CELINA CASS - Aged 11 years - West Stewartstown, New Hampshire (USA)

International Business Times

1 August 2011

Body Found in River: Could Be Missing Girl Celina Cass
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Authorities today found a female body in the Connecticut River outside of Stewartson, N.H., in their search for a missing 11-year-old Celina Cass.

However, authorities did not release any more information.

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/190492/20110801/body-found-in-river-could-be-missing-girl-celina-cass.htm

NECN

1 August

Authorities working to identify body
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Investigators are currently working to identify a female body that was found near a hydroelectric dam about a quarter of a mile away from where Celina Cass was last seen.

The body was recovered Monday, but has not yet been identified.

Investigators have been searching for nearly a week for the 11-year-old, who vanished from her home.

Water rescue teams searched the Connecticut River, where the dam is, on Monday. When they surfaced, officials asked reporters to leave and blocked off the area.

http://www.necn.com/08/01/11/Authorities-working-to-identify-body/landing_newengland.html?blockID=545232&feedID=4206

WBUR

1 August 2011

Female Body Found At Dam Near Missing NH Girl's Home
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Investigators searching for an 11-year-old New Hampshire girl missing for almost a week found a female’s body, but authorities didn’t immediately identify it, a Vermont prosecutor said Monday.

The body was found near a hydroelectric dam that spans the Connecticut River between Stewartstown and Canaan, Vt., Essex County state attorney Vincent Illuzzi said.

http://www.wbur.org/2011/08/01/nh-missing-girl

International Business Times

1 August 2011

Missing NH Girl Feared Dead After Female Body Found in River
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Residents of the New Hampshire town where Celina Cass was last seen one week ago are fearing the worst after authorities discovered a female body in the Connecticut River on Monday.

New Hampshire news station WMUR reported Monday that relatives of the 11-year old girl were seen crying outside the West Stewartstown home Celina shares with her mother, sister, and stepfather.

Online commenters to WMUR's latest story about the missing girl expressed concern that the unidentified body may turn out to be Celina, though some are holding out hope that the story will have a positive outcome.

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/190532/20110801/celina-cass-missing-nh-girl-stepfather-body-found-in-river-facebook-remains.htm

Newser

1 August 2011

Authorities: Body of NH girl missing for nearly week pulled from river near her home
Missing NH girl's body found in river near home

Authorities say the body of an 11-year-old New Hampshire girl who disappeared nearly a week ago has been found in a river less than half a mile from her home.

Divers found Celina Cass's body Monday morning near a hydroelectric dam that spans the Connecticut River between her hometown of Stewartstown, N.H., and Canaan, Vt.

Prosecutor Jane Young confirmed the identity at a news conference Monday night.

The discovery followed nearly a week of intense searching that attracted more than 100 federal, state and local law enforcement officers to the town of 800 residents a mile from the Canadian border.

http://www.newser.com/article/d9ori9482/authorities-body-of-nh-girl-missing-for-nearly-week-pulled-from-river-near-her-home.html

ABC News

1 August 2011

Celina Cass' Body Found In River, Dashing Town's Hope for Her Safe Return

A heartbreaking search for Celina Cass ended today when her body was pulled out of the Connecticut River, not far from her New Hampshire home.

The body was discovered about 10:30 a.m., but wasn't pulled from the water until about 5: 30 p.m. Officials did not explain why it took so long to recover her remains.

"We have brought Celina home, but not the way we wanted to bring her home," New Hampshire senior assistant Attorney General Jane Young said with a slight quaver in her voice.

The body was pulled from the river about a quarter mile from the 11-year-old girl's home in West Stewartstown, a hamlet of only 800 people.

Young said the girl's disappearance has been reclassified as a homicide.

"We continue to investigate this case," she said, talking to witnesses and checking vehicles that were seen in the area.

"We are looking at all facets of the investigation and that includes where she was last seen," Young said.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/celina-cass-body-found-river-case-now-homicide/story?id=14205754

Celina's details have now been removed from Missing Kids Website!!

