They have at least a dozen officers working the case at any given time, yet investigators are again turning to the public for help. Any piece of information could be the piece of the puzzle to solve this tragedy of Celina’s death,” pleaded Senior Assistant New Hampshire Attorney General Jane Young Thursday.
There’s now a reward – $25,000 from the FBI and $5,000 from an anonymous donor – for information that leads to the arrest and prosecution of anyone involved in Celina Cass’ death. The 11-year-old West Stewartstown girl was last seen in her home the night of July 25th. The next morning she was gone with no sign of a struggle.
Her body was discovered six days later, wrapped in a blanket, near a dam in the Connecticut River.
“We have spoken to a number of different witnesses,” said Young. “We are exploring a number of forensic avenues in this case.”
Authorities in New Hampshire, working with the FBI and Vermont State Police, have received 580 tips to date.
After extensively searching Celina’s home, they’re now piecing together a time line of her whereabouts and her family’s whereabouts in the days and hours before she disappeared.
“But there may be pieces that we are missing because we were not in the house in the days before or after her disappearance,” said Young.
Private investigator Don Nason, who’s keeping an eye on the case, thinks the reward will be a helpful tool in an investigation that many in West Stewartstown fear will go cold.
“Maybe there’s a friend of the family that knows what was going on before Celina went missing that isn’t saying something,” he said.
While the Attorney General’s office hasn’t identified any suspects or persons of interest, “I think that that they know what’s going on but they’re trying to get that last piece of evidence to make sure that they can do the right thing and make this prosecution stick,” said Nason.
Toxicology results are expected next week.
If you would like to make a donation to the reward fund, you can contact Susan Mall at Northway Bank in Gorham, NH, at (603) 466-5467.
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