A 17-year-old boy has been arrested in reference to the killing of Sunshine Stewart, a paddleboarder who was discovered useless in Maine earlier this month, police stated Thursday.
Police didn’t establish the suspect or present particulars on what expenses he’s going through. Different particulars, similar to a doable motive or whether or not the teenager knew Stewart, weren’t supplied.
Stewart, 48, was discovered useless on July 3 throughout a search of Crawford Pond within the city of Union, Maine, state police stated in a earlier assertion. An post-mortem by the state medical expert’s workplace decided her loss of life was a murder, and the Workplace of Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta later stated the reason for loss of life was strangulation and blunt pressure trauma, in line with CBS affiliate WGME-TV.
Stewart had gone on a solo paddleboarding journey a day earlier, however by no means returned, in accordance WGME. Police stated her physique was discovered below “uncommon circumstances” round 1 a.m., WGME reported.
Kathy Lunt, the proprietor of Mic Mac campground close to Crawford Pond, informed WGME that Stewart was a seasonal resident there.
Some Union residents expressed a way of aid over the arrest.
“There was all types of rumors circulating concerning the New England serial killer. And I am glad there’s been an arrest. I hope they will make it stick. I hope he is responsible, as a result of then we all know,” Susan Creighton informed WGME.
Peter Exkardt, one other Union resident informed the station, “You simply do not know. Simply taking a stroll and all that, not realizing who’s going to be across the nook and all that. I feel they did an excellent job to find the individual.”
Meredith Smith, a resident of Union who knew Stewart, described her as “a fantastic, nice individual all-around.”
“To know Sunny, I do not assume she had a foul bone in her physique, and anybody that knew her was simply in awe of her,” Smith stated, WGME reported.
A GoFundMe launched for Stewart had raised greater than $33,000.
Sarah Lynch Baldwin
contributed to this report.
