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<v Speaker 1>Hello friends, Steve Starkton here with you today. We're going

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<v Speaker 1>to be taking a look at a breaking case out

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<v Speaker 1>of western Massachusetts. Join me, Let's take a walk and see.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a particular kind of silence that blankets the New

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<v Speaker 1>England neighborhood in the pre dawned hours of late summer

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<v Speaker 1>in Worcestern, Massachusetts, where I lived for about a year

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<v Speaker 1>when I moved here. The Commonwealth's second largest city is

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<v Speaker 1>built on a sprawling collection of rolling hills, ould manufacturing corridors,

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<v Speaker 1>and dense suburban pockets. Five am usually brings only the

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<v Speaker 1>earliest commuters, the home of distant highway traffic and the

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<v Speaker 1>slow stirring of residential streets. Wildwood Avenue is one of

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<v Speaker 1>those quintessential Worcester streets, situated in the city's southwest corridor

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<v Speaker 1>talk to, not far from Coast Pond and the winding

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<v Speaker 1>tree line of Mill Street. It's a quiet residential lane

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<v Speaker 1>where neighbors know each other, lawns are well kept, and

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<v Speaker 1>emergencies are rare. But on the morning of Tuesday, August eighteenth,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty six, that silence was shattered shortly before five thirty am,

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<v Speaker 1>at approximately five to twenty eight am, According to emergency

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<v Speaker 1>dispatch records, a call came in requesting first responders to

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<v Speaker 1>a home on Wildwood Avenue for medical incident, reported initially

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<v Speaker 1>as a person down. Within minutes, cruisers from the Worstern

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<v Speaker 1>Police Department pulled up to the curb, the red and

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<v Speaker 1>blue stroke bloods cutting through the lingering morning mist. Officers

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<v Speaker 1>hurd through the front door, expecting a medical emergency, but

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<v Speaker 1>what they found instead instantly transformed the quiet home into

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<v Speaker 1>a high priority crime scene, sending shock waves straight through

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<v Speaker 1>the ranks of the entire department. Lying deceased inside the

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<v Speaker 1>home was fifty seven year old Kurt Solomon. Now, for

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<v Speaker 1>the responding officers, this was not an anonymous call. Kurt

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<v Speaker 1>Solomon was a thirty one year veteran patrolman of the

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<v Speaker 1>Western Police Department, a fixture of the force, a trusted colleague,

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<v Speaker 1>and a man standing just on the threshold of a

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<v Speaker 1>hard earned retirement after more than three decades of patrolling

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<v Speaker 1>the city streets. Now, the tragedy deepened with every passing minute.

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<v Speaker 1>As detectives and crime scene investigators secured the perimeter, another

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<v Speaker 1>critical reality emerged fifty eight year old Karen Solomon. Kurt's

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<v Speaker 1>wife and the co owner of the property was gone.

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<v Speaker 1>Not within hours, an urgent alert was broadcast to patrol

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<v Speaker 1>units across the region. Karen Solomon was officially named a

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<v Speaker 1>person of interest wanted for immediate questioning. By Tuesday afternoon,

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<v Speaker 1>Worcester Police Chief Post Saucier and Worcester County District Attorney

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<v Speaker 1>Joseph d Early Junior stood before a room packed with

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<v Speaker 1>local and regional media, delivering a stark warning to the public.

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<v Speaker 1>Karen Solomon was at large for whereabouts unknown, and law

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<v Speaker 1>enforcement considered her presumed armed and dangerous. Now when someone

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<v Speaker 1>vanishes into the thin air, investigators looked for the timeline

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<v Speaker 1>the very last confirmed point of contact for physical reality

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<v Speaker 1>anchors a person to a map.

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<v Speaker 2>In the case of Karen Solomon, that.

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<v Speaker 1>Anchor point exist as a few fleeting seconds of digital

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<v Speaker 1>doorbell camera footage. At approximately five forty one am on

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<v Speaker 1>Tuesday morning, scarcely thirteen minutes after the initial emergency call

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<v Speaker 1>was dispatched from the Wildwood Avenue residence, a private surveillance

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<v Speaker 1>camera mounted outside a local animal clinic near Mill Street

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<v Speaker 1>and Coast Pond captured a lone figure walking down the pavement.

