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http://www.unionleader.com/article/20120...AMPSHIRE02


Two people who saw Celina Cass at her West Stewartstown apartment the night before she was reported missing — and may have been among the last to see her alive — said they have been told by the authorities not to speak with the media.

Cassandra Hunt and Jason Atwood visited Celina's stepfather, Wendell Noyes, on the porch at 863 Washington St. while Celina played on the computer and watched television inside in the nearby living room on the evening of July 25, 2011. A massive search was launched the following day.

Celina, 11, a girl who loved yoga and catch-and-release fishing, was found murdered a week later. Her body was found not far from home, wrapped in a blanket in the Connecticut River.

When reached by phone, Hunt, a self-employed massage therapist, and Atwood, who live together in West Stewartstown, confirmed they had visited the Noyes apartment, but didn't say what time and refused to say anything about that summer night.

But on a Facebook wall attributed to Hunt, Celina is mentioned several times, as is a discussion with detectives.

On Jan. 5, a posting says: “I have a lot on my mind but I highly doubt all of it is warm and fuzzy after another day of talking to Detectives...... Makes me miss her soooo damn much!”

On Oct. 5, 2011, a posting says: “I just wish I could have done more for Celina. I still have a hard time with the fact that I saw her and talked to her the night she went “missing”. I just miss her soooo much.”

And on July 27, 2011, during the search for Celina, a posting says: “Sitting here acrossed (sic) the street, feeling helpless, and questioning everything from the day before is un-nerving. I can only pray to God that he protects Celina in her time of need and watches over the family. Please Dear Heavenly Father bring her home safe and sound. Please help find Celina Cass.”

Atwood, who called the New Hampshire Sunday News to make sure it was clear they did not want to be interviewed, said: “We are devoted and have been spoken to and ordered not to speak to (the) media. It's a devastating loss to the North Country, and I'm sorry she's gone.”

Celina's mother, Louisia Noyes, has said she went to bed at 9 that night. Wendell's mother who often slept over, had already gone to bed.

Kevin Mullaney, 23, a friend of the family who also lived at the apartment and was recently jailed on unrelated charges, has said no one was awake when he returned home at midnight and went to bed.

Celina's sister, Kayla, 14, with whom she shared a finished bedroom in the basement, was staying at a friend's house.

Authorities have refused to say how Celina died, except to say it was a homicide. No one has been charged in connection with the death.

The Coos County Superior Court clerk's office said a grand jury was still sitting Friday at 4 p.m. when the court closed for the day.

Noyes said she was upset Thursday to hear from a customer of the consignment shop where she worked that a grand jury in Lancaster was involved in the investigation.

Besides issuing indictments, grand juries can also investigate difficult cases.

Senior Assistant Attorney General Jane Young wouldn't say whether a grand jury has been empaneled or whether one met, citing professional conduct rules. She would not say where she was working Friday.

“I worked today,” Young said when asked if she worked in Lancaster.

Young said her office continues to “have a dialogue with” Noyes. “Because this investigation is ongoing, we cannot provide a lot of details.”

Noyes has moved to Lemington, Vt. She broke up with Wendell Noyes shortly after Celina's death. Mr. Noyes could not be reached for comment. Early on in the investigation, police seized his pickup truck.

Kevin Mullaney moved to Vermont with Louisia Noyes and Kayla, but moved out two weeks after a dispute over rent.

His father, Mark Mullaney, an unemployed cook and electrical worker, and Noyes have rekindled a previous relationship.

Kevin Mullaney, who declined an interview request, is being held in Coos County Jail in West Stewartstown on $31,000 cash bail. He is accused of forging Noyes' name on a check, possession of stolen property, breach of bail and felon in possession of a firearm. The Colebrook Chronicle reported he was convicted of stealing six vehicles in 2007.

State police told the New Hampshire Union Leader that Kevin was arrested in Franconia on Dec. 22, accused of misuse of license plates and drug possession.

Noyes, who has faced financial difficulties even while working, has just been laid off from the Lads and Ladybugs consignment shop in Colebrook.

