July 31, 2012
Dogs Alert in Cold Case Search
Cadaver dogs searching for a Massachusetts girl who disappeared 23 years ago have zeroed in on a small patch of parkland close to where an anonymous tipster recently suggested authorities check. A private investigator leading the search for 14-year-old Melanie Melanson said that three dogs were alerted to a small area of land during a search of Middlesex Fells Reservation. The girl was five days shy of her 15th birthday when she vanished in October 1989, after attending a party with friends in a wooded area near the Woburn-Stoneham town line. Authorities believe the girl was killed, but her body has never been found and no suspects have ever been named in the case. Read more...
