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Ayla's mother, Trista Reynolds, encircled by a ring of cameras and microphones, said the celebration helped mask the pain of not knowing.
"I'm really hurt, more than anything, today. I've got a lot of hate towards certain people today," she said. "I wasn't able to wake up with Ayla ... and play with her and get her ready for her birthday."
Members of Ayla's paternal family did not attend the event.
Cynthia Caron, the founder of LostNMissing -- a nonprofit group that works with families of missing persons -- has been working closely with Ayla's maternal family, and she helped organize the event. She also works closely with the Laura Recovery Center, another nonprofit that had been collaborating with Justin DiPietro.
She said communication with DiPietro ended in late January.
"We don't know why conversations stopped," she said.
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“The communication with Justin, his sister and his girlfriend have basically stopped,” McCausland said last month.
Asked if that’s frustrating, he said, “It’s been frustrating for police since December because we haven’t been able to find Ayla, and as I’ve stated all along, I believe those three individuals inside that home that night know things that they haven’t told us, and that is frustrating.”
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The scene at the Reynolds household a couple of hours before the vigil was intense and emotional. Family members and supporters pinned buttons with the blond-haired girl’s picture on them to each other and exchanged ribbons and bracelets.
Jeff Hanson, Ayla’s step-grandfather, said the prospect of going out into public for the vigil weighed heavily on the family.
“In a way we wish we’d never organized this, but it’s for Ayla,” he said. “We’ll do whatever it takes to bring her home.”