By Richard Gaines
A coalition of public safety personnel are searching an isolated neighborhood off Concord Street in West Gloucester for a 42-year old woman who left a family Thanksgiving dinner yesterday afternoon and didn't return to the table.
Police identified the missing woman as Tina Lannon Cavanaugh, who is 4-feet, 11 inches tall and weighs about 100 pounds, with brown shoulder-length hair, according to police. She was described as wearing jeans with a brown shirt, gray tank top, green glasses and maroon clogs.
"She was having dinner about 4:30 and got up and walked away," said police Lt. Kathy Ault. The dinner was at what police was her home at 9 Becker Lane, a virtual loop off Concord Street, not far from Causeway Street, about 1/4 mile from the intersection of Concord and Route 128. The area behind Becker is an large, undeveloped region of the city with its highest points and rough terrain.
The team on the scene, headed by police Lt. Joseph Aiello, requested a helicopter at about 9:30 a.m. Police are using search dogs and are going door-to-door in that area as part of their efforts.
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