Body of man missing for 2 months found in ‘depths of a well’ outside his home, cops say
The body of a 45-year-old man who went missing more than two months ago was found in the “depths of a well” outside his Massachusetts home, authorities said. Keith McKechnie, of Avon, disappeared after leaving his home[1] on Sept.
7, according to a Nov.
22 news release from the Avon Police Department. On Nov.
25, McKechnie’s relative found him dead[2] inside a well on his property, Avon police and the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office confirmed in a news release issued that day. Police and McKechnie’s loved ones had been searching for him since his disappearance, according to authorities. “Our thoughts are very much with the McKechnie family tonight,” District Attorney Michael W.
Morrissey said in a statement. “This is a very sad result.” The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Boston will perform an autopsy of McKechnie’s body, the release said. “No obvious signs of trauma” were seen when Massachusetts State Police homicide investigators and other officials initially looked at McKechnie’s body on Nov.
25, authorities said. McKechnie’s brother told NBC10 Boston that a relative was searching the well with a GoPro[3] camera when they found McKechnie’s body Nov.
25. Avon police told NBC10 Boston they had “visually searched” the well before the relative found McKechnie.
McClatchy News contacted Avon police for more information on Nov.
27 and didn’t receive an immediate response. Christine Connolly, McKechnie’s cousin, told NBC10 that the family “felt something nefarious happened because Keith didn’t have his wallet, cell phone or his glasses.” “The glasses were found by the well on the ground.
We were told that they had determined due to the size of the well and Keith’s build, he wouldn’t fit,” Connolly said. McKechnie was known to walk around his neighborhood, according to authorities. It’s unclear when McKechnie’s autopsy will be performed.
Avon is about 20 miles south of Boston. Butcher knife in backyard leads deputies to body in trunk of vehicle, Florida cops say[4] 2 kids missing after Alaska landside covers area with tons of mud, debris, officials say[5]
Loose dogs lead cops to 4-month-old, 9-year-old and parents dead in apartment, cops say[6]
References
- ^ disappeared after leaving his home (www.facebook.com)
- ^ found him dead (www.facebook.com)
- ^ searching the well with a GoPro (www.nbcboston.com)
- ^ Butcher knife in backyard leads deputies to body in trunk of vehicle, Florida cops say (www.miamiherald.com)
- ^ 2 kids missing after Alaska landside covers area with tons of mud, debris, officials say (www.miamiherald.com)
- ^ Loose dogs lead cops to 4-month-old, 9-year-old and parents dead in apartment, cops say (www.miamiherald.com)