AUGUSTA, Maine — A spokesman for the Maine State Police confirmed Sunday that blood samples taken from Justin DiPietro’s home last month belong to Ayla Reynolds.
Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland told the Bangor Daily News on Sunday evening that more testing is pending on blood samples and a slew of other material taken from DiPietro’s home in the days following Reynolds’ disappearance, but that investigators have determined blood found in the home is Ayla’s. Justin DiPietro is Ayla’s father. He reported her missing from his Waterville home on the morning of Dec. 17.
“Our first priority is finding Ayla,” said McCausland. At one point the spokesman said “some of the samples taken from the home were Ayla’s.” Asked if investigators have found anyone else’s blood, McCausland declined to respond, citing the ongoing investigation. He also declined to say how much blood was found or what objects or areas it was found in or on.
On Saturday, McCausland confirmed media reports that blood had been found in the DiPietro home at 29 Violette Avenue in Waterville. He also said Saturday that investigators believe the three adults in the home on the night of Dec. 16 “have not given us the full story.” Those adults include DiPietro, his sister Alisha DiPietro, 23, and his girlfriend Courtney Roberts, 24, of Portland. In addition to Ayla, both Alisha DiPietro and Roberts have told police they had young children in the home on the night of Dec. 16, though McCausland said Ayla was sleeping in a bedroom by herself. The other children slept with their respective mothers, and DiPietro slept in the partially finished basement where the blood was found, McCausland said.
Justin DiPietro has not responded to numerous requests for comment from the Bangor Daily News, including one on Sunday evening. DiPietro has maintained that he is innocent throughout the investigation.
Investigators have been slow to release details about the case until Saturday when news broke about the blood. The family of Trista Reynolds of South Portland, who is Ayla’s mother, said in a statement Sunday that the news about the blood found in DiPietro’s home had been leaked to the media on Saturday just hours before a Balloons and Bubbles Vigil was held for Ayla Reynolds in Waterville. The statement, which appears at the website www.aylareynolds.com, said investigators told Trista Reynolds that the blood had already been confirmed as being Ayla’s.
“They also stated to us that it is ‘more blood than a small cut would produce,’” reads the statement, which was confirmed as authentic Sunday by Jeff Reynolds, who is Trista’s stepfather. “Even in light of this evidence we are more determined than ever to find out what has happened to Ayla and we still cling to the hope that she is alive and will be returned to us,” reads the statement. “We urge anyone that has information about Ayla to come forward now and unburden yourself of the truth.”
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call investigators at 624-7076. A $30,000 reward has been offered for information that leads to Ayla’s discovery.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
The blood that was found was “more than a small cut could produce.” This is a very troubling and a sad turn of events. Been hoping and praying that some good news would be forthcoming.
The three people living at Ayla’s home are pretty lousy excuses for adults and parents. Perhaps appropriate justice will someday be handed out to them. We can always hope.
this is very true i do agree with you 100%
I agree with you…I thought she was suspicious. They say the blood was found in the basement, and that points to him. Honestly, I had hoped it was a custody battle blown out of proportion by 2 crazy people, but this has to confirm that this litte girl was hurt. It makes me sick.
What did some dirt bag do to this baby?
I’m betting he has a bad temper as Trista said he was vengeful and verbally abusive. He probably abused the child physically and because he didn’t ‘intend’ to hurt her, he will get a lighter sentence. (if this is the case) The three of them need to come clean, they have chosen to ruin their lives by sticking up for Justin.
I have a problem with the way they acted towards each other at the vigil. If Trista really feels that Justin had anything to do with her disappearance, there is no way unless she knows something, that she could have embraced him, the way that she did. I am not sure if it was for the cameras or what, but it was odd, considering the way she has spoken about him in the rest of her many interviews…I am still wondering what is going on with BOTH parents…something just doesnt seem right to me.
