedroom, which is where he slept that night with his girlfriend and her child. His sister and his sister's child slept on the first floor.

Ayla's mother, Trista Reynolds, was in a ten-day substance abuse treatment program when her daughter disappeared. The day before Ayla went missing, Trista had filed for sole custody. Ayla had been placed with her father by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) two months prior to her disappearance. DiPietro did not know about Trista's custody bid.

In April 2012, police found some unspecified items of interest behind the Hathaway Creative Center in the Kennebec River, about a mile from DiPietro's home. May 2012, nearly six months after Ayla vanished, authorities publicly stated they believed she was dead, but did not believe she had been abducted.

Ayla was declared legally dead in 2017; the court recorded that she had died around the time she was reported missing. In December 2018, seven years after her disappearance, Trista filed a wrongful death suit against DiPietro. Although the suit seeks unspecified monetary damages, she stated the real goal of it was to get answers as to what happened to Ayla and to recover her body.

DiPietro maintained his innocence in his daughter's case and stated he has no idea where she is. He didn't respond to the wrongful death suit until May 2019; before then, his whereabouts had been unknown. In his response to Trista's filing, DiPietro said he was innocent of any wrongdoing in Ayla's disappearance and the blood in his house was from one time when she was sick.

No one has been named as a suspect in Ayla's disappearance. Her case remains unsolved.


NCMEC - Have you seen this child? Ayla Reynolds

Charley Project - Ayla Bell Reynolds – The Charley Project

NamUs - The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)


Media - AYLA REYNOLDS has been missing from Waterville, #MAINE since 16 Dec 2011 - Age 20 months

 

[GrandmaBear]

Okay, so the civil one, nothing criminal. And it sounds like which can be a GOOD thing, nothing can be used from it for the criminal which would be a benefit and can be. I'll save my comment on that.... But it's not a good one...

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

A wrongful death settlement doesn't end an investigation into a Waterville toddler's disappearance

A 911 call in December 2011 alerted police that Ayla was not in her bed, triggering what became the state's largest and most expensive criminal investigation.

www.newscentermaine.com

A wrongful death settlement doesn't end an investigation into a Waterville toddler's disappearance​

A settlement that led to the dismissal of a wrongful death lawsuit hasn’t ended a criminal investigation into a toddler’s disappearance from her father's home in Maine where blood was found more than a decade ago.

Trista Reynolds, who is the mother of Ayla Reynolds, reached a settlement that brought her civil lawsuit against the girl's father, Justin DiPietro, and his sister and mother to a conclusion last month. Terms were not disclosed.

But that doesn't change the status of the criminal investigation. “The investigation is still active, and detectives continue to follow up on any and all leads,” spokesperson Shannon Moss said Tuesday.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Ayla Reynolds’ disappearance still a mystery 13 years later

Ayla was reported missing Dec. 17, 2011, from her Waterville home, launching one of the largest and most costly police investigations in state history.

www.sunjournal.com

Ayla Reynolds’ disappearance still a mystery 13 years later​

Trista Reynolds says she feels a little bit of closure since a civil case against the father of her missing child, Ayla Bell Reynolds, and his mother and sister, was settled earlier this year.

But she won’t find peace until she knows exactly what happened to her daughter, who was just a toddler in December 2011 when she disappeared. On Dec. 17, eight days before Christmas, Trista Reynolds learned that her 20-month-old, blonde-haired, blue-eyed daughter had been reported missing by Ayla’s father, Justin DiPietro, from his mother’s home at 29 Violette Ave. in Waterville.

The case launched one of the largest and most costly Maine State Police investigations in the state’s history, although Ayla has never been found and no one has been charged criminally in the case. A judge in 2017 officially declared Ayla dead. She would be 14 today.

Though the civil lawsuit alleging wrongful death by DiPietro, his mother and sister, Phoebe and Elisha DiPietro, respectively, has been settled, Maine State Police continue with the criminal investigation which would be prosecuted by the state Attorney General’s Office if and when adequate evidence is presented to that office to proceed.

“I do believe they’re trying really hard,” Trista Reynolds, now 37, said Thursday of police. “I do believe that Ayla’s going to get her justice. It’s just a matter of when.”

The settlement in the civil case enabled Trista Reynolds to buy a house for her and her sons, Raymond, now 13, and Anthony, 11, and the signing will be two days before Christmas, she said. That has helped to raise her spirits, but still, it doesn’t feel right that Ayla is not with them to experience it, she said.

“It bothers me that I don’t get to share that with her,” she said. “I know she’s with me. I just wish I could share all this excitement with her. I don’t have Christmas spirit this year. I don’t know why. I’m coming up to 13 years and it makes 14 years without a Christmas with Ayla.”