“What does a trapped rat do?” Noyes asked when reached by phone, her voice full of emotion.

Jeannine Brady, the shop's owner, said she felt sad about having to lay off Noyes.

“The store is having a slump at the moment,” said Brady, who is also Noyes' friend.

She said the business is downsizing to a new location near the IGA in February.

As more time passes, Brady said, townspeople worry someone will get away with Celina's murder.

“I think there is a group of people who feel maybe it will never be solved,” Brady said.

Noyes said she has been sick for two weeks. Still, she had to fill out the paperwork to see whether she is eligible for unemployment benefits.

“Right now, I can't deal with the public. I don't want to deal with the public,” Noyes said.

And she fears she will never have closure.

“Someone stole my daughter,” Noyes said.

“I just want justice for my daughter. Please, that's all I want.”

"Noyes said she was upset Thursday to hear from a customer of the consignment shop where she worked that a grand jury in Lancaster was involved in the investigation."


upset?? why? that's GOOD news.

boy, there is a LOT more than meets the eye in that article! they're all
and it's becoming clear to even the shop owner.

"self-employed massage therapist?"
i know another name for that.

thanks for the article CG!

(01-23-2012, 10:01 AM)Lady Cop Wrote: [ -> ]"Noyes said she was upset Thursday to hear from a customer of the consignment shop where she worked that a grand jury in Lancaster was involved in the investigation."


upset?? why? that's GOOD news.

boy, there is a LOT more than meets the eye in that article! they're all
and it's becoming clear to even the shop owner.

"self-employed massage therapist?"
i know another name for that.

thanks for the article CG!

Actually, Cassandra Hunt (a house visitor on the last night Celina was seen) is the 'self employed message therapist. The shop owner who had to lay off Louisa is Jeannine Brady and it a thrift shop or second hand store.

I have all sorts to say about Louisa, herself, but my blood pressure would rise too much-thanks for putting the pic up-I tried twice and it kept blowing the margins in the preview, so I said fuck it and left it out.

“They asked an awful lot of questions about Wendell,” Josh Richards said. “They made my wife cry, they made my sister cry. We didn’t go there for that. We went there to help.”


WTF? Doesn't a grand jury decide if there is enough evidence on a case to bring charges up against a person? Just who the hell did Wendall's brother think he was helping?

i am so disgusted with the NH AG office.

Union Leader
feb. 29
LANCASTER — A 24-year-old West Stewartstown man questioned extensively by authorities in connection with the death of 11-year-old Celina Cass in that town last summer has been indicted on three felony charges apparently unrelated to the murder case.

But the little girl's mother, Louisia Cass, and her stepfather, Wendell Noyes, are listed as victims in a forgery indictment against Kevin Mullaney.

A Coos County Superior Court grand jury spent most of Friday considering whether to bring charges in cases given to them by county prosecutors. They returned some 50 indictments, which court personnel processed Monday before making them public on Tuesday.

Included were three indictments against Mullaney, a man with an extensive criminal record who was staying as a guest at the Cass-Noyes home last summer. Following the killing, Louisia Cass separated from Wendell Noyes, who at the time had been her husband for about a year.

Mullaney departed at around the same time, and the three-story apartment house on Route 3 in the center of West Stewartstown Village became vacant shortly thereafter.

Mullaney was indicted Friday for forgery, a Class B felony, between Oct. 1 and Oct. 14 last year in a case involving a check drawn on a First Colebrook Bank account that authorities say belonged to Cass and Noyes.

According to the indictment, Mullaney “did, with a purpose to defraud … or with knowledge that he is facilitating a fraud … make, complete, execute, authenticate, issue, transfer, publish or otherwise utter ... a check … from the bank account of Louisia Cass and/or Wendell G. Noyes, so that it purports to be the act of another, Louisia Cass. …”

The amount of the check was not reported in the indictment, which did list an address of 7163 Route 114 in West Stewartstown, where Mullaney was living approximately three months after the death of Celina Cass.

The grand jury also indicted Mullaney on a Class A felony, receiving stolen property, on Dec. 12 of last year in Stewartstown. That involved an Iver Johnson TP .22-caliber, semi-automatic pistol, allegedly the property of Sharon Abbott.

