Police: Still no leads, no sign of Iona and Emily Costello 
 
 Despite a flurry of media attention, with reports of their disappearance spreading across the region, there has still been no sign of Greenport’s Iona Costello and her daughter Emily, 14. 
 
 The pair headed into New York on March 30 to see some shows and haven’t been seen or heard from since. Family members told SoutholdLOCAL this week that there has been no activity on either of their phones since the day they left the North Fork. 
 
 “We continue to investigate the missing person report for the Costellos and are receiving the assistance requested from NYPD,” Southold Police Chief Martin Flatley said. 
 
 No missing poster has yet been released, he said. 
 
 Flatley said Emily’s disappearance “does not qualify for an Amber Alert. We do not have any new leads of information on this investigation, but we are working on it.” 
 
 Iona Costello has a farm in Greenport with animals that she loves — and it’s unlike her not to call and check on them, even while away, her family said this week. 
 
 Costello’s family filed a police report Wednesday as their concerns mounted after not hearing from her or her daughter Emily, 14, since the day the pair left to go to New York City to go to theater. 
 
 “We’re all kind of scratching our heads, trying to paste everything together and figure this out,” said Jane Costello, the niece of Iona’s husband, George, co-owner of Costello Marine in Greenport, who passed away of a heart attack two years ago. 
 
 “Iona loves her animals. That’s what makes us think this is an odd situation,” she said, adding that even when she travels, she always calls to ask how her animals are faring. 
 
 Costello and her daughter told staff at the farm that she would be “back on Tuesday,” leading her family to think she’d return on April 7. But, Costello said, there might “possibly have been a miscommunication,” because Emily was on spring break from The Ross School in East Hampton and not expected back for classes until this Tuesday, the 14th. 
 
 Iona and her daughter do love to travel, Costello said, so it would not be out of the question for the pair to have traveled out of the state or even the country — Iona has family in England, who have not heard from her. 
 
 “She didn’t tell anyone where she was going, but she’s like that. She might go off to see a friend, or on a long weekend,” Costello said. 
 
 Calls to their phones are unanswered, she said. 
 
 After Emily failed to return to class on Tuesday, the Costellos reported the pair missing to Southold Town Police. 
 
 Iona’s car was found in a parking garage on 42nd Street, Costello said, adding that mother and daughter love theater and art museums. 
 
 Nothing about a trip to New York would be out of the ordinary, “except we haven’t been able to contact them and Iona is usually very concerned about her animals.” 
 
 Iona is 51 years old, about 120 lbs, 5’10 and blonde; Emily is now tall as her mother, Costello said. 
 
 Flatley confirmed that the missing persons report was filed for Costello and her daughter, “who went on a trip to New York City and have not been heard from since March 30, 2015. Their family has been unable to contact her. At this time there is no reason to suspect any misconduct.” 
 
 Anyone with information is asked to call the Southold Town Police at 631-765-2600. 

 Both Iona Costello and her daughter Emily have been located in New York City”in good health,” Southold Town Police said in a press release issued at 4 a.m. today. 
 
 NYPD reported finding the 51-year-old Greenport woman and her 14-year-old daughter “at an undisclosed location,” Southold Police said in the release. 
 
 “No further investigation is needed at this time,” police said. They provided no details about where the mother and daughter were or why they had not been in touch with family members. 
 
 The pair headed into New York on March 30 to see some shows and had not been seen or heard from since. Family members told SoutholdLOCAL last week that there had been no activity on either of their phones since the day they left the North Fork. 
 
 Family members filed a missing persons report April 15, when the pair did not return home in time for Emily to resume classes at the Ross School in East Hampton, which had spring break until April 14. 

 Facebook Iona Costello (r.) and daughter Emily Costello are seen in this image posted to Facebook. 
 
 The mystery of a missing Long Island mother and her teenage daughter deepened Saturday as authorities admitted they have no leads and relatives said they have no answers. 
 
 Iona Costello, 51, and 14-year-old child Emily vanished without a trace March 30 after taking a trip to Manhattan. 
 
 Costello’s car was found inside a W. 42nd St. parking garage on Wednesday night. 
 
 But there’s still no sign of the well-known Greenport widow or her adorable daughter. 
 
 “The first thing we look for in these types of investigations is telephone calls, emails and credit card use,” Southold Town Police Chief Martin Flatley told the Daily News. 
 
 “We have nothing.” 
 
 “We’ve heard different theories from different people,” Flatley added. “It’s all speculation at this point.” 
 
 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. 
 
