Police say a body found in Worcester on Thursday is believed to be that of Karen Solomon, the spouse of slain Worcester Police Officer Kurt Solomon.
Worcester Police Chief Paul Saucier mentioned Monday that officers have been referred to as to 189 Main St. after two employees at Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital reported discovering a deceased body within the woods.
“We believe this person to be Karen Solomon,” Saucier advised reporters at a press briefing on the Worcester Police Department on Monday.
Saucier mentioned a handgun was additionally positioned within the space of the body.
On Friday, police mentioned an arrest warrant had been issued for Karen Solomon, 58, on a cost of assault and battery with a harmful weapon inflicting critical bodily damage. Authorities have been trying to find her since her husband, Kurt Solomon, was discovered lifeless within the couple’s Wildwood Avenue house on Aug. 18.
Authorities mentioned his accidents have been attributable to a pointy object.
Worcester District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. has described Solomon’s loss of life as a case of home violence.
Last week, police launched Ring safety footage exhibiting Karen Solomon strolling close to the Westside Animal Clinic on Mill Street shortly after 5:40 a.m. on Aug. 18. She was carrying pajama shorts, a tank high, and flip-flops.
The clinic is a few mile from the Solomons’ house and sits close to Coes Pond. Police have searched the encompassing space and despatched dive groups to search the pond itself.
Authorities haven’t mentioned whether or not the video taken from the animal clinic represents the final identified sighting of Karen Solomon. The metropolis’s police chief, Paul Saucier, has mentioned investigators had not dominated out any search areas and would proceed their efforts to find her.
An individual who answered the telephone at Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital on Monday mentioned they’d no remark.
The case has stunned people who knew the couple. Kurt Solomon grew up within the neighborhood the place they lived and was remembered by neighbors as a fixture in the neighborhood.
Meanwhile, Karen Solomon has been a outstanding advocate for emergency responders and their households. She based First H.E.L.P., a nonprofit centered on decreasing stigma round psychological well being and serving to households affected by emergency responder suicide.
This growing story will be up to date.
Nick Stoico can be reached at nick.stoico@globe.com.