Unfortunately, many have criticized her for not putting aside differences and ‘working’ together for the sake of the child. I can see where public scrutiny, self-denial of what probably has happened to Ayla would lead her to embrace him. Frankly, I think she also did not have the courage to confront him face to face with accusations. It’s often easier to pretend nothing is wrong temporarily than to have a public scene. After all, the vigil was put on by Justin’s friend and she showed up or was invited (I’m not sure which). It would make sense to behave cooperatively in those circumstances. People want to see parents put aside their anger and ‘make peace’ and while that may make sense when there is a custody dispute, it doesn’t make sense when one parent suspects the other is responsible for harming their child. Just my guess.
“Don’t get me wrong, she’s still to blame” Are you kidding me? She left her child in the care of her mother, a safe place for Ayla — Justin came and took her. If you went away for the night and left your child with your mother and something happened to her would you want people to blame you for leaving your child for a night? The father is the only one here that had the responsibility to provide a safe home for that child at the time and he didn’t do it. He took Ayla from her grandmothers house, where she was being cared for and didn’t protect her — nothing prior to this has been reported in the area of Trista abusing Ayla or not caring for her in any way that I’ve read. She went into a week of rehab — would you had felt different if she’d taken a cruise and ask her mother to watch the child? I think many would because that would mean she had money and that would put her in a different social class so you’d all be feeling sorry for her instead of bashing her.
Yeah but she didnt JUST go away for the night did she? she went to in rehab for a habit that she was doing in front of her children or while her children where in her care….. im sure IF she gone on a cruise, Justin wouldn’t have been worried about his child being in an addicts care and wouldn’t have taken her away!
Do you really think that Justin is a clean cut man? Take a look at his FB page (although at this point that would be difficult as he has it private now). He took Ayla because he could and had the opportunity because she was getting help. I’m glad you know that she engaged in this habit while the children were under her care. Perhaps she left the children under her mother or sisters care when she was under the influence. So many people being so judgemental. I’ve seen many parents drinking to excess at restuarants when I’ve gone out to eat their children sitting right next to them in the booth. I bet this weekend with the Superbowl coming they’ll be lots of parents drinking and having parties with their children in the home. Should they all lose their children to DHHS because of it?
She went to get help for a problem she was having — that’s all the information we were given. Out of that you and many others believe they know how she parented, that she placed her children in danger when she drank, and lots of other judgements of her. I will wait to hear that she was a bad parent to Ayla before I decide to write a bad word about her.
Addiction isn’t part time, if she placed her kids with her mother during her times, she wouldn’t spend too much time with them would she…just because people have a drink at a restaurant or Superbowl, doesn’t mean they are addicts, so no they shouldn’t have their kids taken away….addicts on the other hand should have their kids taken away, because they are poor excuses for parents, they have a hard time looking after themselves when under the influence, so how can they take care of children, and small ones at that!
Like DHS dose a wonderful job taken care of kids . I personally know many people that were abused in foster homes . Get real. Lets say one In 10 foster homes abuse chilren when these kids sometimes get sent of 5 it does not give them good odds I know I just making up the numbers here . But I do not think I am far from the truth.
You know…there are some very high functioning alcoholics and addicts out there who, believe it or not, are actually really good parents in spite of how ill they are. For example, I knew a woman who was addicted to opiate pain killers. Her house was spotless and completely child proofed at all times. Her kids were on a schedule…always bathed daily before bed, fed nutritious meals at the same time every day, healthy snacks, clean clothes, never missed an appointment or school and their mother never appeared intoxicated or out of control. She openly admitted that she was an addict, though. She needed the pills or she’d go into withdrawl, but she didn’t get “high.” Her kids were not neglected or abused at all. She was still very sick and needed help…she was just a high functioning addict.
We have seen NOTHING that indicates that Trista Reynolds every abused or neglected Ayla. The only substance we have heard mentioned is ALCOHOL. You’d be surprised at how many high functioning alcoholics there are out there. You probably know and may even be friends with some. Some are doctors, lawyers, teachers, politicians, business owners, etc. You are making assumptions about Trista Reynolds ONLY because she is a single mother, and that’s stupid.
