Worcester Police Link Karen Solomon's Death To Officer Husband In Suspected Murder-Suicide
Worcester police said they believe a body found Monday afternoon in woods off May Street is Karen Solomon, 58, and that investigators now view the case as a "tragic murder-suicide." CBS News
Two Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital employees discovered the body around 1 p.m. Monday, Worcester police said.[1] Authorities said a handgun was recovered near the remains and that the body has been preliminarily identified as Solomon, 58, with final confirmation pending the medical examiner.[2]
Kurt Solomon, 57, a veteran Worcester police officer, was found dead inside the Solomons' Wildwood Avenue home early Tuesday, August 18, and a warrant for Karen Solomon's arrest was issued last week in connection with his death.[2] Police launched a manhunt on Aug. 19 and publicly described Karen Solomon as "presumed to be armed and dangerous." CBS News By Aug. 20, law enforcement told CBS the search had become a focused hunt for a woman suspected of killing her police officer husband.[3]
Early coverage framed the story as an active manhunt and an armed-missing person case, reporting broad search efforts across Worcester and surrounding areas.[4] Those reports were revised after the Aug. 24 discovery, when police and later reporting described the incident as a murder-suicide and announced the recovery of a firearm near the body.[1]
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📌 Key Facts
- Kurt Solomon, 57, was found dead inside the Solomons’ Worcester home early Tuesday, August 18, 2026, and a warrant for Karen Solomon’s arrest had been issued last week in connection with his death.
- On Wednesday, August 19, 2026, Massachusetts police launched a manhunt for Karen Solomon, 58, whom authorities described as 'presumed to be armed and dangerous.'
- By Thursday, August 20, 2026, law enforcement were treating the search as a focused manhunt for a woman suspected of killing her police officer husband.
- On Monday, August 24, 2026, at about 1 p.m., two Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital employees discovered a body in woods off May Street in Worcester that police believe is Karen Solomon.
- Worcester Police Chief Paul Saucier said investigators believe the case is a tragic 'murder-suicide' and that a handgun was recovered near the body.
- Police said the body has been preliminarily identified as [Karen Solomon], 58, but final confirmation awaits the medical examiner (pending official confirmation reported August 24, 2026).
- Search efforts focused on the Mill Street and Coes Pond area, about a half mile from the Solomons’ Wildwood Avenue home, and involved a U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter as well as personnel from Homeland Security and the U.S. Marshals Service.
- Chief Saucier read a statement from the Solomons’ family thanking law enforcement and the public, described the past week as a 'nightmare' and said there was 'no history of domestic abuse' between Kurt and Karen Solomon, a detail he emphasized 'has nothing to do with this case' at this point.
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August 24, 2026
9:28 PM
Karen Solomon, Wife Charged in Massachusetts Officer’s Death, Is Believed Dead
New information:
- On Monday, August 24, 2026, Worcester police said they believe a body found in woods in Worcester is Karen Solomon.
- Chief Paul Saucier said at a Monday news conference that investigators believe the case is a tragic murder-suicide and that a handgun was recovered near the body.
- Two employees of Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital discovered the body during an afternoon walk in a wooded area off May Street in Worcester.
- Police said the body has been preliminarily identified as Karen Solomon, 58, but final confirmation awaits the medical examiner.
- The article reiterates that a warrant for Karen Solomon’s arrest had been issued last week in connection with the death of her husband, Kurt, 57, whose body was found inside their Worcester home early Tuesday, August 18, 2026.
9:17 PM
Body of wife wanted in Worcester, Massachusetts, police officer's death found
New information:
- On Monday, August 24, 2026, around 1 p.m., two Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital employees found Karen Solomon’s body in woods off May Street in Worcester.
- Worcester Police Chief Paul Saucier said at a news conference that investigators now believe the case is a 'tragic murder-suicide,' and that a gun was found near Karen Solomon’s body.
- Chief Saucier stated that there was 'no history of domestic abuse' involving Kurt and Karen Solomon and emphasized that domestic violence 'has nothing to do with this case' at this point.
- The search area focused on the Mill Street and Coes Pond area, about a half mile from the Solomons’ Wildwood Avenue home, and involved a U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter plus personnel from Homeland Security and the U.S. Marshals Service.
- The Solomon family issued a public statement read by Chief Saucier on August 24 thanking law enforcement agencies and the public, and describing the past week as a 'nightmare' that left them 'heartbroken and rudderless.'
9:01 PM
Massachusetts woman suspected of killing husband found dead
New information:
- On Monday, August 24, 2026, Worcester authorities announced that Karen Solomon, the Massachusetts woman wanted for questioning in the death of her police officer husband, had been found dead.
- Law enforcement publicly described the case as a 'tragic murder-suicide' in connection with the discovery of Karen Solomon's body.
August 20, 2026
4:42 PM
Police hunt for woman suspected of killing cop husband in Massachusetts
New information:
- On Thursday, August 20, 2026, CBS reported that Massachusetts law enforcement are treating the missing wife as a suspected killer of her police officer husband, not only as a missing armed person.
- The segment reiterates that a manhunt is underway across Massachusetts for the 58-year-old woman, described as armed and dangerous.
- Article publication time (11:42 a.m. Central on August 20, 2026) timestamps that the search was still active as of late Thursday morning.
August 19, 2026
11:38 PM
Massachusetts police searching for wife of cop found dead at home
New information:
- On Wednesday, August 19, 2026, CBS reported that Massachusetts police are searching for Karen Solomon after her husband, a police officer, was found dead at their home.
- Police described Karen Solomon as 'presumed to be armed and dangerous' in public statements carried by CBS.
- The CBS video segment reiterates that officers are actively looking for her and frames the search as a top-priority manhunt.
11:34 PM
Manhunt on for Massachusetts wife of police officer found dead
New information:
- CBS says a search is underway in Massachusetts for a 58-year-old woman considered armed and dangerous after her police officer husband was found dead on Tuesday, August 18, 2026.
- The CBS segment characterizes the woman explicitly as the officer's wife and reiterates that authorities have launched a manhunt for her.
- The article does not add new location or investigative details beyond those already reported in earlier coverage of the Worcester case.