Missing Dog Owner In Reading Receives A Christmas Miracle

NORTH READING (CBS) -- A Reading resident has been reunited with his lost dog thanks to the help of the North Reading Police Department.

The 3-year-old Japanese Kai Ken named Kona slipped out of her harness on December 19 while out on a walk with her owner.

The owner feared Kona was dead after finding remains of a dog while searching nearby woods.

On Friday morning, North Reading Police Officer Greg Connolly, noticed a dog somehow got into his fenced in backyard. The dog matched the description of Kona which was reported by the owner to both the Reading and North Reading Police Departments.

Kona's owner, who was visiting family in New York for the holidays, was contacted by North Reading Police and rushed home to be reunited with his beloved dog.

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