You’ve got it 100% backwards mayer… You might want to STOP criticizing people who DO seek help. What’s wrong with you? Criticize those who DO NOT seek help and that makes sense…
I agree with you. Another point I would like to bring up Is how many kids are abused or even killed in DHHS care???? Do they fair much better than a parent would who has issues?? I guess sometimes yes sometimes no. Not all parents are perfect but without real abuse maybe a little neglect DHHS should do anything in thier power to help these parents before they just take the kids .
Another thing is why would you think that your child would be in a bad place with their other parent? Cant say I would leave my child with her father since he is a deadbeat and hasnt talked to her for many many years but you would think it would be safe to leave your kid with its parent
I agree with you justbeing… nothing to date has indicated that Trista was in any way a bad parent. To the contrary actually because she admitted her problem and sought help for it. It’s really sad when people have to reach deep in order to find illogical ways to blame the mother when the truth is… the baby was in her father’s care. He failed to keep her safe. It was his responsibility on that night to keep her safe no matter where the mother was. My heart goes out to Trista and her family… with each new day and each new fact the chances of Ayla being alive and well are diminishing. So sad… so very, very sad that people feel the need to be cruel to the parent who obviously was not present the night the baby went missing.
Why are you sticking up for him? They found BLOOD in the house…more blood than from a small cut….and the investigators do not believe those three are giving the full story…do you know what that adds up to? Something happened in that house and they know! j
As for the mother…you cannot blame someone because of a mistake they should never have made. EVERYONE makes mistakes…so get off your high horse. She realized she had a problem and she got help…in my book, that IS a mother looking out for her child.
Maybe if all the sheeple hadn’t been bashing the mother for the past 6 weeks just because she had a substance abuse problem, the pressure would have been on the father to come forward and everyone might know what happened.
HELLO CAN YOU PEOPLE READ???? im not sticking up for anyone, i said THEY ARE BOTH TO BLAME, but never once said that either of them did it!!!
Grow up. Justin is responsible.
VERY well said!!
Addiction is a disease and I commend Ayla’s mother for addressing it and trying to get herself healthy and sober. Justin is most definitely to blame, which has been clear all along. It’s a sad night in Maine tonight, and across the country, as this news comes out.
Every one at that house needs to be put in jail till the truth comes out …there all guilty anyway in my eyes ..
Fortunately, we live in the United States of America.
Unfortunatly we are only united when the crap hits the fan.
Yes they must all be made to fully cooperate If not be charge murder . That might wake at least one of them up.
I really hope he doesn’t get a plea deal out of this. I would be furious!
They are ALL guilty, Guilty of association, for anyone who hurt that baby.. If someone was smart that was in that house, they would come forward and talk, maybe they would get probation for not coming forth earlier.. But eventually they all will be in jail..
Jeez, more kids with no daddies?
I have a feeling something beyond just “the father did it” happened here. Obviously I don’t know the age of the other children, but I wonder if one of the other children somehow harmed Ayla either on purpose or on accident and now the adults are protecting one of the kids……heck for all I know somebody did sneak in and harm the child, but I am finding that harder and harder to believe. One of these adults will crack soon.
the father and everyone else in that house that night should go to prison ( bring the DEATH PENALTY back to maine) justine is a poor excuse for a human as long with everyone else that was their that night the judge better put everyone of them in prison or he’ll be concidered unhuman as well.
Yes they should , everyone knows what went on in that house. And no one is talking. Send them to prison show them the consequence of not talking. How much money this is costing the state for keeping quiet. She needs to be found,
Um, it’s not a crime to invoke one’s right to remain silent.
However it is a crime to assist in covering up criminal activity…
The question at issue concerns this statement: “And no one is talking. Send them to prison show them the consequence of not talking.”
Nobody is required to tell the police anything. Refusing to talk is not illegal.
