On Dec. 17, 2011, Justin DiPietro calls 911 to report his 20-month old daughter Reynolds missing after finding her bed empty.

The blond-haired, blue-eyed toddler who would now be 3 1/2 years old was last seen in December 2011 at her 29 Violette Ave. home.

A morning-long search in Oakland Wednesday of woods, a field and pond turned up no clues to what happened to the child reported missing nearly two years ago.

A group of Waterville area residents on Saturday said a prayer before walking to the 29 Violette Ave. home where Ayla Reynolds was last seen Dec. 16, 2011, then said several more prayers.

Justice delayed, however painful, is better than no justice at all may be the lesson learned from the death of Eva Marie Knowles, who died in 1979 at 19-months-old, and whose killer was never brought to justice.

Trista Reynolds, the mother of the child who was reported missing in 2011, appears with her family to confront Ayla’s father and grandmother.

The paternal grandmother of missing toddler Ayla Reynolds said Monday that the case should remain focused on finding the child. The girls’ mother, Trista Reynolds, however, released more information she said is evidence and called for police to make arrests.

Pius Mayanja, a Lewiston hip-hop artist, touched by the story of missing toddler Ayla Reynolds, recently released a song dedicated to the girl.

Legal experts say that public pressure and publicity to bring charges in a case can often do more harm that good.