FALMOUTH, Maine — Two pairs of Mainers are participating in an eight-day, cross-country car rally to draw attention to missing Maine toddler Ayla Reynolds and teenager Aydriana Tetu.
Bill and Valerie Sowles of car dealer Morong Falmouth and Maine tourism director Carolann Ouellette and Tina Scheer from TV’s “Survivor Panama” left Maine on Wednesday. They’re headed for Independence, Ohio, for the start of a northeastern Fireball Run, a 15-city event that ends in Bangor, Maine.
Each team has been assigned a missing child, with a large decal featuring that child affixed to the team vehicle.
Officials say Aydriana Tetu of Lewiston is believed to have run away from home and has not had contact with family or friends since March. Toddler Ayla Reynolds disappeared from her father’s home in Waterville in December.
It would be great to see some progress in the Ayla case. Little girl disappears and we don’t seem to be any closer to solving the case than we were months ago. What a shame!
I wish the police would give another news confrence and let us know how this investigation is going.. Time to turn up the heat!
I have a feeling somebody dropped the ball.
We are approaching One year since little angel Ayla disappeared. None of the three adults in that home the night she disappeared is budging. They have Zero conscience and zero care in the world over this little girl. Isnt about time that McAusland and the rest of the dweebs at the Maine State Police just come clean with society and say, hey, we dont have anything, we dont dare charge him and this case is going COLD…..And if ONE more person tells me to be patient because these cases take time and the police are great and always get their man or woman, i truly believe i will barf….I am so truly sick of the so-called justice that this state has to offer.
Time to bring in someone who specializes in cases like this. Ayla at least deserves that.
If you have personal information on this case, I am sure the police would be DELIGHTED to hear from you.
In the U.S.A. authorities do not “arrest” people on “a hunch” or because the public has decided guilt. They must have facts, evidence, and preferably a body. Right now they are doing their job as “police” in a nation of laws, are supposed to do. I assume they are collecting any evidence which is available.
BTW over the last forty years the following people in addition to Alya are either missing or dead without explanation:
Person
Year
Town
Louise Bocuzzo
1994
Kennebunkport
Shirley Reilly Baldwin
1976
Lisbon Falls
Maxine T. Bitomski
1993
Kittery
Chester Caruthers
1981
Harrison
Rose Anne Consalvi
1979
Berwick
Sean D. Conway
1991
Newfield
Jenna Nicole Crabtree
1996
Windham
Donald E. Dunlap
1988
Lewiston
Theresa Duran
1984
Gorham
Judith Hand
1971
Farmington
Susan Hannah
1992
Limington
Alice Hawkes
1987
Westbrook
Malcolm Hobbs
1997
North Berwick
Vincent La Vopa
1985
Arundel
Charles Mace
1974
Kittery
David Mair
1992
Fryeburg
Dorothy L. “Dottie” Milliken
1976
Lewiston
Thomas Napier
1993
Lyman
Mary C. Olenchuk
1970
Ogunquit
Steven O’Neil
1989
South Paris
Ashley Ouellette
1999
Scarborough
Michael Sanborn
1985
Sanford
Raoul Schwartz
1976
South Bridgton
Bessie Selek
1999
Lyman
Joyce Tanerillo
1974
South Portland
Mary Ellen Tanner
1978
Lyman
Angela Thomas
1990
Brunswick
Pamela J. Webb
1989
Biddeford
Raymond “Butch” Weed
2003
Wilton
Rafeal Rasado
2004
Biddeford
Ludger Belanger
1975
Route 105, Washington
Lorna Brackett
1991
Waterville
Vincent White
1991
Waterville
Janet Brochu
1988
Pittsfield
Dorothea B. Burke
1984
Stockton Springs
Emily Chase
1978
Bowdoinham
Thomas Huntley
1979
Winslow, Maine
Blanche Kimball
1976
Augusta
Brian Kowalczyk
1986
Winthrop
Florence E. Lauze
1975
Newcastle
Raynald Levesque
1994
Madison
Shirley McAvoy
1990
Pittsfield
Douglas Parent
1983
Waldoboro
Everette Pease
1987
Fayette
Evelyn Pomerleau
1989
Waterville
Christopher Rines
1991
Pittsfield
Arthur Robinson
1980
Searsmont
Pauline Rourke
1976
Fairfield
Ellen Choate
1975
Newport
Edna Bouffard
1974
Calais
Linda Maxwell
1984
Calais
Lila Drew
1977
Masardis
Joyce McLain
1980
East Millinocket
Leslie Spellman
1977
Northeast Harbor
Pamela M. Campbell
1981
Bangor/Holden
Barry Pulkinen
1988
Millinocket
Helen Caron
2001
Lewiston
Wendy Morello
2004
York
Kenneth Kramer
1983
Cherryfield
Baby Jane Doe
1985
Frenchville
Richard Albert
1971
Saco
Alford Blake
2003
Moscow
Beverly Polchies
1984
Milford
James Cassidy
1976
Amherst
Michael C. Cochran
1981
Dedham
Robert McKee
1975
Newport
Joseph Savitch
1997
Masardis
Louis Alexander
1997
Masardis
Amy Drake
2006
Norridgewock
The State of Maine has a 90% clearance rate which means that they solve over 90% of these cases. Maine does far better in this area than some jurisdictions which solve fewer than 60% of violent crimes.