Updated
Updated · NBC News · Aug 20
Federal Agents Join 3-Day Hunt for Karen Solomon in Worcester Officer's Death
Updated
Updated · NBC News · Aug 20

Federal Agents Join 3-Day Hunt for Karen Solomon in Worcester Officer's Death

3 articles · Updated · NBC News · Aug 20

Summary

  • Federal agencies including the U.S. Marshals Service and Homeland Security Investigations joined Worcester police on Thursday in the third day of a search for Karen Solomon after officer Kurt Solomon was found dead Tuesday.
  • Police called the case an act of domestic violence, said Karen Solomon should be considered armed and dangerous, and released security video Wednesday showing her walking away in shorts, a T-shirt and flip-flops.
  • District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. said she is wanted for questioning, not yet charged, and officials have withheld details of how Kurt Solomon died under Massachusetts domestic-violence disclosure limits.
  • Karen Solomon had a high profile in police mental-health advocacy, co-founding First H.E.L.P., writing two books on officer trauma and suicide, and testifying at a 2020 Justice Department hearing.
  • Kurt Solomon had served more than 30 years as a Worcester patrol officer and was nearing retirement, with neighbors and the police union describing the couple as kind and the death as shocking.

Insights

How did a nationally recognized advocate for police mental health become the prime suspect in her officer husband's tragic death?
Can an armed suspect in pajama shorts truly evade a massive FBI and US Marshals manhunt in Massachusetts?