The ex-boyfriend of a Harvard woman found dead in Vermont has been shot and killed by police.
Massachusetts State Police said Matthew Davis, named a person of interest in the death of 23-year-old Mary Anderson, was shot during a confrontation with police in Vermont. In a statement Tuesday night, Vermont State Police said that the confrontation happened when police tried to question Davis in West Brattleboro around 7:45 p.m. Tuesday.
Investigators working to track down Anderson located her body in a truck in Brattleboro on Tuesday, according to Vermont State Police. The vehicle had been sought in connection with her disappearance. Police said they were searching for her former boyfriend, 34-year-old Matthew Davis, of Fitchburg, for questioning in connection with the death investigation.
Davis also had connections to the area of Pittsfield. He was described as 5 feet, 6 inches tall, with brown hair and blue eyes.
Anderson’s family told Boston 25 News that she had been hanging out with friends in Hudson, N.H. She was last seen on Saturday night around 10:30 p.m. Her family added that they suspected foul play in her disappearance.
She’s never been away. This is very much unlike her, Mary’s mother, Sheila Anderson, said Monday. Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the Worcester District Attorney’s Office are assisting Vermont State Police with the investigation.
