Heavy Police Presence Gathers at Home of Missing Sellersville Woman, Husband Taken into Custody

Keith Heffintrayer | North Penn Now•

Police vehicles outside of the home of Elizabeth and Stephen Capaldi in Sellersville Friday, Dec. 9.

UPDATE: Dec. 9, 2:23 p.m. – Law enforcement and personnel from the Medical Examiners Office have recovered human remains in the area they were searching near the Philadelphia International Airport, according to CBS3’s Joe Holden.

Prior update follows…

UPDATE: Dec. 9, 1:54 p.m. – A report by CBS3 corroborates our prior report and indicates multiple law enforcement agencies are searching the area of the Philadelphia International Airport with a man in an orange prison jumpsuit, believed to be Capaldi.

Here’s CBS3’s Joe Holder corroborating our initial report on Twitter:

BREAKING: Law enforcement sources in Bucks and Delaware counties confirm to me the husband of missing Sellersville woman, Beth Capaldi, has been taken into custody. @CBSPhiladelphia pic.twitter.com/AavAT9J8gJ

— Joe Holden (@JoeHoldenCBS3) December 9, 2022

Prior update follows...

UPDATE: Dec. 9, 12:31 p.m. - A spokesperson with the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said they were currently prohibited from releasing information from the case.

"But we hope to address any questions at a news conference late next week," the spokesperson said.

Original story follows…

Dec. 9, 12:08 p.m. - A large police presence has gathered at the Sellersville home of 55-year-old Elizabeth “Beth” Capaldi, who has been missing since Oct. 10.

Sources tell North Penn Now that police vehicles were observed in front of and behind the home along the 200 block of High Street in Sellersville as of late Thursday evening. Then, around 11:30 a.m. Friday morning, additional police and county law enforcement vehicles arrived at the scene.

Rumors quickly spread Friday morning that 57-year-old Stephen Capaldi — Elizabeth’s husband — had been taken into custody at the Bucks County Correctional Facility. North Penn Now has independently confirmed that information via a source with knowledge of the investigation.

No charges at this time have been filed. A search of the Unified Judicial System shows no pending charges for Stephen Capaldi, and a representative with District Judge Regina Armitage’s court said they had no information on him.

Investigators typically have 24 hours to file charges once a person is taken into custody, otherwise they must be released.

Elizabeth Capaldi was last seen at her home in Sellersville during the morning of Monday, Oct. 10. Capaldi was officially reported missing by her daughter on Oct. 12, and Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub said Stephen was the last person to see her during the morning of Oct. 10.

When asked why the daughter filed the report instead of the husband during a late-October press conference, Weintraub did not provide an answer but added investigators had spoken with the husband. Though she’s believed to have taken her wallet with her, Capaldi’s phone, keys and vehicle were all left behind, Weintraub said.

This is a developing story. We will update this article as more information becomes available.

Levittown Now Editor Tom Sofield contributed to this report.

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