That’s true, it’s the right of every person charged with a crime to stay silent, not give an incriminating statement. It is a crime to report a child has been kidnapped when you actually know that it wasn’t a kidnapping by a stranger. It’s a crime to give false statements that you don’t know what happened when you actually do, as in the case of the two women in the house that night. Covering for Justin is going to cost them dearly. I find it hard to believe he’s worth it.
My heart is breaking for this sweet, little girl.
Are we really saying we should kill someone (the parents, etc) without proof? Due process? What if this was someone you loved who was taken, tied to a tree, then shot – just because someone thought they were involved. We have laws for a reason, we have cops for a reason, we have due process for a reason. A child is missing, she hasn’t been confirmed dead. I’m just stunned at the responses here. I understand the upheaval, I do not understand the lack of humanity.
Hey good thinking…!!!
I watched nearly every moment of the Casey Anthony Trial. I watch more HLN than i should as well as other news shows. I have seen reports of children that go missing every day, many of them with no blood evidence or anything alike ever found. When all signs point to an individual, you have to go with that, expecially when lies are prevalent in the case. Where was the due process and justice for Caylee, Baby Lisa, and Kyron, all missing children, likely at the hands of thier parents and nobody charged. The system is broken. Some of the best lawyers in the country believe it is as well. Fix the system and maybe we can start getting some better results.
This is absolutely heartbreaking
Perhaps couples should be required to get a license to become parents. Some make poor role models to their children and some have no idea how to raise a child. Unfortunately, their children often become victims. Sadly, this will never become a reality as teens and young adults who cannot control their appetites for drugs and partying engage in unprotected sex and bear children who suffer at their hands.
Where is there justice for the Ayla’s of this world?
SHE IS STILL TO BLAME ?? What world go you live In ? Yes she made mistakes , she was getting help. I do not believe you have a clue what kind of problems she may have had to deal with in life. From what I read she realized she had a problem and was in treatment. Please don’t Judge people before you know all the facts. I bet you never made any mistakes? Young peoples frontal lobes in the brains are not fully developed till they reach 30 or so. Maybe not having a great up bringing and doing something about it at a young age is a sign of strength. Now she has so much more to deal with I really hope she can. If the father had something to do with this and I think he may have we should bring back the death penalty.
I do agree with you that, if god forbid that little girl is no longer with us, then yes whoever did this needs the death penalty…but im sure if this was your ex and they were your kids she was doing stuff in front of, or whilst in her care, you would be the first to label her a bad mother,..,.im not saying her straightening herself out was wrong, but actually being an addict in the first place made her the bad mother!…..had she been taking care of her kids instead of getting drunk or stoned (not sure which as both have been mentioned) Ayla would still be in her care, and this wouldn’t have happened, so yes along with Justin, she is to blame!
DHHS better get ready for all the children of the former addicts in the State — they are all bad parents who don’t deserve to raise their children. I’m not an addict but my father was an alcoholic who never got help. Even so he had breakfast with me every morning before he went to work, he helped me study for any test that I needed help with, he attended every sporting event I was involved in. He was never home when I went to bed and I knew he would probably not come home until it was time for breakfast again. He never came to anything drinking — he died when I was 18 from his addication…I grew up with an alcoholic and I’m a better person for it…I believe in people and that’s why I’m so angry with posters that are ripping Trista apart — who are you to call her a bad parent? She could have more to offer her children than those that “think” they are good parents. My friends had “good” parents who were never at any school event — my dad was. I’m proud of my father for battling his addiction and still keeping me.
Yes not all addicts are Bad people just make some bad choices and it is a hard battle to beat. I gave up drinking at 30 when I had my son. I was ready to quit. What would have happend if I have a son at 25??? I can not answer that? I was lucky to be able to quit some people are not so lucky.
You are welcome to your opinion . I do not think as back and white as you do. I do not know this woman so I can not judge . I do not know if she was abused as a child or what. But some people take a bit longer than other to mature . Yes she made mistakes . Would she have fixed them ???? I can not answer that. Even Oprah Made A lot of mistakes when she was young , but overcame them .
