A 17-year-old boy is charged in the homicide death of Sunshine Stewart, a woman who went missing while paddleboarding on a pond in Maine and was found dead hours later, according to state authorities.

Maine State Police made an arrest in the death of Sunshine Stewart, who went missing July 2 and died of strangulation and blunt force trauma.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Authorities in Maine said Friday they have charged a 17-year-old with murder in the death of a paddleboarder who went missing on a rural pond that is a popular summer destination.

It was even more shocking when that search stopped -- and authorities were able to make an arrest, and the suspect turned out to be a 17-year-old staying at the camp. In her first interview since police charged Deven Young with Stewart's murder on Friday,

Katharine Lunt said what was even more disturbing to her is that Deven Young tried to assist in the investigation. “I looked at the surveillance — went back to the cameras to see where he was at the time,

The owner of a Maine campground says she was stunned to learn a teen camper was charged with killing Sunny Stewart, who was found dead on a pond island.

New information was released Monday about the murder of a paddleboarder on the Midcoast. The owner of Mic Mac Cove Family Campground in Union spoke with Good Morning America and says both the victim and the suspect were camping there at the same time when Sunshine Stewart was killed earlier this month.

A murder in Maine that seems like it was taken right out of a Stephen King novel has shaken the communities surrounding Crawford Pond. 17-year-old Deven Young was charged with murder after 48-year-old Sunshine Stewart went missing during a paddleboard trip.