Crime & Safety

Andover, Tewksbury Police Search For Missing Woman

Police searched for the 21-year-old Tewksbury woman for about an hour before she found her way back to her car.

ANDOVER, MA — Andover, Tewksbury and Massachusetts State Police searched for a 21-year-old Tewksbury woman who had gotten lost while hiking with her two dogs Friday afternoon. Police searched a wooded area off of River Road in Andover for about an hour before finding the woman around 6 p.m.

According to the Eagle-Tribune, which first reported this story, the woman eventually got her hone working and called her mother. She was able to find her way back to her car on Merrimack Road in Tewksbury, where Tewksbury police met up with her.

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