PRESS RELEASE
Released by: Joseph A. Foster, Attorney General
Wendell Noyes, Celina Cass’s step-father
Subject: Wendell Noyes Arrested for the Murder of Celina Cass Date: June 20, 2016
Release Time: Immediate
Contact: Jane E. Young, Associate Attorney General (603) 271-3671
Attorney General Joseph Foster and Colonel Robert Quinn announce that Wendell Noyes (age 52) has been arrested on a charge of second degree murder for the killing of Celina Cass by submerging her body in the Connecticut River. Noyes was Celina’s step-father at the time of her murder.
On July 26, 2011, 11-year old Celina Cass was reported missing from her home at 863 Washington Street, Apartment 1, West Stewartstown, New Hampshire. Six days later on August 1, 2011, Celina’s body was recovered from the Connecticut River, near a dam, about a half mile from her home.
The investigation into Celina’s murder has remained active for the past five years. Today, a warrant for Noyes’s arrest was issued. Noyes will be arraigned on June 21, 2016 at 3 p.m. in the 1st Circuit Court, Berlin-District.