Teen Arrested After Missing Paddleboarder's Body Found on Remote Maine Shore | Crime Alert 3PM 07.18.25

A teenager has been apprehended in connection with the suspicious death of a paddleboarder in Maine, raising concerns of a potential serial killer in the New England area.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Crime Alart hourly update breaking crime news Now, I'm Nicole Parton.
A teenager has been arrested in connection with the suspicious
death of a paddle boarder in Maine, raising concerns of
a potential serial killer in the New England area. A
seventeen year old mill was taken into custody for his
alleged role in the death of forty eight year old

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Sunshine Sunny Stuart, nearly two weeks after her body was
discovered near Crawford Pond in Union. As reported by the
Maine State Police in a press release on Thursday, Stuart
was reported missing after she did not return from a
solo paddleboarding excursion on July two. The following day, authorities
found her body on an island that can only be

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reached by boat, and they quickly deemed the circumstances of
her death as suspicious. An autopsy performed by the Office
of the Chief Medical Examiner in AUGUSTA revealed that Stuart
died from strangulation and blunt forced trauma. Due to his age,
the suspect's identity has not been released. He was taken
into custody without incident and is being held at the

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Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland. According to police,
the unsettling news surrounding Stuart's death has shaken this typically
quiet vacation spot as officials continue their search for answers.
One nearby neighbor, Gus Williams, spoke to wmtw eight in.

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A place where like most people don't walk their doors
like ever, it's definitely a little bit feels disintrusive and
I don't know, terrifying. I think it's just confusing because
we don't know what happened where like if this was
an isolated incident or like, uh if they if this

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was like a personal thing, like a sort of a
like a grudge.

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This small community remains in shock and gripped with fear
as police continue their investigation. More crime and justice news
after this and now to Florida. A woman has been
arrested after reportedly using bear spray to attack another driver,

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claiming she wanted to quote teach her a lesson for
not waiting for a chicken to cross the road. Instead
of stopping, the other driver ran over the bird, which
led to Sosa's outrage. According to authorities, Cynthia Sosa, thirty eight,
faces charges that include two counts of aggravated battery and
one kunt of burglary with assault or battery following the

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road rage incident that occurred on July nine, according to
the Key West Police Department. The police report outlines the
events of the day, detailing how Sosa encountered the other
driver and allegedly sought revenge for the unfortunate poultry incident.
She was stopped in traffic waiting to let a chicken

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cross the road when the victim began honking at her
and later passed her and ran over the chicken. Police
say Cynthia later followed the woman because she was angry
that she had killed the chicken. Cynthia got out of
the car and approached the woman the driver's door, attempted
to open it. They began fighting over the door. Cynthia
wanted to quote teach her a lesson, so she pulled

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out her bear mace and sprayed it into the car,
sprang Pearla directly in the face while she was seated inside.
Cops say Sosa allegedly got back into her car and
drove away. Her vehicle at Toyota Corolla, bearing Florida tags,
was later found and pulled over, Sosa was taken into
custody and promptly charged. According to her arrest report. Authorities

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and medics were called to the scene to check out
the woman and a passenger who were in the car.
The victims told cops that she was on her way
to pick up her children from daycare when Sosa allegedly
attacked her because she ran over the chicken. Quote. The
victim later got around the car and proceeded to her destination,
while the black black vehicle followed. Once the victim was

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approaching the intersection of Emma Street in Olivia Street, the
black vehicle jumped right in front of her. Police say
Sosa was taken into custody. She has been booked by
the Monroe County Sheriff's Office. She is scheduled for an
arraignment on July twenty four, all because the chicken tried
to cross the road. Police in Indiana are asking for

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the public's help and locating a missing man. The Indianapolis
Metropolitan Police Department is asking for the public's help and
locating a missing person last seen on the northwest side
of Indianapolis. According to police, the detectives are searching for
thirty three year old Mike Lange Paul. Paul is described

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as being around five eleven. He has black hair and
brown eyes. Paul was last seen in the area of
the fifty five hundred block of West thirty eighth Street
on Wednesday. Paul needs medical assistance, according to the department.
If anyone has information on Paul's whereabouts, they are asked
to call nine one one or contact the IMPD Missing

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Persons Unit at three one seven three two seven six'
one six. Zero police say they Believe paul to be
in imminent danger and are asking for the public to.
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