Becoming an addict does not make you a bad mother just because you’ve made poor decisions, it makes you human and susceptible to errors.
looks like guilt on his face to me.
Well, there you have it! Case closed.
things that make you go hmmmm….
This is so sad. Someone hurt this adorable sweet innocent child and the family wants to cover this up? I don’t get it. What’s happening with society? If you don’t want something anymore just throw it away like it’s trash? This is sickening. Go get em boys we want justice for Ayla.
Give her some slack she was getting help for her addiction. She realized she had a problem and she did the adult thing reaching out for help.
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@ mayner , You can be sure the mother will feel her portion of guilt for the rest of her life. But I’m sure everyone appreciates you bringing it up as if she did something illegal. How much guilt should DHHS feel for placing Ayla in this environment ? And how much guilt will be left over for the responsible party after you spread it around so much? BTW its Jeff HANSON not Jeff REYNOLDS….
The BTW was not directed at you mayner…
Did you all miss the bit where i said that Justin was to blame also….i wasn’t picking sides, and i also said i wasn’t sure either parent had harmed her…..i was stating that both parents were to blame for what has happened!
yes we saw that but you blamed the mom JUST for going to rehab
huh wish i could of seen the message that followed mine….
No not at all, I did all my partying before i had my children, and then i became a responsible parent, im not perfect, but i most definitely have NEVER done anything in front of my kids or while they are in my care, that i wouldn’t want them to do as a child or an adult, i would never put my children in any sort of danger, because i love them, and want them to grow in to respectable and loving adults, who can go on to bring their children up right…..Oh and im not a bi**h, just very vocal when it comes to bad parenting!
What would you do if they didn’t live up to your expectation? One never knows that they are going to become addicted to a substance until they try it — what if your adult child had children and had a problem with a substance, would you wish for them to get help? I’m thinking you would…if they had a child would you want them to lose that child forever or have the child returned to their care when they are well enough to care for them? According to your way of thinking they would never be able to have the child back they would never be a good parent…just sounds harsh to me.
Of course i would want them to get help and get better, what parent wouldn’t, but if i had their children in my care, i sure as heck wouldn’t give them over to a stranger they had never met, whether they was the absent parent or not, they would have to take me to court first to get custody!
And im not saying Trista would NEVER be a good parent, but i wouldnt say she was a good one right out of rehab!
Maybe If this was a perfect world I would agree with some of what you said. It is not a perfect world. DHS is far from perfect. They cover for a lot of child molesters. Ya they might take the kids from abusive foster homes , But most the time they are not charged with abuse. You here many cases where children DIE in DHS care . I think on average most are not better off unless they are being abused with thier parents some will do better some will do worse.
It was the law that allowed Justin to take Ayla away from Trista’s mother and sister. It was his right as her father to do that. DHHS never took Ayla from Trista. Justin found out Trista was in rehab and he went to the police and asked them to help him exercise his parental rights and take custody. They called DHHS to make sure he wasn’t on their registry for abuse or neglect and since he wasn’t they assisted Justin in taking Ayla. You would not have a choice in that situation…there was no set custody order, so Justin had the legal right to go get the baby. That’s how it works. The police may even look to the possibility of premeditation based on the way he went and took Ayla when he had no interest in having her before.
B****, Beautiful Intelligent Thoughtful Charming Intelligent My definition of B****
From her judgemental ways — I would tend to believe these initials stand for something else. She certainly is not a beautiful person on the inside and it shows with the way in which she feels she can be cruel to others.
“From her judgemental ways”
Pot calling the kettle black, at least i lay blame on both parents, you just accuse the father of everything…including harming Ayla!!…makes your real ugly on the inside, and lot more cruel then me!
