Iona Costello,51, & Her Daughter Emily Costello,14, Missing Since 3/30/15 in NYC

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51 Year Old Iona Costello & Her 14 Year Old Daughter Emily Costello Has Been Missing Since 3/30/15 in Manhattan, NY

http://scaredmonkeys.com/2015/04/19/51-year-old-iona-costello-her-14-year-old-daughter-emily-costello-has-been-missing-since-33015-in-manhattan-ny/

51 year old Iona Costello and her 14 year old daughter, Emily  Costello, have been missing since March 30, 2015 after they traveled to Manhattan, NYC  and never returned. Iona and Emily are from Greenport where she owns a farm on the North Fork.  A family member Jane Costello said that Iona and Emily went to New York City “to see some shows and parked their car in a garage on 3/30/2015. Surveillance video captured Costello and Emily walking out of the Midtown parking garage. Iona Costello and Emily Costello were reported missing on Tuesday, after Emily was absent from school following the spring break.

The Costello family has asked anyone with information to call the Southold Town Police Department at 631-765-2600.

 

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Mother and daughter missing after trip to Manhattan

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/04/18/east-end-mother-daughter-missing-since-trip-to-manhattan-over-2-weeks-ago/

An East End farm owner and her 14-year-old daughter vanished in Manhattan last month after what relatives thought was going to be a short visit to see a few shows.

Cops are looking for Iona Costello, 51, a well-known equestrian from Greenport, and her daughter, Emily, a student at the posh Ross School in East Hampton.

They haven’t been seen since March 30, said Diana Malcolmson, the mother of Iona.

Relatives filed a missing-persons report when Emily didn’t return to school on Tuesday.

Police found their car in a parking garage on 42nd Street Wednesday night, and they appeared happy in surveillance video, Malcolmson said.

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Cops have no leads on missing Long Island mother and daughter after they vanished in New York City

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/long-island-mom-daughter-missing-new-york-cops-article-1.2189785

Hmm, this is rather interesting ... could this be a reason for their disappearance? According to the reports, Emily is her only child.

Costello, who runs a horse farm in the quaint seaside town on the tip of the North Fork, has been “under a lot of stress” fueled by a legal battle over her dead husband’s will, a family member told The News.

Costello was married to George Costello Sr., a construction manager who died of a heart attack on Dec. 28, 2012.

The will signed by the thrice-married George Costello, 63, who co-owned Costello Marine Contracting, which builds docks and bulkheads, left everything to Iona and Emily.

 The will is being contested by four children from his previous marriages, records show.

“She can’t sell anything. She can’t do anything because everything is in court,” the family member said of Iona. “She’s been under a lot of pressure.”

Still, the relative said family members have no clue what might be behind the Costellos’ disappearance.

“I don’t know if she’s having a nervous breakdown. I don’t know if somebody has kidnapped them,” the relative said.

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They've been found safe!!   

http://abcnews.go.com/US/missing-mother-daughter-found-safe-york-city/story?id=30439699
Missing Mother and Daughter Found Safe in New York City
April 20, 2015

A Long Island mother and daughter missing since March 30 have been found safe in New York City's Upper West Side neighborhood, authorities told ABC News.

Iona Costello and her 14-year-old daughter Emily went missing after leaving Greenport, Long Island, for a trip to New York City.

Family members said the mother and daughter were supposed to spend a week in Manhattan, watching some shows in the theater district. The mother and daughter were recognized Sunday by a front desk manager at the hotel where they were staying, authorities said.
 

Authorities did not suspect criminality, and no charges were expected in the mother and daughter’s weeks-long disappearance.

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That's great news. Wonderful way to start the day.

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Mom & daughter aren’t missing — they’re hiding from ex-con in-law

http://nypost.com/2015/04/24/mom-daughter-arent-missing-theyre-hiding-from-ex-con-in-law/

The Long Island mom who sparked a scare when she disappeared with her daughter in Manhattan is still in hiding because she’s afraid her ex-con stepson will come after her, sources told The Post on Thursday.

Iona Costello, 51, won’t return to her Southold farm out of fear of stepson George Costello Jr., who along with his siblings is fighting her for their late father’s fortune, sources said.

“Until she feels safe, she doesn’t want her or her daughter to come back,” said a close relative of Costello’s who spoke to the frightened mom Thursday. “She said, ‘I’m not looking over my shoulder all the time.’ It’s an awful situation.”

George Costello Jr. did time for felony fraud in 2013 and is now in jail in Florida for contempt of court after a fight with his fiancée.

But his stepmom, who has a restraining order against him, knows it’s only a matter of time before he gets out, relatives said.

“He has threatened [Iona],” the close relative said. “I’ve known all along he’s been threatening her.”