01-28-2012, 01:12 PM
1/28/12
WMUR
WATERVILLE, Maine -- Blood has been found inside the home where a missing 20-month-old toddler from Maine was last seen, NewsCenter 5’s Michele McPhee reported Saturday.
Ayla Reynolds vanished Dec. 17. She was reported missing by her father, Justin DiPietro, who told police he believed his daughter was snatched from her bedroom in his Waterville, Maine home.
Days later, law enforcement authorities said in a news release that the case had evolved from the search for a missing child to a "criminal investigation."
Now, Team 5 Investigates has learned why.
Multiple law enforcement sources have told McPhee that blood was found inside the home.
Maine State Police have now confirmed blood was found in the basement of the home at 29 Violette Ave.
Authorities said the crime lab is still working to determine whose blood it is, and how long it had been in the basement.
Multiple law enforcement sources also told Team 5 Investigates that Reynolds’ father left the police station when he was shown crime scene photos of luminol-enhanced blood stains taken at the home.
WMUR
WATERVILLE, Maine -- Blood has been found inside the home where a missing 20-month-old toddler from Maine was last seen, NewsCenter 5’s Michele McPhee reported Saturday.
Ayla Reynolds vanished Dec. 17. She was reported missing by her father, Justin DiPietro, who told police he believed his daughter was snatched from her bedroom in his Waterville, Maine home.
Days later, law enforcement authorities said in a news release that the case had evolved from the search for a missing child to a "criminal investigation."
Now, Team 5 Investigates has learned why.
Multiple law enforcement sources have told McPhee that blood was found inside the home.
Maine State Police have now confirmed blood was found in the basement of the home at 29 Violette Ave.
Authorities said the crime lab is still working to determine whose blood it is, and how long it had been in the basement.
Multiple law enforcement sources also told Team 5 Investigates that Reynolds’ father left the police station when he was shown crime scene photos of luminol-enhanced blood stains taken at the home.