Business and Law

August 17, 2011 12:58 AM EDT

Celina Cass Murder Mystery: Investigators Losing Hope

The suspicious death of the 12-year-old New Hampshire girl Celina Cass remains a mystery to the investigators as they haven't been able to follow a potential lead in finding out what exactly happened to her on the night she went missing. Jane Young, lead prosecutor, appeared to have lost hopes. She had said on Thursday that she did not expect any new developments in the Celina Cass case in the immediate future.

The investigators are waiting for the routine toxicology report, which is due in the next couple of weeks.

Celina's body was recovered from the Connecticut River on Aug.1, a week after she was reported missing. As the divers recovered the body, reporters and photographers were asked to leave the scene, but there have been reports which said that the dead body was found wrapped in a blanket.

What Exactly Happened that Night?

Celina was reportedly watching "The Secret Life of An American Teenager" on ABC Family Channel with her mother Louisa Noyes in the living room till 9 p.m. on July 25. After the show, Louisa Noyes retired, but Celina kept herself engaged on her computer.

According to a Colebrook Chronicle report, Celina shared a bedroom in the basement of the apartment house with her sister Kayla. Celina's mother Louisa Noyes, step-father Wendell Noyes, family friend Kevin Mullaney and Louisa's mother-in-law Tommie Richards were staying with the family on the night on July 25.

Mullaney came home around midnight, who didn't find Celina in the living room. The next morning Richards left to go to her home by 8:15 a.m. and Louisa left the house to go to work in Colebrook. It was Wendell Noyes who went to wake up Celina for her 9 a.m. appointment at a local hairdresser shop, but couldn't find her in her bed. Fifteen minutes later he rang Louisa to tell her that Celina was not found in the house.

Extensive search for Celina began almost immediately, only to discover her dead body near a PSNH dam on the Connecticut River. Celina's stepfather Wendell Noyes was admitted to a mental health facility in Concord a day after Celina's body was found. Noyes is paranoid schizophrenic and has criminal record of attempted assault on his ex-girlfriend.

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/199005/20110817/celina-cass-murder-mystery-new-hampshire-investigators-toxicology-report-evidence-jane-young-wendell.htm

Boston Globe

Associated Press / August 17, 2011

By Lynne Tuohy and John Curran

NH town endures 'creepy' wait after girl's death

CONCORD, N.H.—Two weeks after searchers pulled the body of 11-year-old Celina Cass from the Connecticut River near her house, the lack of an arrest or answers to questions about how she died has cast a pall over her New Hampshire hometown.

People in Stewartstown are waiting -- for answers about the girl, justice for her family, peace of mind for themselves.

The police's inability to identify or charge a suspect, an autopsy that couldn't pinpoint the cause of death and lingering fears that a killer is at large are hanging over folks.

Police say the investigation is active, with the results of toxicology tests on the girl's body pending. Experts say that may go a long way toward helping identify or charge a suspect.

Cass vanished July 25 or July 26 from her home after being last seen on her computer in her bedroom. Her body was found Aug. 1.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2011/08/17/nh_town_endures_creepy_wait_after_girls_death/

Boston.com

August 18, 2011

Reward planned in 11-year-old NH girl’s death

New Hampshire prosecutors are announcing a reward for information in the suspicious death of an 11-year-old girl.

The Attorney General’s Office has scheduled a press conference for 10 a.m. Thursday to issue a plea for information on the death of Celina Cass of Stewartstown.

She was last seen alive at her house July 25. Her body was recovered from the Connecticut River about a quarter-mile from her home a week later.

http://articles.boston.com/2011-08-18/news/29901241_1_suspicious-death-results-of-toxicology-tests-press-conference

San Francisco Times

19th August 2011

Celina Cass Mysterious Death: $30,000 Reward Announced as Police Hunt For Clues

Thirty thousand dollars will be offered as rewards for any information that leads the authorities in solving the mysterious death of Celina Cass, a state prosecutor has announced.

Celina Cass, a 11-year-old New Hampshire girl, was found dead in the river near her home on August 1, after nearly a week of going missing.