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<v Speaker 1>The footage was grainy and muted in the early dawn light,

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<v Speaker 1>but detectives quickly identified the woman as Karen Solomon. Now

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<v Speaker 1>whatte caught the attention of both investigators in the public

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<v Speaker 1>was her appearance. She was dressed entirely in sleepwaar casual

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<v Speaker 1>pajama shorts, a lightweight top, and slip on flipplops. She

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<v Speaker 1>carried no apparent luggage, backpack or over night back. She

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<v Speaker 1>was walking alone on foot, heading toward Westcott Street and

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<v Speaker 1>the heavily wooded Bag's bordering coast pond. She had left

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<v Speaker 1>behind her vehicle and the standard possessions one would typically

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<v Speaker 1>gather if planning an organized journey or long term departure. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>seeing someone walk out into the dawn and flip flops

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<v Speaker 1>and pajamas is the visual hallmark of an immediate, unplanned departure.

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<v Speaker 1>Yet from the moment she walked past the camera's field

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<v Speaker 1>of view, Karen Solomon simply vanished. Within hours, the quiet

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<v Speaker 1>streets surrounding Mill Street, Westcott Street, and Koch Reservoir became

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<v Speaker 1>the epicenter of an unprecedented multi agency tactical operation. A

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<v Speaker 1>reverse nine to one one notification blared across cell phones

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<v Speaker 1>and land lines within a two and a half mile

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<v Speaker 1>radius of Wildwood Avenue, constructing residents to keep their doors locked,

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<v Speaker 1>monitor their outbuildings, and immediately dial one to one one

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<v Speaker 1>if they spotted anyone matching Miss Solomon's description. Police cruisers

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<v Speaker 1>lined the access roads. Tactical officers wearing tactical vests and

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<v Speaker 1>carrying long rifles moved along the perimeter of the woods. Overhead,

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<v Speaker 1>the Massachusetts State Police air wing circled low, sweeping the

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<v Speaker 1>dense forest canopy with forward looking infrared or clear cameras

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<v Speaker 1>to detect any human thermal signatures in the brush. On

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<v Speaker 1>the water, search boats and dive units from local Emergencies

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<v Speaker 1>Response team cut through coast pond, rubbing the shallows and

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<v Speaker 1>weed lines. Bloodhounds and K nine tracking teams worked the

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<v Speaker 1>pavement from the last known siding on Westcott Street, searching

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<v Speaker 1>for a scent trail that might indicate whether she had

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<v Speaker 1>plunged into the wilderness.

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<v Speaker 2>Or entered a waiting vehicle.

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<v Speaker 1>Then, by nightfall on Tuesday and throughout Wednesday and Thursday,

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<v Speaker 1>the search widened. Local police were joined by the Massachusetts

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<v Speaker 1>State Police, the US Marshall Service, US Customs and Border Protection,

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<v Speaker 1>and the Department of Homeland Security. Neighborhood campuses were carried

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<v Speaker 1>out door to door with detectives asking homeowners to check

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<v Speaker 1>their garages, sheds, cross space.

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<v Speaker 2>And ring camera archives.

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<v Speaker 1>Yet despite hundreds of personnel, aerial sweeps, K nine teams,

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<v Speaker 1>and sonar scans across the water, not a single confirmed

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<v Speaker 1>trace of Karen Solomon was recovered. Now to understand why

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<v Speaker 1>this case has captured national media attention and stun law

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<v Speaker 1>enforcement circles across the country, one must look at the

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<v Speaker 1>identity and public career of Karen Solomon herself. In standard

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<v Speaker 1>missing person in manhood cases involving the demise of a

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<v Speaker 1>police officer, suspects are often known to the criminal justice

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<v Speaker 1>system or operate on the fringes of society. Now, Karen

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<v Speaker 1>Solomon was the exact opposite. She was one of the

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<v Speaker 1>most prominent, respected, and nationally recognized advocates for law enforcement

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<v Speaker 1>mental health in the United States. In twenty fourteen, Karen

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<v Speaker 1>Solomon co founded first HLP First Help that stands for Honor, Educate,

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<v Speaker 1>Lead and Prevent, a groundbreaking nonprofit organization created to break

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<v Speaker 1>the historical silence surrounding mental health care within the law

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<v Speaker 1>enforcement and emergency services community. For decades, police culture treated

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<v Speaker 1>psychological strain PTSD and other mental health problems as untouchable topics.