What comments are you reading? I haven’t said anything about Justin except that he took Ayla from her grandmother’s care (fact) and that he was soley responsible for her at the time she went missing (fact) The police are saying that they found blood at his house (fact) The police are saying that the adults that were in the home that night are not being honest (fact) So what else am I saying? None of these things are judgements they are facts as we know them (because of what is written about the case). Keep living in your world of denial — you are a mean spirited, judgemental person, accept it or get help — oh wait you don’t believe in anyone getting help — so keep on keeping on!
Again you say i dont agree with anyone getting help…i never said that, i said it was good she got help…open your eyes..or learn to read
Be proud — perhaps you should re-read your comments (or learn to write), I don’t care whether or not you think its good that she got help — its your judgements on her as far as being a parent (and the fact that you are making this judgement based on her going to rehab to seek help that makes me see you for not a good person)
I know exactly what i wrote and my opinion is….anyone that puts alcohol or drugs before their children are bad mothers/fathers….end of story, and end of my correspondence to you!
Yeah right… and IF you found yourself inadvertently addicted to anything you would NOT seek help right? Because if you do seek help there will be people like you who accuse, blame and criticize and completely and totally discourage those who admit a problem and do something about it. Don’t even go there that you don’t do anything wrong… THIS IS WRONG. And if you say these things in front of your children you are teaching them to hate people for seeking help. I find that horribly wrong and I’m a grandparent.
Oh great another one that CAN’T read…..i never said she was a bad person for getting help, i actually said it was good she got help, what i said is, if she hadn’t had an addiction to start with none of this would have happened, which is where i was saying she was to blame, just as Justin is to blame for not keeping Ayla safe…..and for those of you that cant be bothered to read, i also said i wasn’t accusing either of them of harming her!!
When you make statements claiming that the baby would be here today and not missing at all if only the mother didn’t have an addiction – you are clearly blaming the mother.
You might argue that she could have denied the father access to the child but you’d be wrong. Even a biological mother cannot legally prevent the father from having access to his child. Ayla would have been in his care at some point in time. Where the mother was or what she was doing while the baby is in his care is not relevant to the issue. Her addiction is not why Ayla is missing. Had she never had an addiction in the first place would not have prevented anything that would happen to the baby while in the care of her father.
The bottom line is this – the father is responsible for the safety of his child when his child is in his care. Likewise the mother is responsible for her child when her child is in her care. The baby went missing while in the father’s care and he failed to protect his baby under his watch. THAT is why she is missing… not her addiction!
Wait just a minute here!! Since when can’t a Mother leave her child with their grandparents for a week. It doesn’t matter that she went into rehab. Don’t condemn her for getting help while the streets of Maine are full of druggies and alcies! At least she got help. If you want to blame someone, blame DHS. What right did they have to come in to the grandparents and take the baby and put her with a parent that she didn’t know. If I were the Mother, I would be filing a huge lawsuit against DHS and the State of Maine. I think the Mother should have a huge pat on the back for getting help that she felt that she needed and leaving the baby with her parents. Look at how many babies are left at hospitals, fire stations, and police departments by addicted parents. How can this outstanding father not be a suspect, when by his own admission, he fell on the daughter while carring a bag of groceries with her in his arms, and broke her arm. He did not seek medical treatment until the next day. Imagine how that baby felt all night with a broken arm!!! That in my eyes is child abuse and much worse than leaving a baby with her grandparents!!
Well said
I didn’t say anything about her leaving her kids with their grandmother, to be honest i think they were safer with anyone other then an addict, and yes it was good that she got help, but if she hadn’t got addicted in the first place this wouldn’t have happened.
I don’t believe DHS took Ayla and gave her to Justin, he went and took her himself, or thats how i read it in an earlier article.
As for the broken arm, that was also stated to be an accident, but your right he shouldn’t have waited over night, i agree with you on that!