He was also indicted on a Class B felony count of being a convicted felon in possession of firearms, also last December in Stewartstown, in connection with the same pistol. According to the indictment, Mullaney was convicted of a felony-level charge of theft in Coos County Superior Court in 2008.

Seven months after the death of Celina Cass was ruled a homicide, no one has been charged with the crime, although prosecutors from the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office have questioned witnesses before the grand jury in the Lancaster court.

kevin mullaney

a little movement in this case??

nhpr

A Coos Country Grand jury met today/Monday in Lancaster as the investigation into the death of 11-year-old Celina Cass continues.

As NHPR’s Chris Jensen reports, the dead girl’s stepfather was questioned.

Wendell Noyes is the stepfather of Celina Cass, whose body was found last August in the Connecticut River not far from her home in Stewartstown.

Noyes is thought to have been one of the last people to see the girl before she disappeared from her home.

Noyes spent much of the day being questioned behind closed doors by officials including Senior Assistant Attorney General Jane Young.

A little after 4 pm Monday Noyes left the court house, trying to cover his face with his arm so he couldn’t be photographed and muttering under his breath in response to questions.

Young came out a little later and also declined to discuss the case other than to say the investigation was continuing “diligently.”

The grand jury first met in January.

You ever get the feeling looking at this family and think that, murder or no murder, that poor little girl's life was going nowhere good? What a mess....

Taken from: http://www.unionleader.com/article/20120.../707089967

Stewartstown readies rally for murdered girl

By NANCY WEST
New Hampshire Sunday News

Snow-covered flowers line the headstone of Celina Cass on Saturday in the Northumberland Cemetery. (Charles Jordan/The Colebrook Chronicle)
Justice for Celina.

That’s what everyone who loves Celina Cass wants for the murdered 11-year-old North Country girl. As the one-year anniversary of her death nears, Celina’s community plans a candlelight vigil to tell the world she has not been forgotten.

T-shirts have just been printed with her picture and those words — "Justice for Celina" — that many plan to wear to the vigil in the West Stewartstown town square on July 26 at 7 p.m.

Townspeople say they are angry no one has been arrested in connection with Celina’s slaying, that there is a murderer on the loose who may still be among them.

“I really want whoever did this to know her murder will be solved; you will be caught,” said Amanda Chapple, who is helping with the vigil. “She was too good a girl. We won’t forget her.”

Chapple, who babysat Celina and her sister, Kayla, when they were younger, said she wants to keep the pressure on to find Celina’s killer. The vigil is a group effort, she said.

“This is a collaboration of the whole community — the teachers, classmates, parents of classmates. This community is a family,” Chapple said.

Celina’s mother, Louisia Noyes, has moved again, this time to Colebrook. Citing irreconcilable differences, she filed for divorce against Wendell Noyes, Celina’s stepfather, in April. Divorce records show Wendell Noyes was ordered to temporarily pay Louisia Noyes $600 a month in alimony and her health insurance, but they shed no light on the criminal investigation.

Mrs. Noyes didn’t seek a restraining order, and had sought $289 a week in alimony, according to court records.

Her lawyer, Philip Waystack, said in the records that Mr. Noyes receives $4,000 a month from a military pension and Social Security. Mrs. Noyes’ total income was listed at $2,127 a month, which included $550 in child support benefits for Kayla paid through Social Security benefits of her father, Adam Laro, plus $320 in food stamps. The divorce has not been finalized.

They were married for less than a year when Celina disappeared, but had lived together for five years before that, according to court records. Waystack wrote that Mrs. Noyes was so traumatized by her daughter’s death that she is still unable to work.

Senior Assistant Attorney General Jane Young has released little information about the investigation, including the cause of death, to the frustration of many in this town of about 1,000 people near the Canadian border.

“Celina has not been forgotten,” Young said on Friday. “I still talk to investigators more days of the week than not.”

Celina’s body was found wrapped in a blanket submerged in the Connecticut River on Aug. 1, 2011, not far from the apartment she shared with her mother, stepfather, sister, and a boarder in West Stewartstown.

