Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Stonington Woman's Body Found in State Park

The Stonington-area woman was reported missing on Nov. 12. A social media campaign using #FindChristine was created by community members.

Update, Wednesday, Nov. 18: Update: Missing Stonington Woman’s Body Found

Original Post:

Stonington-area resident Christine McGugan went missing on Thursday, Nov. 12. Since then, numerous posts have been shared on Facebook and other social media. A Silver Alert was issued on Friday, Nov. 13.

A social media campaign using #FindChristine has gained traction recently, according to The Day. Suggestions on locations where McGugan may be were shared on #FindChristine status updates via Facebook and include:

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  • Waterford
  • Malls in Waterford
  • Old Lyme
  • Old Lyme Inn
  • Niantic
  • New London
  • Mystic
  • Stonington
  • Misquamicut Beach
  • Westerly, R.I.
  • Providence Place Mall
  • Old Saybrook
  • Malls in Old Saybrook
  • Madison
  • Groton
  • Foxwoods
  • Mohegan Sun
  • Clinton
  • Clinton Shopping Areas

State police released a silver alert for McGugan with the following description:

  • Age: 48
  • Sex: female
  • Race: white
  • Hair: red
  • Eyes: brown
  • Height: 5’4”
  • Weight: 110 lbs.
  • Last seen wearing a gray sweater and black tights
  • May possibly be operating a green 2003 Chevy Tahoe, CT reg # 719SBV, with two bumper stickers: a white and yellow Groton Long Point sticker and a Gwenmor Marina sticker
  • Via #FindChristine, one woman said McGugan sometimes wears glasses with dark rims
  • Missing from: Stonington
  • Missing since: Nov. 12, 2015

McGugan is an employee of Randall REALTORS-Real Living’s Mystic branch, according to the Connecticut Association of Realtors Facebook page. She is listed on the Randall REALTORS website as having a B.A. from Roanoke College and worked in marketing and sales at Mystic Seaport for 10 years. Her profile page notes that she lives in Mystic.

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Anyone with information on McGugan or anyone who locates her whereabouts is asked to contact the Stonington Police Department at 860-599-4411.

Click here to read the full report from The Day.

Photos: State police, #FindChristine

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