12-20-2011, 06:54 PM
Morning Sentinel
WATERVILLE — A section of Messalonskee Stream was drained overnight as investigators on today continued to look for clues in the disappearance of toddler Ayla Reynolds.
Investigators examined Dumpsters, garages, backyards, ball fields and small wooded areas near the Violette Avenue home where the 20-month-old girl was last seen sleeping in her bed.
“In a quick briefing, the warden service said it had been drained down because they were going to walk the banks and there would be a flyover,” Waterville Police Chief Joseph Massey told reporters this afternoon. “And because of the low water, as you might expect, visibility would be a lot better.”
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A searcher scours the emptied bed of the Messalonskee Stream along West River Road near the intersection of Kennedy Memorial Drive in Waterville this afternoon for a missing 20-month-old girl.
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Waterville and Winslow fire personnel and game wardens conducted another extensive search of yards and outbuildings at all residences on Violette Avenue in Waterville.
WATERVILLE — A section of Messalonskee Stream was drained overnight as investigators on today continued to look for clues in the disappearance of toddler Ayla Reynolds.
Investigators examined Dumpsters, garages, backyards, ball fields and small wooded areas near the Violette Avenue home where the 20-month-old girl was last seen sleeping in her bed.
“In a quick briefing, the warden service said it had been drained down because they were going to walk the banks and there would be a flyover,” Waterville Police Chief Joseph Massey told reporters this afternoon. “And because of the low water, as you might expect, visibility would be a lot better.”
A searcher scours the emptied bed of the Messalonskee Stream along West River Road near the intersection of Kennedy Memorial Drive in Waterville this afternoon for a missing 20-month-old girl.
Waterville and Winslow fire personnel and game wardens conducted another extensive search of yards and outbuildings at all residences on Violette Avenue in Waterville.