Crime & Safety

Missing Hyde Park Man Found Dead

Thomas Baker had been missing for four days.

A missing man from Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood was found dead in Milton Tuesday after a massive four-day search, the Patriot Ledger reports.

Thomas Baker, 62, was located by a State Police trooper and a search dog, Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morissey said in a statement.

Baker’s death is currently under investigation. Officials do not suspect foul play at this time.

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Baker was first reported missing last Thursday by his wife. He was last seen at the Stop & Shop on Boston’s Truman Parkway.

170 public safety officials took part in a search that spanned woods, swamps and marshes on both sides of the Neponset River.

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