Search for missing Readville man extended into Blue Hills Reservation

Milton, Boston and State police continued searching along the Neponset River for Thomas Baker, 62, but began searching the woods of the nearby Blue Hills Reservation as well.

Baker, 5'9" and 195 lbs., was last seen in the area of 1200 Brush Hill Rd., at the Milton Health Care rehab center, Milton Police report.

Police set up a command center on the Curry College campus and shut Brush Hill Road from Paul's Bridge to Rte. 138. A State Police helicopter searched the meadows along the Neponset today; troopers on horses searched the more rugged terrain of the reservation.