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<v Speaker 1>First Help became the nation's leading independent repository tracking law

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<v Speaker 1>enforcement cases, compiling data that had previously gone and recorded

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<v Speaker 1>by official government statistics. Organization not only track the numbers,

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<v Speaker 1>but also provided hands on, emotional and financial support to

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<v Speaker 1>the surviving families of follen officers advocating for mental health

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<v Speaker 1>to receive the same dignity recognition and mental health resources

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<v Speaker 1>as line of duty fatalities. So Karen Solomon was not

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<v Speaker 1>merely a behind the scenes administrator. She was a public

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<v Speaker 1>voice and the face of the movement. She was a

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<v Speaker 1>published author. She authored widely read books inside the law

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<v Speaker 1>enforcement community, including Hearts Beneath the Badge in twenty fourteen

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<v Speaker 1>and The Price They Pay, exploring the invisible psychological tolls

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<v Speaker 1>paid by patrol officers and their families. She had a

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<v Speaker 1>national media presence. She appeared on major television broadcasts, including

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<v Speaker 1>The Doctor Phil Show, as an expert on first responder

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<v Speaker 1>trauma and police mental health awareness. She was a federal

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<v Speaker 1>policy adviser. She served directly on an FBI task force

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<v Speaker 1>charge of shaping and implementing the Federal Law Enforcement Mindal

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<v Speaker 1>Health Health Data Collection Act, and she was a technology

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<v Speaker 1>developed She spearheaded initiatives to develop mobile applications and crisis

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<v Speaker 1>networks allowing officers in psychological distress to connect anonymously with

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<v Speaker 1>peer support specialists. So you see, her entire public life

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<v Speaker 1>was dedicated to understanding the psychological pressure points of police officers,

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<v Speaker 1>protecting police families, and navigating the internal dynamics of law

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<v Speaker 1>enforcement culture. Now, not a woman who spent more than

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<v Speaker 1>a decade educating police departments nationwide on crisis intervention and

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<v Speaker 1>mental wellness would suddenly become the target of an active

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<v Speaker 1>police manhunt following the violent or unexplained demise of her

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<v Speaker 1>own veteran officer her husband is a tragic paradox that

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<v Speaker 1>has left investigators and mental health advocates stunned. Following the

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<v Speaker 1>news of the investigation on Tuesday, First Help release the

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<v Speaker 1>formal statement indulging the tragedy quote. Our first concern is

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<v Speaker 1>for the officer who lost his life, his family, his

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<v Speaker 1>colleagues in the Western law enforcement community. We extend our

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<v Speaker 1>deepest condolences to all those affected by this tragedy end quote.

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<v Speaker 1>Now amid the intense focus on the ongoing search for

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<v Speaker 1>Karen Solomon, the Western community and the brotherhood of law

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<v Speaker 1>enforcement have mourned the loss of Kurt Solomon. Kurt had

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<v Speaker 1>dedicated thirty one years of his life to wearing the

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<v Speaker 1>badge of the Worster Police Department, and, in a profession

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<v Speaker 1>marked by high stress and high turnover, serving more than

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<v Speaker 1>three decades on active patrol in an urban department is

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<v Speaker 1>an extraordinary milestone. Indeed, his colleagues described him as a steady,

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<v Speaker 1>reliable and deeply committed veteran officer who had earned the

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<v Speaker 1>respective generations of younger patrolmen coming up through the ranks.