No, he took it upon himself to go and get her while Trista was out of the way temporarily, and enlisted DHHS to do so. He couldn’t have just gone and taken her cause the Reynolds’ weren’t going to give her up. He had to have the state do it for him. So, it seems that they are indirectly responsible and they need to take a look at this nonsense of doing favors for those who know someone when it comes to the placement of children, parent or not. It is alleged the Phoebe DiPietro has some connection in DHHS and was able to make a call allowing Justin to go pick up the baby. Her family was caring for both kids and did not ask him to take Ayla off their hands, so the only reason I can think of that a 24 year old single guy without a care in the world would go and get this child, severely limiting his social life, was to get out of child support forever. BTW, Trista has an addiction, but the way you put is makes it sound like it’s worse than is really is. She was drinking too much, a very common issue, so I don’t think that giving her grief over it at this point is very productive and downright cruel, considering what’s happened.
I’m not defending the dad at all, since this new information about the blood definitely has changed the level of hope I have for her safe return. But, I 4 children, and they all respond to injury differently. One will scream bloody murder if he gets a splinter, and another will not cry if he falls off his bike and is bleeding. If Ayla stopped crying shortly after, maybe they didn’t think something serious was wrong.
The missing person reports information all say she was wearing a soft cast. Maybe the break was just a small fracture. I have seen smaller children in hard casts so I know it’s not just because she was too small for the hard kind.
Someone is responsible for her disappearance. Let’s hope someone still has her alive and well (my theory, or rather hope, has been that the dad knew the mom was trying to get her back and had someone hide her for a while until he might be out of the spotlight and can disappear for a while, but it’s looking more and more like she won’t be found at all, and if she is, it won’t be alive.)
Neither looks like a good parent, but what parent would when the media (and readers) pick apart every detail of their past that surface, or the way they look, or where they live, or accidents that have happened regarding the missing child. We won’t really know until the investigation is complete and the jury has reached a verdict.
“Slew” is a rather informal term for a newspaper article. It’s mostly for conversation among people who know each other.
I cant see where mom can take the blame on this. As irritating and unlikable as she is, she did leave her daughter in her mom care while she sought help. It was DHHS that stepped in and handed the poor child over to the dad, because they feel a parent has more rights then a grand parent or aunt.
So hopefully the father will come forward and tell State police where she is. Sad and if he harmed the baby. Let the Waterville PD and State Police be the jury on him.What a pig if he has done something to his little girl and the mother too.
I have followed this story from the beginning and have prayed that Ayla would be found safe! I now have that uneasy, empty feeling that comes over you when you start loosing all hope. If our worst fears are confirmed, I as many others I am sure would like to have just five minutes alone with the person responsible!!!
There is a problem with leaking info like this to the public. It’ll make the authority’s job that much more difficult come trial time. How are you now going to find an “unbiased” jury anywhere within the state of Maine. Who hasn’t read or seen this within the state? So, the cost to the tax payers just went up to try the dirtbag(s) responsible.
Very true…I even saw the story on Msnbc.com…so it’s not just Mainers that have heard of this.
I’m confused (nothing new). Was DiPietro’s mother home that night or not?
No. Elisha and her child, Courtney Roberts and her child, Justin and, allegedly, Ayla, where there. That’s it. The Reynolds family claim that no one can say they have seen her, outside the DiPietros, after November 24th, which could bring a whole new set of questions, if this is confirmed as a fact by investigators.
I beleave that aylas dad and mother should be put on a lie detector and i aslo feel that one of them dose know were she is and that the family had something to do with it because of the problems that they were haveing and they realy need to come forth because this littel girl has no life to speak of now because of the things that is going on and i pray that she is still living
Justin took one, supposedly came back clean according to him cops wont releasea it. She can not take one until she gets better from a medical condition, but insists she wants one
I think that that was a pretty low blow! I dont care who you think did what but you are blaming the MOM just because she had to go to rehab?? Think about it she went to rehab to get BETTER and to be a better mom. Honestly I do not know how she can continue to be sober having to deal with all this and reading these horrible comments! Cudos to you Trista!
I think we all knew it would be the baby’s blood.
