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Body Found In Connecticut River Has Been Identified
Authorities had been continuing to search for the missing boy since he was reported missing. A sad ending has come to the search that has been going on since early February for the 12-year-old boy from Chicopee.
On Wednesday, April 14, 2021, the Chicopee Police Department Underwater Response Team was actively conducting a search of the Chicopee and Connecticut Rivers as part of an ongoing search and recovery operation for a missing boy from Chicopee.
The victim was transported to the Hampden County Medical Examiner’s Office and has been identified as Aiden Blanchard, 12, of Chicopee. This is an ongoing investigation being conducted by the Chicopee Police Department and the Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Hampden District Attorney’s Office.
MA State Police, Chicopee Police, and state Environmental Police returned the Connecticut and Chicopee Rivers to continue the search for missing 11-year-old boy Aiden Blanchard.
Feb 17, 2021
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) Authorities in central Massachusetts continued the search for a missing child Wednesday, nearly two weeks after he was last seen.
MSP said several units returned to the Connecticut and Chicopee Rivers early Wednesday as they searched for missing 11-year-old boy Aiden Blanchard. Today’s search did not locate any evidence related to Aiden’s disappearance, a spokesperson for MSP said. The operation remains focused on locating Aiden, or any evidence showing his direction of travel or whereabouts.
Aiden was last seen Friday, February 5, 2021 at approximately 11:30 a.m. as he was walking in the Willamansett area of Chicopee, near Old Field Road, and was believed to be heading in the direction of the Medina Street boat launch along the Connecticut River. Aiden is 5 foot tall, 100 lbs., with brown hair and blue eyes, and was last seen wearing a red ski jacket and black ski pants.
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