GUILTY NH - Elijah "Eli" Lewis, 5, found deceased, Merrimack, Apr 2021, reported 15 Oct 2021 *arrests* *1 guilty*

[Yemelyan]

What am I missing, because it strikes me as unlikely that when a random phone was turned in to LE, LE took the time to get past the PIN (how and why?) AND took the time to realize the phone was related to a crime, instead of just putting it into a box with all of the other "found random unclaimed items." For some reason I can't make sense of this detail.

This is just speculation, but I was thinking that perhaps LE had already predicted they might find an abandoned phone related to the two suspects specifically in Ayer.

Original articles like this one say that the dumped phone in Ayer led LE to the knowledge of another phone, and it was this other, previously unknown-to-LE phone that was able to be tracked to Abington: Phone found in Massachusetts triggered new Elijah Lewis search

So I think that LE was trying to track their movements via the phone they knew about, and already knew that it went off the radar, so to speak, in or near Ayer. Then when a phone turned up, they immediately knew there's a chance that this isn't just a random unclaimed item. But this is all just an idea based on what's been released so far, we may find out later the home screen has a photo of one of the two suspects, or didn't require a code to unlock, or something mundane like that. Luck was certainly involved in finding Elijah so quickly.

 

[Mom24]

Elijah Lewis autopsy yields undetermined findings

 

[Mom24]

Office of Child Advocate says case of child found dead in Massachusetts will be closely examined

 

[oviedo]

Elijah Lewis autopsy yields undetermined findings

sigh...

 

[Yemelyan]

Elijah Lewis autopsy yields undetermined findings

I think he was heavily decomposed when found. If his remains were moved from hiding spot to hiding spot, they may not even be complete. How sad if this ends up impeding justice.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

According to the New Hampshire Department of Justice Office, Elijah "Eli" Lewis unknown whereabouts were brought to the attention of authorities by New Hampshire's Division for Children, Youth and Families on October 14, 2021. Merrimack, New Hampshire Police immediately began an investigation, along with the New Hampshire State Police and the New Hampshire Department of Justice. Two people have been charged as a result of this investigation.

As part of this ongoing investigation, last night, State Police assigned to our Office were notified that information was developed that lead to search of this wooded area along Chestnut Street in Abington. Based upon information corroborated by investigators, there may be evidence related to the disappearance of Elijah Lewis and that is what we are here searching for and continue to search for.

Last night, Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office were notified that information had been developed and corroborated on the boy's whereabouts. This morning, Massachusetts State Police assigned to our office, along with Abington Police began a search of a wooded area along Chestnut Street in Abington. State Police designated several assets to the search, including the Special Emergency Response Team, K-9s, the State Police Air Wing and Command Post. New Hampshire State Police joined in the search efforts.

The investigation is active and ongoing.
Plymouth County District Attorney's Office

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Written in Granite: Merrimack, N.H., won’t forget Elijah Lewis – Lowell Sun

 

[doyoulovemepfg]

Elijah Lewis autopsy yields undetermined findings

Ugh. I wonder if they have a timeline of when the body ended up in MA, which could possibly determine a date of death. These "undetermined" cases always frustrate me and this one is no different - these "parents" need to be far far away from their other children.

 

[Knox]

Just four months before her 5-year-old son mysteriously disappeared and his body was recovered in the woods, a New Hampshire mother told a friend that she could no longer control the boy, compared him to serial killers, and said she wanted him “gone.”

Danielle Dauphinais, 35, complained to a childhood friend over text messages that Elijah Lewis, the fourth of her six children, had become unruly and untenable, according to screenshots of the conversation reviewed by the Globe.

“I call him the next Ted Bundy and Jeffery Dahmer,” Dauphinais wrote. “It’s so sad but I have no connection with this child.”

“I have to keep him in his room,” Dauphinais told Wolfe. “I can’t trust him at all.”

Dauphinais said the boy would play in his own excrement. She also accused him of urinating on clothing and beds. ”This child is (expletive),’' she wrote.

In the exchange, Dauphinais said that the New Hampshire Division for Children, Youth and Families was involved, but she suggested she was hamstrung to act without the consent of the boy’s father, who lives in Arizona. Repeated attempts to reach the father, Timothy Lewis, have been unsuccessful.

