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NH Search Launches In Decades-Long MA Missing Person Case: Reports

The search involved several police cars, K-9 units, and a drone, a report says.

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"Our office is committed to reexamining old cases and acting on any new leads," the Essex County District Attorney's Office said.
"Our office is committed to reexamining old cases and acting on any new leads," the Essex County District Attorney's Office said. (Patch Graphics)

NEW HAMPSHIRE — Authorities conducted a massive search on a property in Barrington, New Hampshire Wednesday that prosecutors are saying is connected to a "decades-old missing person case" in Massachusetts, according to officials and media reports.

The search took place "on a property off Small Road, a private road on Ayers Pond" and involved several police cars, K-9 units and a drone, WMUR reported.

It was conducted by New Hampshire State Police at the request of the Essex County State Police Detective Unit and the Lynn Police "in furtherance of an investigation into a decades-old missing person case out of Essex County," the Essex County District Attorney's Office said.

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"We recognize the losses suffered by families with missing loved ones and want them to know that they are not forgotten," officials added in a statement shared with Patch. "Our office is committed to reexamining old cases and acting on any new leads."

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