After a paddleboarder's unsolved killing in Maine, authorities urge people to stay vigilant

Days after the mysterious killing of a paddleboarder in Maine, state law enforcement officials said they are continuing to review leads and urged residents to remain vigilant.“The Maine State Police recognizes the fear and discomfort that this incident has brought to the town of Union and the Crawford Pond community,” Maine State Police said in a statement Wednesday.

Days after the mysterious killing of a paddleboarder in Maine, state law enforcement officials said they are continuing to review leads and urged residents to remain vigilant.

“The Maine State Police recognizes the fear and discomfort that this incident has brought to the town of Union and the Crawford Pond community,” Maine State Police said in a statement Wednesday. “We remain steadfast in our efforts to investigate the death of 48-year-old Sunshine Stewart.”

Stewart was found dead July 3 in Union, roughly 30 miles east of Augusta, after authorities responded to a report of a missing paddleboarder, state police said.

An autopsy determined Stewart’s manner of death to be homicide, the agency said. Her cause of death has not been released. A state police official confirmed a report that Stewart was found “under unusual circumstances.”

The agency said the owners of a nearby campground have been cooperative with investigators and asked for information from anyone who saw Stewart paddleboarding between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. July 2 near an island in Crawford Pond.