AN UPDATE ON THAT SEARCH. RAY AND SEAN, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT WERE GATHERED HERE TO SEARCH WITH FOR MICHAEL FAIRBROTHER AND THEN JUST MOMENTS AGO, WE GOT THE WORD THAT HE HAD BEEN FOUND BY HUDSON POLICE. NOW WE DON’T HAVE ANY UPDATE ON HIS CONDITION YET, BUT HE WAS FOUND OFF ON CHASE ROAD PRIOR TO THAT, KINGSBURY POLICE SAID HE HAD LAST BEEN SEEN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE COSTCO IN NASHUA AROUND 7:00 THIS MORNING, THOUGH, HIS CAR WAS DISCOVERED PARKED AT THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY ON MAMMOTH ROAD HERE IN LONDONDERRY, SETTING OFF A SEARCH WHICH INCLUDED POLICE DOGS AND LONDONDERRY. POLICE SAY A NEIGHBOR SURVEILLANCE CAMERA HAD CAPTURED FAIRBURN MOTHER DRIVING THE CAR JUST BEFORE 2 A.M. THE HEADLIGHTS SHUTTING OFF AND THAT WAS THE LAST ANYONE SAW OF HIM ALL MORNING UNTIL ONCE AGAIN, WE JUST GOT THE WORD MOMENTS AGO THAT HE HAD BEEN FOUND BY HUDSON POLICE. AGAIN, NO WORD ON HIS CONDITION. AS SOON AS WE GET THAT, WE’LL BRING IT TO YOU. REPORTING LI
Missing Massachusetts man with dementia found in Hudson
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Updated: 1:46 PM EDT Jun 2, 2023
A missing Massachusetts man with dementia was found in Hudson on Friday, nearly 8 miles away from his abandoned vehicle in Londonderry, officials said.Officials said Michael Fairbrother, 66, of Tyngsborough, had been found sitting on a stone wall on Chase Street in Hudson and was being taken to a hospital.Fairbrother was last seen at the Costco store on the Daniel Webster Highway in Nashua at about 3:30 p.m. Thursday. His vehicle, reported by Tyngsborough police to be a 2017 Ford Escape, was found abandoned Friday morning at the end of a driveway on Mammoth Road in Londonderry, police said. Officials said a neighbor's surveillance camera captured Fairbrother driving the car just before 2 a.m. with the headlights off.Londonderry fire crews called in all off-duty personnel to assist in the search, and the state police helicopter responded shortly before noon Friday. There were concerns that afternoon thunderstorms and high winds could hamper search efforts.This is a breaking news story. It will be updated as more information comes in.Other top stories:With days to spare, Senate gives final approval to debt ceiling deal, sending it to President Biden'This is what we sign up for': Firefighters from New Hampshire heading to Canada to battle wildfires DeSantis discusses debt ceiling deal, LGBTQ issues, abortion in visit to New Hampshire
A missing Massachusetts man with dementia was found in Hudson on Friday, nearly 8 miles away from his abandoned vehicle in Londonderry, officials said.
Officials said Michael Fairbrother, 66, of Tyngsborough, had been found sitting on a stone wall on Chase Street in Hudson and was being taken to a hospital.
Fairbrother was last seen at the Costco store on the Daniel Webster Highway in Nashua at about 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
His vehicle, reported by Tyngsborough police to be a 2017 Ford Escape, was found abandoned Friday morning at the end of a driveway on Mammoth Road in Londonderry, police said. Officials said a neighbor's surveillance camera captured Fairbrother driving the car just before 2 a.m. with the headlights off.
Londonderry fire crews called in all off-duty personnel to assist in the search, and the state police helicopter responded shortly before noon Friday. There were concerns that afternoon thunderstorms and high winds could hamper search efforts.
This is a breaking news story. It will be updated as more information comes in.
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