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Trista Reynolds, the mother of 1-year-old Ayla Reynolds, said in a message posted on a website dedicated to finding the little girl that she started taking a polygraph test on Wednesday but was told by the test administrator that she could not finish because of the undisclosed condition.
Trista Reynolds said she would be willing to complete the test after treatment by a doctor, but added that investigators were content with the results of the incomplete test.
“This is far from the result I wanted to share with the public," Reynolds posted, "but I will take the advice of the administrator and seek attention for my medical condition so I can be healthy enough to be re-tested if required."
Reynolds confirmed Wednesday night she had written the statement but declined to comment.
The toddler's father Justin DiPietro previously took a polygraph test but hasn't released results. The couple doesn't live together.
According to the Waterville Morning Sentinel, DiPietro said he took a polygraph test shortly after Ayla’s disappearance on Dec. 17, 2011. DiPietro claims he didn’t see the test results, but state police say they told him how he did, the paper reported.
Related: Dad of missing toddler: ‘What you are doing isn’t right’
Last week, investigators searched an area of the Kennebec River near downtown Waterville in an attempt to rule out the possibility that the 21-month-old toddler was in the water, according to the Bangor Daily News newspaper. Authorities said more searches may be conducted in other areas in the future.
Trista Reynolds, the mom of missing Maine toddler Ayla, tells TODAY's Matt Lauer she's still suspicious of the baby's father for his sudden interest in the case.
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ah yes, the fabled "medical condition" too the rescue!
The administer stopped the test not the patient. Nothing fishy here.
To: come on really?
The Mom said that the person administering the test said she (the Mom) couldn't finish the test because of an "undisclosed illness" that the Mom has . The administer's story is yet to be heard.
I'm getting tired of all these redneck trailor-trash Jerry Springer people hurting kids.
This Mom should be a politican...this smells of BULLpoop.
if the poly operative suspected that she was on any anti-depressant medication, or any other legal or illegal drugs, then he would stop the exam; does not mean she knows or does not know anything of importance.
Her 'medical condition' is that she's a drug addict.
and you know that how? Have you done drugs with her?
Uhh she looks high to me in the video. What happened to her hair? She go Britney Spears meltdown?
Right, Mindie?
And jeeze, it's almost like we as a society need to start installing Baby LoJacks on newborns...
Well, that excuse is working for John Edwards, isn't it?
She isn't a politican. They get by with everything. But someone has to know where this child is. If they do, let them admit it. It is getting disgusting that so many children come up missing. If either parent is responsible, I hope they pay the extreem setence. I have a feeling that someone is hiding her so the other parent cannot get her. Most of my friends think the same thing. When it comes to children our law enforcement officers go all out.Should this be right, whoever is hiding her should be responsible for the cost incrurred instead of the state.
I had no idea that being a lying junkie was a medical condition
Has it occured to anyone that her child is missing and maybe her blood pressure is too low for the test to read?!?!? It is possible that she is not eating very well due to the stress. We don't know the whole story!!! And why are people attacking her? The police are not looking at her at all, they are looking at the baby's father!!!!!
From the sounds of all of it, neither parent was capable of taking care of their little girl. Poor little thing was the child of a junkie, the mother; and a mess of a father. That little girl didn't have a chance in hell!
She's dead. One of them, or both of them did it. Arrest them. Death Sentence.
Slow down Rambo...You can't just go in with guns blazing...There should be one of them there trial thingies...Then do whatever needs to be done...All legit like.
The test conductor stopped the test, therefore we have no suspicion yet. However, instead of getting up and arms and jumping rope in hand, ready to the gallows why not let things play out.
I'm OK with leniency on the parents once that little baby girl is found ALIVE and WELL! Until that time, I could care less about the parents' problems!
Don't pretend that you care about the child either AllPeopleRights, it's not like you're out there searching the woods for her. Be honest, you just like passing judgement.
None of us really care about this child, the care we feel is mere mild concern.
Test questions were not multiple choice..
The first time I heard this woman, I was instantly reminded of Susan Smith who drowned her boys in her car. She had the same sort of excuses, same voice, same body language. I felt like "deja vu "......I am afraid the outcome will be as sad. Something is not right with this "mother"....and something is not right with the father either. Poor little girl....Could they have sold her ? maybe she is now in a good place where some crazy people really love her ? who knows ? better than being dead.
All I care about is that this child is found. There are too many cases like this.
I don't like the statment made
"Authorities said more searches may be conducted in other areas in the future."
I can't believe this and I hope it is just the news mumbo jumbo.
Don't forget that polygraphs aren't admissible as evidence anyway.
Because they aren't science.
So really, it doesn't actually matter. Aren't there better things to be worrying about?
Agh these people just kill me. You need a license to own a dog, drive a car or have a business... But any looser can just have a child and just seem to loose their child during the night ??? I really feel sorry for these children!!!
She looks high in this picture...
Something tells me that's her 'undisclosed medical condition.'
Anyone that would hurt a small child. Hell is not hot enough. Be thankful I will not be the Judge in this case.
Why do they even do polyograph tests knowing any information can't be used in Court. Guilty people have been known to pass these tests while people with certain guilt trip mind set have failed them when they were totally not guilty. Why are police allowed to administer these tests with shakey at best results. Outlaw the test. Illegal for law enforcement to perform them on people.
Either her blood pressure was too low due to sedatives or she was simply wasted on psychoactive drugs.
It may have taken that long for them to test a urine sample for psychoactive drugs.
Either way she tried to rig it. And whatever happens, the kid deserved better parents. Didn't have a chance.
Could she possibly look any more trashy than she already does? Jesus, this woman just screams "hey I'm a total tweaker and I may have possibly killed my kid cause I'm a useless twat."