Overview
- A body that Worcester police say they believe to be 58‑year‑old Karen Solomon was found Monday in woods near Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital, and a handgun was recovered nearby as investigators begin forensic identification.
- Her husband, Worcester police patrolman Kurt Solomon, 57, was found dead at the couple’s Wildwood Avenue home on Aug. 18 with injuries investigators say involved a sharp object.
- Police had issued an arrest warrant last week charging Karen Solomon with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury and had treated her as armed and dangerous while mounting a multi‑day search using boats, helicopters, sonar, drones and K‑9 teams.
- Officials, including Worcester Police Chief Paul Saucier, told reporters they preliminarily consider the case a tragic murder‑suicide but stressed final identifications and forensic work remain pending and many investigative details are being withheld under state domestic‑violence rules.
- The deaths have reverberated through Worcester: Kurt Solomon served roughly 31 years on the force with a wake and funeral planned, and Karen Solomon was a national first‑responder mental‑health advocate who co‑founded First H. E.L. P.