Monday, November 18

They find at the bottom of a river a woman who was reported missing almost 40 years ago


Policía de Boston, en una imagen de archivo.
Boston Police, in a file image.

Photo: Maddie Meyer / Getty Images

On June 5, 1982 was the last time Judy Chartier, from 17 years, she was seen alive in Billerica , at 24 miles from Boston. The woman was leaving a party around 2 in the morning when she was not heard from again.

As of this date, James Spinney, Chelmsford Police Chief, said the case remained open.

This week , authorities in l Middlesex County reported that Judy’s vehicle, a Dodge Dart Swinger 1972 , was found between 8 and 10 feet deep in the waters of the Concord River , just in Billerica, Massachusetts.

Marian Ryan, county district attorney, said that were found inside the car. the remains of a person , without specifying further details.

Another part of the story

“For a long time, we knew where the story ended. to in those early hours of the morning. Now we have a conclusion about where the car and these human remains were found, the question now will be to connect that ”, indicated the prosecutor.

The sonar technology allowed the discovery of the car; The same technology that was not available when the disappearance occurred and was decades away. However, it was this week that a group of divers dove into the Concord River and found the car, human remains and other personal items.

Chartier’s parents have already passed away . However, his surviving sister was informed of the find. “After all these years, hearing news that we were able to locate the car and then hearing that we have found human remains It is something encouraging, in the sense that now he has an idea of ​​what happened to his sister, but also distressing in terms of all the years that he has waited, “said the prosecutor, who also stressed that the investigation will continue.