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A lacking 73-year-old New Hampshire girl was discovered lifeless in a Massachusetts pond following a two-day search.
Margaret Hammersley was reported lacking on Thursday, March 20, based on a press launch from the Westford Police Division, which obtained concerned in search efforts after her automotive was discovered unoccupied of their city later that night.
The following afternoon, Hammersley’s physique was found in Forge Pond.
“Sadly, it wasn’t the ending all of us wished, however at the very least we had been in a position to deliver some closure to the household,” Captain Michael Breault tells PEOPLE.
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Hammersley’s household reported her lacking in her hometown of Nashua, which is simply throughout the Massachusetts border, police stated of their press launch. Then her deserted car was present in a car parking zone in Westford. Police say Hammersley had no recognized affiliation with the world.
Search efforts concerned 15-20 police canines, drones, boats and extra rescue groups who coated the encircling space on foot, Breault says.
The captain is grateful for the personnel who stayed late, got here in early and navigated the chilly, wet climate to seek out the lacking girl. “They endured that every one,” he says.
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At 1:05 p.m. native time on Friday, a search workforce member discovered Hammersley “deceased within the water of Forge Pond,” police stated on social media.
“The Westford Police Division sends its deepest condolences to the household and buddies of Margaret Hammersley,” the police division added.
Forge Pond is a well-liked spot within the summertime, Breault tells PEOPLE. “Folks swim in watercraft fishing, jet snowboarding, tubing, [have] homes on the lake,” he says. “It is a regular measurement leisure lake which you can have a full measurement speedboat on.”
An investigation into her disappearance and loss of life is ongoing.
