She devoted her career to helping police families. Now she’s a suspect after her officer husband’s death.

Federal law enforcement agencies have joined in the search for a Massachusetts woman known for her work raising awareness about suicide among police officers and who is now a suspect in the death of her police officer husband. Thursday marked the third day of a hunt for Karen Solomon after Worcester police responded to the couple’s Wildwood Avenue home at about 5:28 a.m. Tuesday for a report of a person down and found her husband , off-duty Worcester police officer Kurt Solomon, dead. For years, Karen Solomon has been an influential advocate for the mental health of police officers and their families. She co-founded First H.E.L.P., an organization focused on suicide prevention and mental health among first responders, and wrote two books about the toll police work can take on officers.

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