Family, community gathers to mourn murdered Lawrence mother [Video]

WHAT HAPPENED TO HER IS NOT OKAY. A FAMILY’S GUT WRENCHING GRIEF. A MOTHER INCONSOLABLE. HUNDREDS GATHERED AT THE BROADWAY APARTMENT BUILDING WHERE CAROL FLATS WAS LAST SEEN SATURDAY MORNING. THE 37 YEAR OLD MOTHER OF TWO WENT MISSING AFTER SHE TOOK OUT THE TRASH. CAROL’S MOM SAYS IT WAS HER GRANDDAUGHTER WHO SOUNDED THE ALARM RIGHT ABOUT 930. THE NINE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER STARTED CALLING HER AND SAID, GRANDMA, I’M SCARED. I’M SCARED. I HAVEN’T SEEN MY MOM IN THREE HOURS. THE KIDS HAD NEVER BEEN LEFT ALONE. THE MOM FEELS THAT’S THE TIME WHEN ALL THIS WAS HAPPENING AND HER DAUGHTER FELT IT. POLICE SEARCHED FOR FLATS FOR THREE DAYS. A STATE POLICE K-9 WOULD FIND HER BODY ON TUESDAY IN THE KENOZA LAKE CONSERVATION AREA IN HAVERHILL. THE MAYOR SAYS THIS MURDER HAS DEEPLY SHAKEN HIS CITY. MY CONDOLENCES FOR THE FAMILY. I CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE …