It's been two months since Justin DiPietro told police his 20-month-old daughter Ayla Reynolds disappeared in the middle of the night. The baby's mother, Trista Reynolds, has vowed to secure justice for Ayla as the likelihood of her safe return fades. DiPietro has sequestered himself away from the media and the public, and even from Reynolds, refusing to answer questions about what happened to the baby temporarily left in his care while Reynolds worked on recovering from alcohol abuse.
Here's the latest news in the Ayla Reynolds case:
* Saturday morning, Reynolds says, she texted DiPieto: "We're on 2 months today. Do you even care? I haven't heard from you. You're not talking to me. Like I said, c'mon. Tell me. Please tell me." DiPietro did not respond, she told WCSH.
* Reynolds has also become increasingly forceful in holding DiPietro and his family responsible for the disappearance. She also went public Saturday with accusations of deceit. "…everyone who was inside that house that night who knows what happened to Ayla, they're the ones making this a game. Because they can end this in a matter of seconds. All you have to do is speak up and say something, whether it was meant to be done or whether it was an accident."
* Police publicly praised the Reynolds side of the family Friday for their efforts to bring Ayla home, simultaneously saying the DiPietros aren't doing their share. Police spokesman Steve McCausland told the Morning Sentinel, "We continue to encourage the immediate family to keep Ayla in the headlines and to talk about her. One side is doing that, and the other side is not.
* More information has come to light in the past week about Justin DiPietro's activities shortly before he reported Ayla missing the morning of Dec. 17. The Portland Daily Sun reported that DiPietro and two other men were at a Cumberland Farms in Portland, Maine, Dec. 15 at 2 a.m. DiPietro's credit card was allegedly used for a cigarette purchase.
* The Cumberland Farms report is consistent with another report placing DiPietro in Portland later in the day on Dec. 15 without Ayla. That's the day he moved his belongings out of the apartment he'd lived in with friends, according to the sister-in-law of one of his roommates. A blog commenter noted that DiPietro's presence in Portland at 2 a.m. on the 15th suggests he probably arrived on the Dec. 14. That, with the evidence he was in Portland later in the day on the Dec. 15, suggests Ayla may have been in someone else's care.
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