I am speculating, and I know I shouldn’t, but I think the child had an accident and this whole mess has been an attempt to cover it up. If I had to guess, I’d say she fell down the basement stairs while the adults in the home were “busy” with other things and perhaps wasn’t discovered right away. We all know how profusely head injuries can bleed. And brain injuries are tricky, a child might get up unharmed from a fall like that or they could die very quickly. There was probably a good dose of neglect involved with whatever happened and the father must’ve known that people would judge his parenting based on it. In any case, the people who frequented that home KNOW, at the very least, that 1)the child was not there the night in question because this injury and cover-up happened prior to that night or 2)were home that night and know exactly what transpired. Finally, someone had to “dispose” of Ayla and “clean” the house. That seeems like more than a one-person job.
It is ridiculous and such a sad statement on some people’s moral fiber that this family (and friend(s)) will not come clean about what happened. Personally, I would be much more forgiving of an accident happening in the home than this sham that has taken place to cover it up.
You are kidding she fell down stairs right. Justin has lied from day one.
I personally do not believe it was an accident…I guess time will tell.
Sounds plausible to me…
Misogynist or just no sense of reality?
I don’t disagree with you. He has lied from the beginning, whenever that was. However, I don’t think he beat her to death in a home with two other toddlers and two adults present. I believe, naively you would say, that her probable death was more a case of negligence than physical abuse.
as disturbing and sickening as this news is…is it that surprising? This story was full of holes from the beginning. We wanted to hope this little girl was being hidden by someone but cared for but really…I dont think the minority believed she had not been hurt before she disappeared. God forgive anyone who hurt that poor sweet little girl.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/29/justice/maine-missing-toddler/index.html?hpt=hp_t3……………Justin DiPietro sleeps in the basement of the home, which is owned by his
mother, Phoebe DiPietro.
This is just so sad. Blood was found and it took 6 weeks to share this? I cant imagine that the mother responds with “Do you really want to know, Do you really want to know” with her head shaking back and forth in an aggressive manner unnerves me as a mother. Something is not right with this whole story. God please help this sweet baby girl.
I’d be questioning the dad’s girlfriend and her sister a little more. Can’t remember the names of the players in the Florida case, but the young girlfriend did it, more than a year ago. Immature young girls don’t want any part of the ex-girlfriend/mother of their boyfriend’s child. They literally want to cut the cord, not all, but some.
Poor thing. I was hoping the blood wasn’t hers :(
*I have 4 children
Our hearts tell us to hope for a happy ending in cases like this. We try to shut off our brain that is thinking otherwise. There comes a point in which hope meets reality and then our worst fears, things that we have tried not to think of, become confirmed.
So very sad, such a young child. What could she have possibly done to deserve what happened to her? Not one thing at all, not one thing. Why did this happen? Poor poor little child.
A bad temper does not make one a murderer. Due process, people.
Google Brazen Bull I bet a few minutes in that we would get the truth from these people.
This has become a moral battle between two posters. It has little to do with the actual article. Maybe you folks should duke this out in private.
Keep clinging…she’s not alive…
The bottom line is just because you can make children, does not necessarily mean you should !
Well the clues are there and by law we have to bring all of them in and get the facts and what really happen let alone what happen to the test he took to prove he was telling the truth or anyone who took it if not then the three people who were in there should take it too not just the father everyone including the mother sorry but still fishy here and why is it taking this long. This little girl has not done anything wrong but be born into this world to bring love etc. My prayers go out to the family and god brings brings this little girls home and bring the ones to justest for what they have done to this poor little girl. Also why was the father sleeping in the basement know he had a bedroom to sleep? To many questions here and no one is asking the right one. Why don’t the police use dogs to trace her last place by using her clothes? that way they know where she is.
like i said before need some old fashioned police interrogation take the father in a room an beat him until he tells the truth and DO NOT offer any kind of plea bargain ….Anyone who hurts children should pay for it not get off on some bargain
Someones eyes saw something. They just aren’t showing their face. – “Eyes without a face”: http://www.youtube.com/user/crazydavesemporium#p/c/6A3DBA948F2AC002/6/PaoGFlzYBqE