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<v Speaker 1>Thomas Duffy, president of the New England Police Benevolent Association

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<v Speaker 1>of the NEEPBA Local nine to one one, spoke candidly

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<v Speaker 1>about the profound emotional weight of Kurt's demise placed upon

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<v Speaker 1>the entire department. Quote, when you serve thirty one years

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<v Speaker 1>with an individual, you become more than co workers, you

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<v Speaker 1>become family. And today we lost a member of everyfort family,

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<v Speaker 1>just a tremendous human being end quote. Then, in a

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<v Speaker 1>broader statement released by the union leadership echoed debt sentiment,

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<v Speaker 1>offering condolences to Kurt Solomon's two adult sons, Nicholas and Brandon,

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<v Speaker 1>his mother Shirley, his brother's Karl and Eric, has extended

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<v Speaker 1>circle of family and fellow officers. They said, quote thirty

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<v Speaker 1>one years of service represents an extraordinary commitment to community

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<v Speaker 2>Officer.

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<v Speaker 1>Kurt Solomon answered that call for more than three decades,

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<v Speaker 1>and his service, friendship, and dedication will not be forgotten

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<v Speaker 1>end quote. So for the officers working the search grids

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<v Speaker 1>around Coast Pond, the operation is personal. Every lead, every tip,

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<v Speaker 1>and every wood thicket searched involves the case with the

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<v Speaker 1>victim was one of their own.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, as the.

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<v Speaker 1>Days pass without an arrest or citing, journalists and observers

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<v Speaker 1>have pressed local officials for basic details regarding what actually

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<v Speaker 1>transpired inside the house on Wildhood Avenue before that Bragick

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<v Speaker 1>nine to one one call was made at five twenty

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<v Speaker 1>eight am, Yet the authorities have maintained strict silence regarding

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<v Speaker 1>key pieces of fiscal evidence because of the demise has

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<v Speaker 1>been held pending the completion of an official autopsy from

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<v Speaker 1>the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and the weapon

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<v Speaker 1>While police have repeatedly stated that Karen Solomon has presumed

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<v Speaker 1>to be armed. Officials have not publicly confirmed what type

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<v Speaker 1>of weapons she may possess, or whether Officer Solomon's duty

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<v Speaker 1>weapon or others were missing from the residents, or even

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<v Speaker 1>the nature of the scene. Authorities have not confirmed whether

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<v Speaker 1>others were inside the home during the early morning hours,

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<v Speaker 1>though District Attorney Early noted in a press briefing that

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<v Speaker 1>other individuals have been present around that time frame, declining

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<v Speaker 1>to provide names or details.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>A major reason for this investigative silence stems from Massachusetts

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<v Speaker 1>statutory protections. Under Massachusetts general law, specific details police reports

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<v Speaker 1>and domestic records regarding domestic violence or demasst incidents are

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<v Speaker 1>subject to strict privacy exemptions to protect victims and maintain

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<v Speaker 1>the integrity of ongoing criminal proceeding. So in any high

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<v Speaker 1>profile disappearance where person vanishes from a suburban neighborhood on foot,

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<v Speaker 1>investigators must evaluate multiple working hypotheses as the timeline stretches

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<v Speaker 1>from hours in to days. The working theories in the

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<v Speaker 1>Karenslomon case fall into three primary categories. Number one, concealment

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<v Speaker 1>in the immediate wilderness through waterways now the initial concentration

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<v Speaker 1>of tactical assets focused on the dense woods surrounding Mill

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<v Speaker 1>Street in the waters of Coast Pond. Coast Pond is

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<v Speaker 1>a forty acre body of water bordered by heavy vegetation,

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<v Speaker 1>residential plots, and marshy shorelines. If Solomon fled directly into

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<v Speaker 1>flops and shorts, navigating through thick brush, thorn tickets, and

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<v Speaker 1>that individuals experiencing intense secure crisis who enterdenced woodland often

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<v Speaker 1>see commediate concealment in natural depressions, culverts, abandoned out buildings,

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<v Speaker 1>or heavy groundcover. However, given the intensive multi day deployment

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<v Speaker 1>ground teams, and marine units, the complete absence of a

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<v Speaker 1>scent trail or thermal signature raises the possibility that she.

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<v Speaker 2>Did not remain in the immediate.

