SWAMPSCOTT, MA. (THECOUNT) — Melissa Dragon, a 54-year-old Massachusetts attorney who disappeared Friday after being last seen driving in nearby Lynn, has been found dead, authorities said Sunday. Dragon was from Swampscott, a coastal community in Essex County on Boston’s North Shore.
The Essex District Attorney’s Office and Swampscott Police Department announced Dragon’s death in a joint statement Sunday, Nov. 15.
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Dragon was last seen Friday morning, Nov. 13, at approximately 10:30 a.m. driving a blue 2015 Lexus RX 350 westbound on Lynnfield Street near Den Quarry Road in Lynn, according to the missing-person alert issued by Swampscott police.
Police had asked the public to help locate Dragon and the vehicle. She was reportedly wearing a black faux-fur coat, leopard-print leggings and gray boots when she was last seen.
Authorities have not disclosed where Dragon was found or provided details about the circumstances surrounding her death.
The cause and manner of death remain under investigation. Investigators said foul play is not suspected.
The Essex District Attorney’s Office and Swampscott police said they do not expect to release additional information out of respect for Dragon’s family.
Dragon’s disappearance prompted a public search across the North Shore after police identified her last known location in Lynn, a city neighboring Swampscott in Essex County, north of Boston.
Dragon was last seen near the intersection of Lynnfield Street and Den Quarry Road in Lynn. Her death location has not been disclosed, so the map below identifies Swampscott, her hometown, rather than the scene where she was found.
Google Maps: Swampscott, Massachusetts (hometown; death location undisclosed)
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