10-12-2011, 05:47 AM
Celina's Stepfather: 'I Had Nothing To Do With It'
Noyes Describes Night Girl Last Seen Alive
http://www.wmur.com/news/29453906/detail.html
WEST STEWARTSTOWN, N.H. -- On Aug. 1, the body of 11-year-old Celina Cass was pulled out of the Connecticut River, a week to the day after her stepfather, Wendell Noyes, 48, called his new wife at work to tell her she was missing.
"When I got up that morning, there was, well, she usually sleeps on the couch," said Wendell Noyes in an exclusive interview with News 9.
Noyes and Luisia Cass were married in October 2010 and moved into a rental duplex on Washington Street in West Stewartstown. The night that Celina disappeared, Noyes said, he went to bed around 9 p.m. with Luisia Cass. His mother was also staying at the house, and he said he saw Celina on the family computer before he went upstairs.
"We left the door unlocked that night for somebody else to pop in. And, I don't know," Noyes told WMUR's Amy Coveno.
Officials seized Noyes' truck, cellphone and computer as evidence in the ongoing investigation. Noyes now lives alone, confirming that his wife has asked him to stay away. Noyes still wears his wedding ring and said he still cares for Luisia Cass.
"I had nothing to do with it. We left the door unlocked, and somebody else was in the apartment after we went upstairs," Noyes said on Monday.
Officials said autopsy results did not offer conclusive information as to how Celina died. Toxicology results remain sealed. No arrests have been made or people of interest identified in the case.