01/16/23 UPDATE: Worcester County DA Joseph Early held a news conference Monday afternoon where he discussed the widening search for Brittany Tee.
State and local police are seeking assistance from the public in locating a 35-year-old woman from Brookfield, Massachusetts, who has been missing for nearly a week.
Brittany Tee was last seen leaving a Brookfield home around 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 10, according to Massachusetts State Police and the Brookfield Police Department. Police believe she walked away from the Main Street home and disappeared near Lewis Field down the road.
Tee's sister told NBC10 Boston on Monday that she is deeply concerned, noting it's highly unusual for her sister to not call home.
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"She would never do it, and that's what's bothering us the most, that we just haven't heard from her," Bethany Tee said as her voice gave way to emotion. "She would never, ever do that."
"I'm hoping, I'm just hoping that she didn't have a working phone, so I'm just hoping that someone will see this," Bethany Tee added. "I don't know. I don't know, I just have no words right now."
After not hearing from her for several days, Tee's family took to social media and then went to police to report her missing on Friday.
On Sunday, Worcester County authorities and state police conducted a search but did not find her.
"The police were out there all day yesterday in the cold," family friend Matti Sjoblom said. "I mean gosh, there was probably 40+ cruisers."
Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early held a news conference Monday afternoon and said dogs and drones have been used in the search so far. State police aircraft are expected to be brought in Tuesday, which will mark a week since Tee was last seen.
Tee is described as 5'6" tall, weighing approximately 120 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a black winter coat, a hoodie, jeans and work boots.
Anyone who may have home security cameras in the area, or who has information on her whereabouts is asked to call Brookfield police at 508-867-5570.
