Photo by JEFFREY HASTINGS A Nashua Dive Team member extends ropes to the diver in the water during Tuesday's search of the Merrimack River. Police said the search is related to the disappearance last year of April Bailey, who had been living in an apartment not far from the search site. (Photo by JEFFREY HASTINGS)

NASHUA – The presence of divers and a police K-9 unit in and around a pond off the end of Burke Street Tuesday was related to the disappearance last year of Nashua resident April Bailey, police said.

Lt. Patrick Hannon said Wednesday that the pond, which is within Joyce Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, is one of several locations police plan to search as part of their investigation into Bailey’s disappearance.

“This was on our list of places to check,” Hannon said, referring to the pond and its environs that divers and the K-9 unit focused on Tuesday.

He said nothing that could be connected to the Bailey investigation was found.

They are finished searching that area for now, but “that’s not to say we won’t be out there again,” Hannon said.

The site is just 200-300 yards from 45 Lynn St., the residence where April Jean Bailey was last seen. She disappeared the evening of Jan. 15, 2020, and hasn’t been seen since.

About two months ago, the FBI joined Nashua police in the investigation. The agencies have labeled Bailey’s disappearance as suspicious.

She was wearing slippers, black sweatpants and a large, black jacket with a hood that had fur around it, police and the FBI said in March.

Bailey is described as a white female, 5 feet, 3 inches tall and about 130 pounds. She has long black hair and blue eyes.

She also has a butterfly tattoo on her right shoulder, and another tattoo on her right ankle that reads “Damien.”

Authorities ask anyone who may have information on the case to contact the Boston FBI office at 857-386-2000 or tips.fbi.gov.

Dean Shalhoup may be reached at 594-1256 or dshalhoup@nashuatelegraph.com.