Her attorney, William H. Childs of Portland, also said he couldn’t disclose information about the wrongful death suit but he continues to assist in the state’s case.

“The civil case has been resolved and the criminal investigation continues,” Childs said Thursday. “We are hoping to obtain indictments.”

 

[GrandmaBear]

They can depose in civil cases and the defendant can't refuse to do so, etc.

THere was some case way back when and it was pretty old, I will never think of what one, but they were finally able to charge as the defendant gave a completely different account in that proceeding. They'd already had some inconsistent stories if I recall but this one was a lot different.

Hopefully something like that will be the case here.

 

[Takeitfromme]

Please let 2025 be the year!

 

[GrandmaBear]

Please let 2025 be the year!

You're busy on the threads. Good to bump them!! I've got some pet ones I should do it on if I get around to it too.

 

[Takeitfromme]

Oh Ayla..... where did he leave you..... let 2025 truly solve this

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Waterville toddler Ayla Reynolds not forgotten 14 years after she went missingWaterville toddler not forgotten

The girl was reported missing from her Waterville home Dec. 17, 2011, and has not been found nor has anyone been arrested in the case.

www.centralmaine.com

Waterville toddler Ayla Reynolds not forgotten 14 years after she went missing​

It has been 14 years since toddler Ayla Bell Reynolds disappeared from her father’s home, just eight days before Christmas.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

14 years have passed since Maine toddler Ayla Reynolds was last seen

The disappearance of 20-month-old Ayla in December 2011 captivated the state and the nation.

www.wmtw.com

Maine toddler Ayla Reynolds was last seen 14 years ago: What we know about her disappearance​

It has now been 14 years since the disappearance of a Maine toddler whose case captivated the state and the nation.

Ayla Reynolds was 20 months old when she was last seen in Waterville on Dec. 16, 2011.


Police have said they continue to work this case and are still asking anyone who has any information to call the Maine State Police.

Maine marks 14 years since the disappearance of Ayla Reynolds

Tuesday marks 14 years since 20-month-old Ayla Reynolds was last seen alive on December 16, 2011, in Waterville.

wgme.com

Maine marks 14 years since the disappearance of Ayla Reynolds
Tuesday marks 14 years since 20-month-old Ayla Reynolds was last seen alive on December 16, 2011, in Waterville.

Her father, Justin DiPietro, reported her missing the next day. State police say they discovered Ayla’s blood in the basement of the home.

Investigators have ruled out any possibility that she left the house on her own or was abducted. Her remains were never found, and the police believe she is dead.

Reynolds’ disappearance has been Maine’s biggest missing person case since it began.

 

[Mel70]

14 years have passed since Maine toddler Ayla Reynolds was last seen

The disappearance of 20-month-old Ayla in December 2011 captivated the state and the nation.

www.wmtw.com

Maine toddler Ayla Reynolds was last seen 14 years ago: What we know about her disappearance​

It has now been 14 years since the disappearance of a Maine toddler whose case captivated the state and the nation.

Ayla Reynolds was 20 months old when she was last seen in Waterville on Dec. 16, 2011.


Police have said they continue to work this case and are still asking anyone who has any information to call the Maine State Police.

Maine marks 14 years since the disappearance of Ayla Reynolds

Tuesday marks 14 years since 20-month-old Ayla Reynolds was last seen alive on December 16, 2011, in Waterville.

wgme.com

Maine marks 14 years since the disappearance of Ayla Reynolds
Tuesday marks 14 years since 20-month-old Ayla Reynolds was last seen alive on December 16, 2011, in Waterville.

Her father, Justin DiPietro, reported her missing the next day. State police say they discovered Ayla’s blood in the basement of the home.

Investigators have ruled out any possibility that she left the house on her own or was abducted. Her remains were never found, and the police believe she is dead.

Reynolds’ disappearance has been Maine’s biggest missing person case since it began.

IMO. I think dad knows. Reported her missing the next day?. A 20 month old?.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Her father, Justin DiPietro, reported her missing the next day. State police say they discovered Ayla’s blood in the basement of the home.

Investigators have ruled out any possibility that she left the house on her own or was abducted. Her remains were never found, and the police believe she is dead.

Those two sentences pretty much indicate to me that they think he is responsible short of someone coming into the home but never abducting her yet she was not found in the home so they are indicating someone who lives in the home and quite clearly, him. If they are saying such and we know they always know more than we do, I'd say they have a case but not enough of one they feel to charge him... probably? There has to be reason they feel her dead and enough to have ruled out that she left the home on her own...

I haven't refreshed self on the case, just going by the recent posts.

 

[GrandmaBear]