Body Of Missing North Shore Teen Found In Saugus: Essex DA

UPDATED 7 p.m.

LYNN, MA — The body of a North Shore teen missing since Friday was found in a pond on the Saugus/Lynnfield line on Tuesday afternoon, according to Essex County District Attorney Paul Tucker early Tuesday night.

Reports said the body of Brian Lopez, 17, was found at about 4 p.m. in Walden Pond. Tucker said foul play was not suspected.

"Unfortunately we tentatively have identified the body that has been located in a body of water," Tucker said at a news conference. "We've done that identified by means of clothing and some personal accessories. We've also let the family know."

Police had spent the weekend searching for Lopez after he was last seen on surveillance cameras walking on Myrtle Street in Lynn. His cell phone was also "discarded" on Gardiner Street on Friday.

Lynn police said the State Police Airwing, along with drones, ATVs, K-9s and bicycles, were used to search for Lopez starting Sunday morning and into Monday, especially in Lynn Woods — where Walden Pond is included — where he was known to have an interest.

Lopez worked for a Food Project in Lynn and Wenham.

Lynn Police Chief Chris Reddy said the body was found by several young men who were planning to go fishing in the area.

"The main purpose of today is to just to let the folks that the search is over and we have tentatively identified Brian and that his remains have been located," Tucker said. "In terms of the forensic investigation, that will be up to the medical examiner's office."

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)