Cass' body was found in the Connecticut River near a hydropower station in West Stewartstown, a New Hampshire by a dive team from the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department - a week after the authorities began their search.

"Based on what we have seen visually we are treating it as suspicious," said Jane Young, a senior assistant attorney general from New Hampshire.

Cass was last seen at home before her computer at about 9 p.m. local time on July 25. But when her parents woke her up, she had disappeared, authorities said.

The autopsy result is inconclusive and it couldn't discover the cause of Cass' death.

However, the investigators believe there must be some people, who witnessed something or have some information helpful for the case.

“Even the smallest observation could provide a piece of the puzzle necessary in solving this tragedy,” Young said.

The FBI has offered $25,000 and $5,000 donation from an anonymous source as reward for information that leads to solving Cass' death.

According to Young, the anonymous donor is a “concerned citizen”, who lives in the North Country, and has donated the $5,000 for the case “because of how devastating it's been to that community.”

“I've had people call as far away as New Mexico saying they want to donate to this,” Young continued.

Currently many witnessed are being interviewed and the authorities are still investigating Cass' death.

Anyone with related information should contact New Hampshire State Police at 603-846-3333. Anyone, who wants to make donation for the case as the public reward should contact Susan Small at Northway Bank in Gorham at 603-466-5467.

http://sanfrancisco.ibtimes.com/articles/200676/20110819/celina-cass-mysterious-death-30-000-reward-announced-as-police-hunt-for-clues.htm

Chron.com

Published 01:05 p.m., Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Tips, money continue to flow in girl's death

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Tips to investigators and donations to a reward fund continue to flow as New Hampshire officials try to unravel how an 11-year-old Stewartstown girl died.

Lead prosecutor Jane Young says investigators in recent days received a dozen new tips and an additional $2,300 in reward money in the case of Celina Cass of Stewartstown.

Celina was last seen alive at her home July 25. Her body was recovered from the Connecticut River about a quarter-mile from her home near the Canadian border a week later. An autopsy failed to pinpoint the cause and manner of her death and investigators hope to have the results of toxicology tests sometime this week.

The reward fund has topped $32,000 and Gorham's Northway Bank has been flooded with calls from across the country.

http://www.chron.com/news/article/Tips-money-continue-to-flow-in-girl-s-death-2139253.php

WCAX News

August 26, 2011

New memorial held for Celina Cass

Thursday marked one month since Celina Cass disappeared, and friends turned out to remember her.

The 11-year-old girl's body was pulled from the Connecticut River a quarter of a mile from her home on Aug. 1.

A group of friends, teachers, neighbors, and classmates gathered at the river dam where her body was found to remember Celina with a balloon launch and candle-lighting.

"Tonight it's a month since we've last seen Celina, and we just want to let Celina know that we will never forget her, we remember her, and we're giving her a voice that we also want some answers, even for her," said Stewartstown resident Deb Whelan, who organized the event.

Parents hope the ceremony will offer Cass' friends some closure before the school year starts.

Authorities have called her death suspicious and are offering a reward for information leading to an arrest in the case.

http://www.wcax.com/story/15337490/new-memorial-held-for-celina-cass

My Fox Boston

Tuesday, 30 Aug 2011, 3:27 PM EDT

Still no arrests in death of 11-year-old NH girl

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Teachers at a tiny New Hampshire elementary school are prepared for questions on the first day of school about the suspicious death of girl who would have entered the 5th grade.

School superintendent Robert Mills says teachers at Stewartstown Elementary School were briefed last week by a pediatric trauma specialist to prepare for questions about 11-year-old Celina Cass, whose body was pulled from the Connecticut River one month ago.

An autopsy failed to pinpoint the cause and manner of her death. Investigators continue to await tips and toxicology results.

Mills said the goal is to get students into a normal routine as soon as possible.

He said he was buoyed by the children's excitement on the first day of school.

Mills said adults sometimes underestimate how resilient children are.

Read more: http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/local/still-no-arrests-in-death-of-11-year-old-nh-girl-Celina-Cass-25-apx-20110830#ixzz1XiJdKFZz