Crime & Safety

Missing Nun Found Safe On Cape Cod

Police said a missing Fitchburg nun was found safe 100 miles away Friday.

BOURNE, MA — A missing Fitchburg nun was found safe 100 miles away in Bourne Friday, according to police. Sister Loretta Ciccarelli, 80, was last seen Thursday in a bath robe driving a sport utility vehicle.

On Friday, a state trooper found Ciccarelli on the Bourne Bridge, her vehicle stopped after she ran out of gas, police told WCVB. She was not hurt.

Photo: Loretta Ciccarelli. (Credit: Massachusetts State Police)

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