‘I want him gone.’ Elijah Lewis’s mother messaged a friend just months before his mysterious death - The Boston Globe

 

[cvaldez1975]

Just four months before her 5-year-old son mysteriously disappeared and his body was recovered in the woods, a New Hampshire mother told a friend that she could no longer control the boy, compared him to serial killers, and said she wanted him “gone.”

Danielle Dauphinais, 35, complained to a childhood friend over text messages that Elijah Lewis, the fourth of her six children, had become unruly and untenable, according to screenshots of the conversation reviewed by the Globe.

“I call him the next Ted Bundy and Jeffery Dahmer,” Dauphinais wrote. “It’s so sad but I have no connection with this child.”

“I have to keep him in his room,” Dauphinais told Wolfe. “I can’t trust him at all.”

Dauphinais said the boy would play in his own excrement. She also accused him of urinating on clothing and beds. ”This child is (expletive),’' she wrote.

In the exchange, Dauphinais said that the New Hampshire Division for Children, Youth and Families was involved, but she suggested she was hamstrung to act without the consent of the boy’s father, who lives in Arizona. Repeated attempts to reach the father, Timothy Lewis, have been unsuccessful.

‘I want him gone.’ Elijah Lewis’s mother messaged a friend just months before his mysterious death - The Boston Globe

wowwwww

 

[InvisibleMe]

wowwwww

With!!! This “mother” is an evil person. This is disgusting.

 

[katydid23]

Awww, that poor child. He obviously needed help. Her first motherly instinct was to lock him in his room---when that didnt 'help' in any way, she decided to have him killed. What a great mom. No wonder he had issues.

R.I.P. young Eli...you deserved so much better...Fly high with Caylee and Cupcake...

 

[strawberry]

https://twitter.com/scooperon7/status/1462877997749391363?s=20
"Autopsy results for 5 yr old Elijah Lewis reveal cause of death was violence and neglect including facial injuries, acute fentanyl intoxication and malnourishment..mom and boyfriend remain behind bars on witness tampering charges"

 

[strawberry]

Elijah Lewis Autopsy: Violence, Neglect, Fentanyl Intoxication Listed For Cause Of Death

 

[Lusitana]

Did they give him fentanyl? Did he get into it and they beat him? Wow.

 

[Shamrock1]

Did they give him fentanyl? Did he get into it and they beat him? Wow.

That was my first thought, but he was also malnourished and had pressure ulcers. I wonder if he was already being abused/neglected, got into fentanyl, and was beaten as punishment? Maybe he was given a little fentanyl after a bad beating and they overdosed him? Maybe he was regularly drugged to keep him asleep? That would explain pressure ulcers.

Whatever the order, kiddo had a sad life. JMO.

 

[katikaboom]

That was my first thought, but he was also malnourished and had pressure ulcers. I wonder if he was already being abused/neglected, got into fentanyl, and was beaten as punishment? Maybe he was given a little fentanyl after a bad beating and they overdosed him? Maybe he was regularly drugged to keep him asleep? That would explain pressure ulcers.

Whatever the order, kiddo had a sad life. JMO.

She said she kept him locked in his room, and he urinated all over his bed. She may have tied him to his bed.

Poor baby. She is closer to being Dahmer and Bundy than he ever was.

 

[cvaldez1975]

what that baby needed was counseling and early intervention, too bad no one he was in the care of gave a crap. this poor little guy.

 

[kelsie]

Mother of Merrimack boy, her boyfriend to appear in court next week
The state attorney general's office is asking a judge for more time to file indictments in the case. Prosecutors said that's because the details surrounding the boy's death are complex.
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I truly wonder why they have not yet been charged.

 

[Alethea]

Mother of Merrimack boy, her boyfriend to appear in court next week
The state attorney general's office is asking a judge for more time to file indictments in the case. Prosecutors said that's because the details surrounding the boy's death are complex.
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I truly wonder why they have not yet been charged.

New Hampshire charges major crimes through the grand jury system so it may be waiting for enough evidence to bring before a grand jury. I hope they are charged soon, this is disgusting.

 

[Knox]

Help was available for this child, no one sought it for him