WEST STEWARTSTOWN, N.H., Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Wendell Noyes, the stepfather of 11-year-old Celina Cass, says he had nothing to do with the death of the New Hampshire girl, whose body was found in August.
Celina was on the computer when he went to bed at 9 p.m. with his wife, Luisia, the night of July 25, Noyes, 48, told WMUR-TV, Manchester, N.H. When he awoke in the morning, Celina was gone, he said. Her body was pulled from the Connecticut River a week later.
No arrests have been made in the case.
Investigators have seized Noyes' truck, cellphone and computer in their investigation. Noyes told WMUR his wife, whom he married in October 2010, has told him to stay away.
"I had nothing to do with it. We left the door unlocked, and somebody else was in the apartment after we went upstairs," Noyes said on Monday.
