CELINA CASS: STEPFATHER'S TRUCK TAKEN AWAY

TRAGIC

A PICKUP truck belonging to the troubled stepfather of Celina Cass, has been hauled away by cops investigating her mysterious death. 
The tragic 11-year-old's body was found dead on Monday, almost a week after her mysterious disappearance, but detectives are still trying to work out how she died. 
As part of their investigation they have taken the truck, which neighbors said was used by her stepfather Wendell Noyes, who was reportedly taken to hospital hours before the youngster's body was found. 
In the past he has received treatment for mental illness and was reportedly involuntarily committed to a mental institution and diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2003.
Officers remained tight lipped on why they were taking the truck, but it's thought they maybe searching for DNA or other clues in the vehicle.
New Hampshire Senior Assistant Attorney General Jane Young said has confirmed that an autopsy failed to determine how the girl died and further toxicology tests and more investigations were needed.
But she maintained the death was considered suspicious.
Cops are continuing to comb the river which divides Vermont and New Hampshire, near where Celina's body was found, while crime scene technicians said they were doing computer-aided diagramming to give them a precise electronic image of the area.
One of them said: "We always do a thorough job but because of the sad nature of this case, everyone is doubly determined to find out what happened. 
Five hundred tips were received and the FBI offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to her and to the arrest and prosecution of anyone responsible for her disappearance.

NEW HAMPSHIRE HEARTACHE: CELINA CASS MURDER

AN AUTOPSY today should reveal how 11-year-old Celina Cass was killed. The New Hampshire girl's body was found Monday morning at a damn in the Connecticut River after a week-long search around her hometown of West Stewartstown--about a mile from the Canadian border. Cops believe she was murdered and a full manhunt in now underway for her killer. Last night a candlelight vigil was held for the quiet, popular girl as the crowd sang "Amazing Grace." Her best friend collapsed in tears.
Her dad Adam Laro said of Celina:  "Very sweet, very outgoing, very generous
to people. Lovable, trusting, you name it."
Celina was last seen Monday evening, July 25, at a computer in the home where she lives with her mother, stepfather and 13-year-old sister. The house was sealed off with police crime scene tape Monday after the body was discovered. Police have not identified anyone as a suspect but her stepfather, Wendell Noyes has a troubled past. AUTOPSY WILL REVEAL CAUSE OF DEATH

CELINA CASS'S FATHER HAS 'VIOLENT, MENTALLY ILL PAST'

WITHOUT TRACE

MISSING 11-year-old Celina Cass's stepfather has a violent past, filled with allegations of criminal behavior and mental illness records reveal. Wendell Noyes, 47, was busted for threatening an ex-girlfriend back in 2003, after breaking into her home while she and her two children slept, picking up her mattress and slamming it down.
As a result of the 2003 attack, court records show that the 47-year-old was involuntarily committed after being diagnosed with schizophrenia.
At the time, Judge Richard Hampe ruled Noyes was incompetent to stand trial, writing that the man's mental illness created "a potentially serious likelihood of danger to himself and others."
Pretty Celina, 11, vanished without trace Monday, after last being seen playing on her computer at around 9pm, sparking a huge manhunt, around the small town of Stewartson, NH, which has just 800 residents and is just a mile away from the Canadian border.

There seemed to be no signs that she had either run away or of abduction or struggle as nothing was missing or disturbed in her room.
State Police, border patrol and FBI child abduction experts scoured the area Thursday, even sending agents as far as New York and Virginia.
Shannon Towles, who owns a mini-mart on Route 3, said her disappearance had shaken the town, saying: "It's creepy. Things like this don't happen here. I know that's kind of a tired phrase. I'm an overprotective mom as it is. Now it's going to be way worse." 
She added: "She's just a little girl and she's a nice little girl."