It wasn't unusual for Celeste Dogme to go long stretches of time without talking to her friends and family.

She'd lost touch with her mother and many of her close friends,

but as far as they could tell by posts on social media, her life was busy with a new baby and starting college classes.

But when Celeste's mother in Germany received a phone call in the spring of 2012, was busy with a new baby and starting college classes.

But when Celeste's mother in Germany received a phone call in the spring of 2023, she learned

that Celeste hadn't simply lost touch, she was missing.

She'd been missing for two years.

I'm Kylie Lowe and this is the case of Celeste Dogme, on Dark Down East.

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safe. It was Wednesday, May 3, 2023, and a caseworker from the main office of child and family

services, OCFS, was at the door of an apartment on Academy Street in

Auburn, Maine. They were looking for 29-year-old Celeste Dogmey to speak with her about a parental

custody matter. Her toddler-aged son had been taken into state custody when his father was

arrested a month earlier, and they'd been trying to reach Celeste

with no luck since then. When OCFS arrived at Celeste's last known address that she once shared

with the child's father, Celeste wasn't there. Unable to find her, OCFS worked with the

Auburn Police Department to try and make contact with Celeste's family and those who knew her.

Celeste is a German citizen and her biological mother, Stephanie, currently lives in Germany.

The mother and daughter had a strained relationship and hadn't spoken in quite some time when OCFS called Stephanie asking if she'd heard from Celeste.

As everyone would soon learn,

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