Prosecutors said in Portland, Main (AP)-Main A padboarder As an adult.
The body of St. George’s 48 -year -old Sunshine “Sunny” Stewart was found earlier this month on Cropped Ponds in the union, which is about 80 miles (130 km) a part of the state by summer campers and nature lovers to about 80 miles north of Portland. Stewart went missing before his murder, and his death sent Shockwaves through the local community.
Police accused Frankfurt, Men’s Deven Young with murder in Stewart’s death last week. He is held in a youth detention facility in the Portland region and is in court for a position conference on 22 August.
The Main Attorney General’s office is proceeding to tie Young, so he can be tried as an adult, said Danna Hes, a spokesman of the office. A judge will need to rule at the request.
Hayes said that the proposal to try the youth as an adult has been proposed by the court and is not publicly available.
“Although the court allowed us to release the name of the defendant, but all other documents have been deployed, so we do not have additional knowledge that we can share at this time,” Hayes said.
Young produced a brief initial court on Friday, in which he refused the charge. His lawyer, Jeremy Pratt refused to comment on Monday. If convicted of murder as an adult, the youth faces a 25 -year jail sentence for life.
A medical examiner determined that the cause of Stewart’s death was strangling and blunt force, police said.
The authorities have not disclosed a purpose. The court documents issued about the case include very little expansion, and the Maine State Police has refused to comment beyond the announcement of arrest last week. He has said that the investigation into Stewart’s death is still active.
In Stewart St. George, tenants lived for about 21 miles (34 km) from the pond in the Harbor neighbor.
Stewart’s friends described him as an independent independent courageous who was deeply dedicated to his friends. Over the years, he worked as a fisherman, boat captain, carpenter and bartender, among other jobs, friends said.
“She was just a wonderful friend, actually a loyal, amazing friend,” a lifelong friend, Washington’s Bethani Litche Paramle, Men said. “She was just very fun and funny and you could not help but there was a good time around her.”
The 2,400-resident Town of Union has a pond, about 600 acres (243 hectares) and does not have public access. It is available for a variety of uses, including boating and fishing. The center of the pond is a 100 -acre island preserved is a wooden island available from a nearby campground by a canoe, kayak or padelboard.
Patrick Whitel, Associated Press
