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Neighbors say the sudden search caught them off guard when it began around 8 a.m. Thursday, and continued until about 6:30 p.m. at the home on Bryan Drive.
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Sky25 was overhead as investigators dug up a portion of the home’s front yard, and neighbors said a crew was on hand to remove a large rock and tree around the area where police were searching.
“The dog actually went to that big rock and was around that big rock and was digging gin a couple of spaces,” neighbor Sally Myatt said. “The cops came and started digging a little more.”
Debbie’s husband, Luis Melo, told police he let her out of a car during a fight while on Route 18 in Weymouth.
She hasn’t been seen since.
Luis Melo waited an entire day before reporting her missing to police