One of Melanie Melanson's Family Members Reportedly Present at Woburn Search

Helicopters flew overhead yesterday and authorities were active on the grounds yesterday near the Kraft Foods plant.

The search for evidence in the Melanie Melanson case appeared to ratchet up yesterday. In what the district attorney's office would only confirm to Patch was "an evidentiary search," a Patch reporter yesterday saw at least three helicopters flying above the area near the Kraft Foods plant. And MyFoxBoston reports that a Melanson family member was present at yesterday's search. At least some of the copters are reported to be from the Massachusetts State Police Air Wing, said to be taking photographs of sites where excavation for Melanson's body had taken place. Melanson went missing in 1989 after attending a party in the woods with a group of friends. The Woburn High School freshman was last seen with two boys, who have maintained for 23 …

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