WORCESTER, Mass. — Investigators in Worcester are continuing to search for Karen Solomon, five days after she was last seen just before 6 a.m. on Westcott Street, near her home on Wildwood Avenue.
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Police confirmed the search would be continuing in the area of Coes Pond on Saturday.
Worcester city leaders announced on Friday that Stearns Tavern and Coes Pond Parks will be closed for the foreseeable future as the manhunt for Solomon continues.
Police formally charged Solomon on Wednesday with assault and battery, the day after her husband, Kurt Solomon, was found dead. Officials have said Karen Solomon should be considered armed and dangerous.
Kurt Solomon will be laid to rest next Wednesday, August 26, in Worcester at Our Lady of the Angels church on Main Street. The mass is at 11 a.m. He’ll be buried at Worcester County Memorial Park in Paxton.
“Officer Solomon dedicated more than three decades of his life to serving and protecting our city, earning the respect of his fellow officers and our community. But Kurt was much more than the uniform he wore. He was a proud son of Worcester, a father, son, brother, friend, neighbor, and U.S. Army veteran,” Mayor Joe Petty said in a statement.
“He grew up here, attended Gates Lane and South High, and ultimately devoted 31 years to the Worcester Police Department. I will personally miss Officer Solomon’s caring personality and the warm smile with which he always greeted me at City Council meetings. Those small interactions spoke to the kind of person he was and will be greatly missed.”
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