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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...

STEWARTSTOWN — One week after an 11-year-old seemingly vanished from the home she shared with her mother and stepfather, the body of Celina Cass was recovered Monday from the Connecticut River, about a half-mile from where she lived. “We brought Celina home,” said New Hampshire Senior Assistant Attorney General Jane Young, her voice cracking at times during a media briefing Monday night, “obviously not the way we wanted to bring her home.” Young said Cass' death is being treated as suspicious and a criminal investigation is under way, “based on what we have seen visually.”