Body of missing Lowell 4-year-old found in Merrimack River

TEWKSBURY, MASS. (WHDH) – The body of a missing 4-year-old Lowell boy was found in the Merrimack River Friday, according to the Middlesex County District Attorney’s office.

Azriel Lopez, who had been missing for about two weeks, was found at around 9 a.m. near the Trull Brook Golf Course in Tewksbury, the office said in a statement.

An off-duty Massachusetts State Police lieutenant found Lopez’s body while boating on the river, the DA said. Local and state police helped remove him from the river as his family watched from the shore…

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