Sunshine Stewart was found dead after she went paddleboarding near Union, Maine, on July 2. Her death was ruled a homicide July 3.

A paddleboarder was mysteriously murdered in a small Maine town — and authorities are urging calm as the killer remains unknown. Sunshine Stewart’s body was found under “unusual circumstances” on

Sunshine Stewart, 48, disappeared on the night of July 2 during an outing on Crawford Pond in Union, Maine. Her body was found hours later near an island preserve.

Sunshine Stewart, 48, was found dead during a search last Thursday on Crawford Pond in the town of Union, Maine State Police said.

Maine State Police are searching for the person who killed a woman who was reported missing while paddleboarding. Sunshine Stewart was found dead last week at a lake in Union. Authorities have not yet said how she died, but did rule her death a homicide. They said she may have been paddleboarding in Crawford's Pond the night of July 2.

Police in Maine are investigating the death of a paddleboarder near a campground in rural Maine as a homicide and asking the public for help finding the killer.

A woman who disappeared while paddleboarding in Maine was murdered, authorities have ruled. Sunshine Stewart, 48, was reported missing on Thursday, July 3, after she went paddleboarding on Crawford Pond in Maine’s Knox region, Maine State Police said in a statement this week.

Maine State Police provided an update Wednesday as they continue to investigate after a missing paddleboarder was found murdered last week.

The body of 48-year-old Sunshine "Sunny" Stewart of Tenants Harbor was found on July 3. Her death was ruled a homicide.

Last Thursday, 48-year-old Sunshine Stewart of Tenants Harbor was found dead in Union after Maine State Police say she went for an evening paddleboard ride.