 Facebook Iona Costello, 51, owns a farm in Greenport. Facebook Emily Costello, 14, is the only child of Iona and her late husband, George. Previous Next 
 
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 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. 
 
 “We have no idea. The family is berserk.” 
 
 Family members reported the pair missing after Emily, a student at the exclusive Ross School in East Hampton, failed to return to class Tuesday following spring break. The boarding school’s alumni include Billy Joel’s daughter, Alexa, and Scott Disick, the hotheaded babby daddy of reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian. 
 
 Costello had told relatives they were planning to visit Manhattan to see some shows. 
 
 Surveillance video captured Costello and Emily nonchalantly walking out of the Midtown parking garage, authorities said. 
 
 “Neither seemed to be in distress,” Flatley said. 
 
 Facebook 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 ... Prayers are very welcome." 
 
 “This is really a case of them taking a trip that they planned on taking, but not returning back from it. What’s disturbing is that they were not back in time and they hadn’t reached out to any family or friends in Greenport. 
 
 “Everyone is alarmed,” the police chief added, “so that’s what generated the missing person’s case.” 
 
 Flatley said his department is working with the NYPD. 
 
 Costello’s mother, reached Saturday, said she wasn’t interested in commenting because “we’ve had enough publicity already.” 
 
 Asked to elaborate, Diana Malcolmson said she’s concerned about the security of her daughter’s home and farm. 
 
 “The house is on its own and she has a stable of animals and I don’t wish people to know that no one’s there,” added Malcolmson, 80, who lives on Shelter Island. 
 
 The Costello home sits on a sprawling property complete with stables, a greenhouse and detached garage. 
 
 On Saturday, a reporter was turned away outside by a group of men standing in front of the garage. 
 
 “Turn around, get off the property and don’t come back,” one of the men ordered. 
 
 Facebook Iona Costello's car was found in a parking garage on 42nd St. Facebook Emily Costello and her mom regularly visited New York for shows and museums, and have yet to return from a scheduled trip into the city. Previous Next 
 
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 In town, the Costellos’ many friends and acquaintances were wondering what might have led to their sudden disappearance. 
 
 “It’s not in keeping with her character that she would just get up and go away,” said Anthony Gigante, owner of Clarke’s Nursery in Greenport. 
 
 “We’re hoping that she resurfaces or communicates with someone. We’re just hoping that they’re well somewhere, but we don’t know. 
 
 “They’re like the most incredible women,” Gigante added. “We’re praying that they’re OK.” 
 
 The Costellos are a “very quiet Irish family” and the battle over the will has strained relations, the relative said. 
 
 “Everyone feels bad about what’s happening,” the relative said. “This is a family that doesn’t talk about a lot of things.” 
 
 Now, many of them are united by their concern over the plight of Iona and Emily. 
 
 “I don’t know where they could possibly be or what happened,” the relative said. 
 
 “And nobody else does either. All we’re doing is sitting around crying.” 
 
 jsilverstein@nydailynews.com 

 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. 
 
 Their disappearance came as Costello, 51, a widow, was involved in a dispute with her husband's adult children from a previous marriage over his will, according to police. 
 
 Authorities did not suspect criminality, and no charges were expected in the mother and daughter’s weeks-long disappearance.
– A mother and daughter from Long Island who vanished after taking a trip to New York City late last month that was supposed to last just a couple of days have been found, Southhold Local reports. The details are still fuzzy: Iona Costello, 51, and her 14-year-old daughter Emily left for Manhattan on March 30 to catch a few shows; as of last weekend, they hadn't called home (Iona has a farm in Greenport, NY, and usually calls in to hear how her animals are doing), and family members described their phones as inactive since the day they left. At 4am today, local police issued a press release stating the NYPD had located the pair "at an undisclosed location" and noted "no further investigation is needed at this time." ABC News reports no charges are expected. ABC spoke with law enforcement officials who said the two were found on the city's Upper West Side after a hotel front desk manager recognized them. Southhold Local previously reported Costello told farm staff they'd return "on Tuesday." Staff took that to mean April 7, but when the two did not return, they figured Costello meant April 14, the day Emily's classes resumed after spring break; a missing persons report was filed on April 15. Police had previously confirmed the two did make it into the city: Iona's car was parked in a Manhattan garage on March 30, and video footage shows the mother and daughter walking casually away, the Daily News reports. A family member notes Costello has been "under a lot of stress" over a legal fight regarding her late husband's will. George Costello Sr., a construction manager, died of a heart attack three years ago and left everything to Iona and Emily; his children from previous marriages are contesting the will.