Missing Massachusetts woman found dead in Vermont; ex-boyfriend fatally shot by police

The physique of a Massachusetts lady reported lacking over the weekend was present in Vermont on Tuesday. The sufferer’s ex-boyfriend, who had been wished for questioning in connection along with her disappearance, was later shot and killed by officers Tuesday night time.

The physique of 23-year-old Mary Anderson of Harvard, Massachusetts, was found in her pickup truck in Brattleboro, Vermont, at round 1 a.m. Tuesday, Vermont State Police stated.

She had final been seen Saturday night time in Hudson, New Hampshire, state police stated.

After discovering her physique, state police stated earlier Tuesday that they had been seeking to converse with Anderson’s ex-boyfriend, 34-year-old Matthew Davis of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, in connection along with her demise.

Then, at about 7:45 p.m. Tuesday night time, state police noticed Davis strolling in West Brattleboro.

“Throughout an try to talk” to Davis, he was shot and killed by officers, state police stated in a information launch. Police didn’t disclose if Davis was armed.

In a information briefing previous to Davis’ capturing demise, Vermont State Police Maj. Dan Trudeau stated it was unclear why Anderson was in Brattleboro.

“There isn’t any agency connection to the Brattleboro or Vermont space that we have developed but,” Trudeau stated.

Her explanation for demise shall be decided by the Vermont health worker’s workplace.

Anderson’s household had reported her lacking Sunday after discovering her backpack within the yard of her dwelling in Harvard, CBS Boston reviews.

Anderson’s mom, Sheila Anderson, instructed CBS Boston that Davis had “anger points.”

“That is the unhappy half for me as a mother, to know that no matter she skilled these final 4 days — simply heart-wrenching, she was alone,” Sheila Anderson stated. “She wasn’t along with her mother and her siblings. I believe that is the devastating a part of understanding what she was going by way of the final 4 days. She was a ravishing daughter.”