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For courts and police, case of missing Ayla Reynolds still simmers

  Six years after the toddler disappeared from a Waterville home, the search for whoever’s responsible has intensified. WATERVILLE — Trista Reynolds is thinking a lot about her daughter, Ayla, on the sixth anniversary of the child’s mysterious disappearance. But she’s doing more than thinking. Now – for the first time since the early days […]

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Judge declares Ayla Reynolds dead

Ayla Reynolds, the toddler missing from her Waterville home since December 2011, has been declared legally dead by a probate judge, setting up what the child’s mother hopes will be a renewed quest for justice and answers in a mysterious case that’s stumped investigators. The decision by the Cumberland County judge clears the way for […]

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Judge to weigh death declaration for missing toddler Ayla Reynolds

Ayla Reynolds disappeared in Waterville in December 2011. PORTLAND (AP) — A probate judge is convening a hearing on a woman’s request that her toddler daughter be declared dead more than five years after her disappearance evolved into the largest criminal investigation in Maine history. The mother of Ayla Reynolds is asking for a declaration […]

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Ayla Reynolds, missing since 2011, declared dead

PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine girl who has been missing for more than five years has been declared dead by a judge. WABI-TV reports a Cumberland County probate judge declared Ayla Reynolds dead May 17 and appointed her mother, Portland resident Trista Reynolds, as the representative of her estate. Ayla was 20 months old when she […]

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Ayla Reynold’s mother to seek legal death declaration

WATERVILLE — The mother of a Maine toddler who disappeared five years ago while staying with her father plans to take steps to obtain a legal declaration that the child is dead. The declaration would be the first step to asserting future legal claims and holding accountable those responsible for Ayla Reynolds’s death, the mother’s family […]

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Ayla Reynolds’ father charged with OUI

NEWCASTLE (WGME) — Justin DiPietro, father of missing toddler Ayla Reynolds, was arrested on Route 1 in Newcastle and charged with OUI. Police say the incident happened Nov. 6 and did not involve an accident. Ayla was in her father Justin DiPietro’s care when he reported her missing Dec. 17, 2011. Investigators who found blood […]