Ayla Reynolds, 20 mos. Maine missing

[Lady Cop]

mainetoday.com
Waterville Police Chief Joseph Massey added that Waterville police will continue to work on the case along with other angencies until Ayla Reynolds is found.

"Our commitment to finding Ayla and explaining the circumstances surrounding her disappearance is as strong as it was on December 17^th," he said.

Department of Pubic Safety Spokesman Steve McCausland said the Major Crimes Unit is the new name for the Criminal Investigation Division, or CID.

McCausland said the unit is tasked with investigating homicides, suspicious deaths and major investigations.

"This case would fall into that latter category," he said.

Earlier on Friday, a state police evidence response team truck returned Friday to the Violette Avenue home where was reported missing from her bed two weeks ago today.

State troopers using surveying equipment appeared to be taking measurements from the driveway to the home at 29 Violette Ave. where Ayla lived with her father, Justin DiPietro.

A window of the modest vinyl-sided house on the driveway side of DiPietro's house had been removed and appeared to be part of the measuring detail.

A pickup truck with Massachusetts license plates was parked nearby, as was a Maine detective's car. A man wearing a Massachusetts State Police jacket also was on the scene.

McCausland said Massachusetts detectives offered special investigative equipment to aid in the investigation.

"And we took them up on the offer," he said.