Ayla Reynolds: Ten Years Later, part 1

Murder, She Told

Kristen Seavey

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

2011 - Waterville, Maine. Ayla Reynolds was just shy of 2-years-old when her father, Justin DiPietro, called 911 on the morning of December 17th, 2011 in Waterville, Maine to report her missing. His story was that she'd been abducted from her crib in the middle of the night by an unknown intruder while the three adults in the house were sleeping. Ayla Reynolds never came back home. Ayla's disappearance sparked a national media storm, catapulting a grieving mother into the spotlight. Trista Reynolds, who wasn't there the night her daughter went missing, believed she wasn't getting the full story from Ayla's father. Eventually police believed it too, and announced this was no longer the search for a missing child... but rather, foul play. What is Justin DiPietro, Elisha DiPietro, and Courtney Roberts hiding? The search for Ayla Reynolds is the largest criminal investigation in Maine state history and to this day, her case remains unsolved. This past week marked a tragic anniversary for the little girl's disappearance. This is the latest information on the Ayla Reynolds case. All sources for this episode can be found on murdershetold.com. Connect on Instagram @murdershetoldpodcast Support the show here If you have any information on Ayla's disappearance, please contact the Maine State Police Major Crimes Central and call (207) 624-7143 or toll free 1-800-452-4664. You can also leave a tip online. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Murder She Told, true crime stories from Maine, New England and small town USA.
0:19.6	I'm Kristen Zeevy.
0:21.7	You can connect with me at murdersheetold.com or on Instagram at MurderSheToldPodcast.
0:30.0	Trista Reynolds was groggy and sleep deprived.
0:36.3	Sitting in the passenger seat on a long car ride to Machia's port, a coastal town in
0:41.2	the heart of the Downey Street, just 50 miles from the Canadian border.
0:45.9	Her journey had begun that Saturday morning in Portland at 6 a.m. with her future father
0:50.9	in law, Robert Fortier, and she was drifting in and out of sleep on their way to see her
0:55.6	fiancé Raymond, who had recently become an inmate at Downey's correctional facility.
1:01.2	Robert got an alarming phone call from Trista's dad while she was asleep.
1:05.7	He was panicked.
1:07.1	Robert explained to him that Trista was out cold and he said to keep driving for now.
1:12.5	But a short while later, he called back and said to pull over, wake her up, and put
1:17.8	her on the phone.
1:19.8	Robert stopped the car in a Duncan Donuts parking lot in Ellsworth and roused Trista.
1:25.0	Her dad was in hysterics, and although Trista was still waking up, she understood that
1:30.0	something terrible had happened.
1:32.6	Her 20-month-old daughter, Ella, was gone.
1:36.4	Her father told her to head to Waterville.
1:39.1	The police were involved.
1:40.8	They were looking for her daughter, and they wanted to talk to Trista.
1:45.3	It was strange they had just passed so near Waterville, and Trista had thought to herself
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