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Remains found in Mass. state park are of 5-year-old Elijah Lewis, autopsy confirms

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The remains recently found in a Massachusetts state park are of New Hampshire 5-year-old Elijah Lewis, authorities said Sunday.

Massachusetts and New Hampshire authorities believed the remains, found Saturday in Abington after an extensive search, were Lewis, who had been missing since at least Oct. 14.

But official confirmation came through dental records after an autopsy, the New Hampshire Attorney General’s office confirmed to MassLive Sunday evening.

A candlelight vigil was held Sunday in Elijah’s hometown of Merrimack, a day after the boy’s body was found in Massachusetts.

On Friday, law enforcement from Massachusetts and New Hampshire went to a wooded area in Abington near Ames Nowell State Park.

Elijah’s mother and her boyfriend were previously arrested in connection with the boy’s disappearance.

The mother, 35-year-old Danielle Denise Dauphinais, and Joseph Stapf, 30, were arrested in New York on Oct. 17 on charges of witness tampering and child endangerment.

Police say they asked other people to lie about Elijah and where he was living.

Dauphinais pleaded not guilty to the charges in Hillsborough County Superior Court.

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