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<v Speaker 1>Brush for law then two pre arranged flight, or third

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<v Speaker 1>party transportation. Now, the surveillance footage captures Solomon walking on

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<v Speaker 1>One critical theory is that she walked only far enough

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<v Speaker 1>even an acquaintance's vehicle parked away from Wildwood Avenue. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>if Solomon obtained vehicle transport within fifteen to thirty minutes

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<v Speaker 1>For example, within one hour, a vehicle traveling on the

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<v Speaker 1>Then within three to four hours, an individual could reach

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<v Speaker 1>border crossing into Canada. Now, because Karen Solomon had an

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<v Speaker 1>extensive national professional network across multiple states through advocacy work

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<v Speaker 1>and speaking tours, investigators are scrutinizing digital communications, phone records,

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<v Speaker 1>and toll plaza transponder logs to determine if anyone assisted

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<v Speaker 1>her departure from Western Massachusetts and number three an acute

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<v Speaker 1>mental health crisis. Given Solomon's career focus on psychological trauma

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<v Speaker 1>investigators cannot rule out that she may be experiencing an acute,

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<v Speaker 1>disordining psychological crisis of her own. When individuals experience these

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<v Speaker 1>severe trauma or emotional breaks, their behavior often becomes erratic

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<v Speaker 1>and unpredictable. Fling into unfamier terrain without a p your clothing, footwear,

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<v Speaker 1>or provisions can quickly lead to hypothermia, physical injury, or exposure,

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<v Speaker 1>particularly if an individual remains hidden in a concealed outdoor

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<v Speaker 1>area overnight. So as the search for Karen Solomon enters

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<v Speaker 1>its next space or into day four as this is

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<v Speaker 1>being recorded, the case leaves behind the landscape filled with

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<v Speaker 1>pressing questions. What occurred inside the Wildwood Avenue home between

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<v Speaker 1>the midnight hours and five twenty eight am, What was

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<v Speaker 1>the nature of the nine to one to one call

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<v Speaker 1>that brought first responders to the door, What type of weapon,

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<v Speaker 1>if any, is Karen Solmon armed with? And does she

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<v Speaker 1>have access to financial resources, secondary identification or shelter. And

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<v Speaker 1>how does someone dressed in sleep wear and flip flops,

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<v Speaker 1>caring nothing, vanish from the suburban streets of massachusetts second

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<v Speaker 1>largest city without leaving a single verifiable trace and elude

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<v Speaker 1>all the departments that are looking for for over four

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<v Speaker 1>days now, for the community of Worcester, for the men

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<v Speaker 1>and women of the Worcester Police Department morning a thirty

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<v Speaker 1>one year old brother in uniform, and for the family

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<v Speaker 1>members seeking answers. The priority remains finding Karen Solomon. Authorities

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<v Speaker 1>continue to urge anyone throughout New England and surrounding states

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<v Speaker 1>to remain watchful. If you see Karen Solomon, please do

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<v Speaker 1>not attempt to approach or engage her. Immediately dial nine

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<v Speaker 1>to one one or contact the Worcester Police Department Detective

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<v Speaker 1>Bureau have five zero eight seven nine to nine eight

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<v Speaker 1>small or inconsequential it may seem, it might be the

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<v Speaker 1>one needed to break the case. Now Here's a briefcase

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<v Speaker 1>summary and official descriptions the subject, Karen Solomon, fifty eight

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<v Speaker 1>years old, described as a light female, approximately five to

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<v Speaker 1>two to five to five, medium build, dark brown hair

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<v Speaker 1>and brown eyes. Last known clothing a gray or dark

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<v Speaker 1>top pajama shorts and dark flip flops. Sighting Tuesday, August eighteenth,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty six, five point forty one am walking on

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<v Speaker 1>At this point, she has considered a person of interest

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<v Speaker 1>and is presumed to be armed and dangerous. The investigating

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<v Speaker 1>agencies Worcester Police Department, Massachusetts State Police, Worcester County District

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<v Speaker 1>Attorney's Office, and the US Marshall Service. Now, as I

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<v Speaker 1>stated when this was being recorded, there have been no

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<v Speaker 1>further updates, but we'll let you know in the future

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<v Speaker 1>if anything happens. And again, if you see something, say something.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you for listening and I'll look forward to your comments.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Steve Stockton. I'll see a little further on down

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<v Speaker 1>the trail. Please tell your animals I said, Hi,