Pregnant 12 Y/O Vanishes
Did Celina Mays escape her dysfunctional family or did she run into foul play?
Celina Mays was born on May 28, 1984, in Willingboro, New Jersey, to CJ Mays and Lynn Vitale. When the couple met, CJ had been a musician and Lynn an exotic dancer. Both of them had issues with alcohol and drugs. They had a problematic relationship and ended up separating. They went through a bitter custody battle in which Lynn was granted full custody of Celina.
After the separation, CJ moved in with some of his family members and began working as an accountant and bookkeeper for the Gospel of Christ Ministries, a Pentecostal congregation in Mount Holly for which his sister Cerita Smith was the pastor. CJ became a radical Christian resulting in Lynn not allowing him to see Celina.
Though Lynn had struggled with substance abuse issues, she was able to get clean and got a job as a school custodian. Meanwhile, Celina was doing well in school and had lots of friends. Sadly, Lynn died in 1994 of a brain aneurysm.
Lynn’s relatives fought for Celina’s custody, however, a judge granted CJ full custody of his daughter.
Now living with her father, his new wife, and his relatives, Celina was forced to abandon her school and her friends. CJ homeschooled her, focusing heavily on religious teachings, and drastically limited her social…
