The search for an accused Massachusetts killer Aaron Pennington resumes Tuesday morning in the Gardner area, where police located his abandoned vehicle last week.
MassLive reports that Massachusetts State Police will continue searching at Camp Collier and its surrounding areas while “using K-9 units and possibly the Air Wings.” Police are currently searching for Pennington in connection with the death of his wife, Breanne.
As CrimeOnline previously reported, police began searching for Pennington after the couple’s four children, 2, 5, 7, and 9, ran to a neighbor’s home on October 22 and said they couldn’t find their father. They added that their mother was last seen crying inside her bedroom, at the family’s Gardner residence.
Gardner District Court filings reportedly indicated that Breanna wanted to leave the relationship and take her children to Texas.
On October 22 at around 9:14 a.m., a neighbor called 911, following the children’s arrival at their home. Police responded to the Pennington’s Cherry Street home around 9:20 a.m. and found Breanne in her bed, deceased from a gunshot wound to the face. First responders pronounced her dead at 9:30 a.m.
A search uncovered three spent casings in the bedroom and an autopsy later concluded Breanne’s cause of death was homicide by gunshot wound(s), the warrant revealed.
Security footage showed Aaron Pennington leaving the residence at around 8:50 a.m. on October 22, in a white 2013 BMW sedan. Then, on Monday evening, a bow hunter reportedly discovered Pennington’s abandoned car in the woods off Kenton Street near Camp Collier.
Local and state police searched the area Monday night through Wednesday but didn’t locate the suspect.
“At this time, Pennington is believed to be on foot,” Early Jr. said Thursday.
Police said that the suspect, identified as an Air Force veteran, should be considered armed and dangerous.
“Please, no one in the public go out and try and look for this guy,” Early Jr. said during a Tuesday press conference. “If you run into the guy, call the Gardner police, call the state police, call the police department and just back off from anything you might see. But provide us with the information you might get.”
Pennington is described as 6 feet 2 inches tall and about 175 pounds. Police said Breanne Pennington owned a gun for protection but neither she nor her husband had a license to carry.
As of Sunday night, the four children were in the custody of the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families, Worcester County District Attorney Joe Early said.
Anyone with information about the case and/or Aaron Penningston’s whereabouts is urged to contact Gardner police, state police, or call 911.
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[Feature Photo: Aaron Pennington/Massachusetts State Police and Breanne Pennington/Facebook]
