The body of Sunshine Stewart, 48, was discovered under “unusual circumstances” by state game wardens at about 1 a.m. last Thursday near 100 Acre Island on Crawford Pond in the community of Union, 60 miles south of Bangor, according to Maine State Police. Officials stated that the area can only be accessed by boat.

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.

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