Celina was last seen alive on July 25, 2011, sitting at a computer in her living room. Her disappearance drew national attention as hundreds searched for the little girl who loved to play basketball and was looking forward to starting the sixth grade.

“State police continue to actively investigate this case. Any lead that came in has been investigated,” Young said.

She also confirmed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is also still involved in the case.

“To what extent we need them, they are involved,” Young said.

Celina’s mother wants someone to be held accountable.

“I want justice,” Mrs. Noyes said. “Yes, I’ll fight for justice for Celina.”

Authorities have not updated her about the investigation, she said.

“My life is a living hell,” Mrs. Noyes said. “I have my good days and my bad days.”

Jeannine Brady, the owner of Lads and Ladybugs consignment shop in Colebrook, Louisia Noyes’ friend and former employer, said the anger is growing in the area as weeks turned to months, and now a year with no arrest.

“About once a week, someone asks me if I heard anything,” Brady said. “I know that it’s very important for people to do the vigil for the one-year anniversary.” People speculate all the time about who may have done it, she said. “What is it that they haven’t gotten that they need? Why have they not been able to solve this?”

People need to know, she said. “The reality is there is somebody out there who committed her murder,” Brady said.

Kevin Mullaney, 24, the boarder who was living with the Noyes family when Celina disappeared, has been sent to state prison in Berlin for crimes unrelated to Celina’s murder. He was sentenced to three to six years after having been convicted of reckless conduct.

He was also sentenced to two concurrent sentences of two to four years each for receiving stolen property and being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to Jeffrey Lyons, spokesman for the Department of Corrections.

Mrs. Noyes has rekindled her relationship with Mullaney’s father, Mark Mullaney.

“I want the person that murdered my daughter to be convicted. I want the death penalty,” Mrs. Noyes said.

“My daughter did not deserve to die. She did not deserve to have someone who came in my home and took her away.’’

Amanda Hurlbert of Colebrook said she barely knew the Noyes family, but wants to see justice for Celina.

“At this point, most people are angry that nothing has happened,” Hurlbert said. “They wonder if it was brushed aside because of bigger cases in the state, like the shooting of the Greenland police chief.”

Chapple cleaned the apartment after the Noyes family moved out after Celina’s death.

Much had been left behind, she said. “There were photo albums, a picture of Celina in a cap and gown graduating from kindergarten, all left behind.”

Her youngest daughter has sometimes been fearful since Celina’s murder.

“She’s getting better, but at night she goes around the whole house and makes sure all windows and doors are locked. It’s rough,” Chapple said.

“It’s gotten to the point we feel we are such small community that the authorities have forgotten about us.

“We have been left in the dark. It’s not fair.”

Chapple said she worries that Celina has been forgotten.

“My heart breaks for Celina,” Chapple said.

Sooner or later there will be a break in this case. Stuff like this just can't be that random, one would hope.

(07-08-2012, 09:04 AM)Lady Cop Wrote: [ -> ]Celina’s mother, Louisia Noyes, is a grasping stupid pig looking for a free lunch. any dick will do.

Love it!

This is the case I found Mock from... hard to believe it's been almost year.

Someone got away with murder.

(03-30-2016, 01:23 PM)Maggot Wrote: [ -> ]Someone got away with murder.

Maybe, Maybe not......

Taken From: http://www.fox25boston.com/news/stepfath.../353419819

WEST STEWARTSTOWN, N.H. —
A New Hampshire man has been arrested in connection with the 2011 death of his 11-year-old stepdaughter.

Wendell Noyes, 52 faces a second degree murder charge for the killing the death of Celina Cass by submerging her body in the Connecticut River.


On July 26, 2011, 11 year old Celina Cass was reported missing from her West Stewartstown, New Hampshire home.

Six days later on Aug. 1, 2011, Celina’s body was recovered from the Connecticut River, near a dam, about
a half mile from her home.

The investigation into Celina’s murder has remained active for the past five years.

A warrant for Noyes’s arrest was issued Monday. He will be arraigned Tuesday.