Posted on 08/04/2011 11:01:23 AM PDT by freespirited
WEST STEWARTSTOWN, N.H. -- The body of 11-year-old Celina Cass was wrapped in a blanket when she was found in the Connecticut River on Monday, a source told News 9.
News 9 has also learned that Cass' stepfather, Wendell Noyes, has checked himself into a mental health facility.
Cass was reported missing on July 26, and her body was found Monday in the river about a quarter-mile from her home.
Investigators said autopsy results were pending, and they are waiting for more tests to help determine how Cass died.
State police major crime units from Vermont and New Hampshire returned to Cass' West Stewartstown home around 10 a.m. Wednesday. Several vehicles and the house are sectioned off with police tape, and officers were stationed outside overnight.
The bed of a silver Ford F-150 quad-cab pickup truck at the home was covered with a tarp, and the truck was put on a flatbed tow truck. The truck belongs to Cass' stepfather, officials said.
The house is where Cass' family said they last saw her alive a week ago.
The brother and mother of Cass' stepfather said he is not doing well and asked the media to leave him alone.
dead girl/suspicious circumstances/stepfather.... One needn’t possess the visionary powers of Nostradamus, or even on of Dionne Warwick’s psychic friends to see where this is going.
True and sincere apologies if my suspicions turn out to be baseless.
You won’t be the only one needing to apologize, my gut instinct tells me the stepfather did it. I hope I’m wrong, but I was right when it came to Susan Smith.
Evidence certainly points that direction. I always hope it’s not a family member because it just seems too awful to have to deal with. Then again, can anything really be much worse than losing your child? Maybe it does compound.
My prayers for this family, I had hoped she would turn up somewhere alive, even tho I didn’t think she would after a day or so.
Poor little girl. And seeing her bewildered father on the tv was just heartbreaking. Whoever kills anyone for any perverted reason is completely out of my realm of understanding.
Exactly. He was probably the police’s main suspect from the beginning.
Gosh! Do you suppose there is a connection?
Women who bring violent psychopaths to live with their children should go to prison.
The most common killer of a child is the mother’s boyfriend.
his brother and uncle, convicted non compliant child sex offenders
child living on air mattress in basement as procession of “renters” came and went
Sex offender living in house as a “roommate”
Mother did not report her missing until the 13 yr old sister went to neighbor's house
Some kids just have no breaks at all in this world
Right - the first thing the guy does is go into that mentally unbalanced routine. That should clear him.
The other day I heard someone on FOX say that 750K children go missing every year in the U.S. Strangers are responsible for a mere 100 of them.
Mind-blowing.
Very sad.
I am assuming that the 750K includes runaways (probably the vast majority) and kids who get lost.
I’m betting stepdad raped and murdered the child.
More common than one of the parents? Not that I don't believe you, but that is interesting.
True!!
I think I heard that too. I don’t know how someone harms a child. And I had 3 boys close in age, I know how frustrating they can be. But most of these are not harmed in a moment of anger. There are a lot of sick people out there and these days we just let them skulk around.
Neighbor went up and joined in the search. He has a couple little daughters himself.
I had not heard all of that. I really don’t know what to think these days. I’m really against the govt getting involved in taking kids away, but sheesh, how can that have been a good environment? How many red flags do you have to have? I know you can never have a perfect world, but did the Dad know about all of these things? (I’m not blaming him, but I’m wondering, was he privy to what was going on her life and if not, why not? He sure seemed to care about her).
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