Claire Moulton is one of a handful of parents in Maine who is waiting for a missing child to come home.
Ben McCanna
Ben McCanna has been a staff photographer and occasional writer at the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram since 2015 and has been working for newspapers since 2010.
Ben studied creative writing and literature at Emerson College and embarked on a decade-long career in publishing after graduating in 1997. In his mid 30s, Ben shifted careers by taking a job as a reporter at a small newspaper in northwest Colorado and never looked back. Over the years, he slowly transitioned from writer to photographer - his true passion.
Ben is a 2018 winner of an Award of Excellence from Pictures of the Year International. He lives on Peaks Island with his wife, a nurse practitioner, and two sons.
Divers return to Ayla search
Divers found a safe, a knife and a backpack in Messalonskee Stream Friday, but they didn’t find any evidence that would lead them to missing toddler Ayla Reynolds.
No evidence found by divers again
WATERVILLE — Divers found a safe, a knife and a backpack in Messalonskee Stream Friday, but they didn’t find any evidence that would lead them to missing toddler Ayla Reynolds.
Luminol sheds light on Ayla’s case
WATERVILLE — The chemical police used to discover the blood of missing toddler Ayla Reynolds in her home can literally shed light on an investigation.
Glowing chemical finds trace amounts of blood
WATERVILLE — The chemical police used to discover the blood of missing toddler Ayla Reynolds in her home can literally shed light on an investigation.
Police found Ayla’s blood in home
WATERVILLE — Blood found by police at Ayla Reynolds’ home belongs to the missing toddler.
Police: Blood at home belongs to Ayla
WATERVILLE — Blood found by police at Ayla Reynolds’ home belongs to the missing toddler. Police confirmed the information Sunday night. It was first posted earlier Sunday on aylareynolds.com, a website maintained by Ayla’s maternal family in Portland. Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said Sunday night that testing has revealed that at least […]
Ayla investigators doubt story
WATERVILLE — Police said Saturday that the three adults who last saw missing toddler Ayla Reynolds are withholding information and that the possibility that someone slipped into the house and took Ayla “doesn’t pass the straight-face test.”
Police: People at home when Ayla disappeared withholding information
WATERVILLE — Police said Saturday that the three adults who last saw missing toddler Ayla Reynolds are withholding information and that the possibility that someone slipped into the house and took Ayla “doesn’t pass the straight-face test.”
Blood found in missing toddler’s home
WATERVILLE — Police on Saturday confirmed that blood was found in the basement of missing toddler Ayla Reynolds house and intimated that those who last saw her are not telling the full truth about what happened the night she disappeared.