A 17 -year -old boy has been arrested in connection with the murder Sunshine StewartA pedalboarder who was found dead in the main earlier this month, police Said on Thursday,
The police did not identify the suspect or did not give details of what accusation he was facing. Other details, such as a possible purpose or whether Kishore Knowing Kishore Stewart, was not provided.
Stewart, 48, was found dead on July 3 during a discovery by Crawford Pond in the city of the Union, Main, State Police said statementA dead body examination by the office of the State Medical Examiner determined that his death was a murder, and the office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta later stated that the cause of death was strangled and blunt force shock.
According to WGME, Stewart went on a day before a day before, but never returned. Police said that his body was found under “unusual circumstances” around 1 pm, WGME said.
Kathy Lant, owner of Mike Mac Campground near Crawford Pond, told WGME that Stewart was a seasonal resident there.
Some of the union residents expressed a sense of relief on the arrest.
Susan Kreyon told WGME, “There were all kinds of rumors about the New England serial killer. And I am happy that there is a arrest. Hopefully they can make it a stick. I hope he is guilty, because then we know,” Susan Kreyon told WGME.
Peter Excart, a resident of another association, told the station, “You don’t know now. Just a walk and that is not all that is not the corner and all of that. I think he has done a good job in finding the person.”
Meredith Smith, a resident of the Sangh who knew Stewart, told him “around a great, great person”.
“To know Sunny, I don’t think she had a bad bone in her body, and anyone who knew her was just in fear,” Smith said, WGME said.
A gofundme launched for Stewart raised more than $ 33,000.
Sara Lynch Baldwin contributed to this report.
